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Suggestion:

1. Show the first part of the programme - then freeze frame on the question "If we refuse to be vulnerable will we ever develop any true relationships?"
2. Invite people to share their answers with one another.
3. Invite feedback and discuss what our answers tell us about:
   • the reasons why we might not allow ourselves to be vulnerable
     
   • the dangers of becoming cold-hearted
   • the impact this can have on our relationships with those around us
     
   • If appropriate begin to introduce some of the different types of love as described by C.S. Lewis (affection, friendship, eros and caritas) - which Nick covers in the next section of the video and which you can read about below - and consider the different situations in our lives where these might be expressed.
4. Show the rest of the programme
5. Deliver a short talk lifting off from the suggestion to look at biblical ideas of love, relationships and vulnerability. You could look at John 3:16 or Matthew 26:37-38 and think about the extent of God's love for his creation and Jesus' own willingness to be vulnerable for the sake of those he loved.

Background reading

Before using this programme you may find the following helpful:

• C.S. Lewis discusses the different forms of love that can be experienced, as described in his The Four Loves
  
  • see the wikipedia article on agape
    
  • see the wikipedia article on storge
    
  • see the wikipedia article on philia
    
  • see the wikipedia article eros
    
• Culturewatch article on death, loss, love, life and relationships, looking at the film Ghost Town
• Other Damaris resources on Last Chance Harvey