Chapter 5

Teaching Activities

Have the class or group read Galations 5:22-23. Ask them to share which characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit they feel they possess the most. Which do they need most to acquire?

Ask the group to share experiences of nature when they have felt especially moved by God’s Spirit.

Divide into small groups (of 3 to 4) and ask each group to develop a new metaphor for describing the work of the Spirit in the world and another metaphor to describe the work of the Spirit in the church.

Generate a list of experiences that are common to all people. How have these experiences been experiences of grace? How have they not?