Faith Curriculum Library: Tapestry of Faith: Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures: A Multigenerational Program

Activity 3: Why?

Part of Wisdom from the Hebrew Scriptures

Activity time: 15 minutes

Materials for Activity

Modeling clay or play dough

Description of Activity

Give each participant a lump of modeling clay and invite them to create something about the story from their clay while the group talks about the story. Invite participants to discuss the story:

What do you think about this story? What do you think about how Abraham acted? God? Isaac?
What do we learn about the way Abraham understood God?
What do you want to say to God? To Abraham? To Isaac?
Why did people write this story down? Why retell it for thousands of years?