These insights can be written in point form on newsprint and posted for all to see. The purpose of this activity is to help us think about and name our own idols and those of our society. Each group also has several magazines or newspapers, scissors, markers and glue. Then they may look for images representing the things they named and place them inside the calf outline, making a collage. Alternately, groups may decide to instead use a contemporary image to represent our own idols.
Leader invites reaction and discussion.
Biblical Reflections on Jubilee . Both authors are particularly interested in drawing connections between our global economic system and idolatry. Give half of the participants one of the four numbered sentences written in bold text. Give the other half one of the texts below it, and invite people to move around to find someone whose title-sentence matches their text. After a few minutes, four pairs can be asked to read aloud their statement about idolatry versus Jubilee.