Put another way, before crossing the threshold barrier you see the world one way after crossing it you see it completely differently and can never go back to the way you used to perceive it. It represents a transformed way of understanding, or interpreting, or viewing something without which the learner cannot progress.” (Meyer, 3). A threshold concept is “considered as akin to a portal, opening up a new and previously inaccessible way of thinking about something. Those are two examples of threshold barriers. In between was a long, dark night of liminality. At dusk he was Jacob at dawn he was Israel. Jacob sent everything he owned across the river Jabbok utterly alone and afraid for his life, he wrestled The Angel of the Lord until he was given a new identity (and a permanent limp). Last week I read the story of Jacob in Genesis. Mild spoiler alert: It turns out that how people engage with the aliens leads to a major threshold moment for humanity and alters the course of history. Recently I watched the 2016 film “The Arrival” in which 12 extraterrestrial spacecraft visit Earth. Written by: Tim Clark on January 23, 2023 Threshold Concepts in Ministry Development
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