We were about to pray for our Sunday evening community meal when a man walked in the front door looking a bit rattled. He looked around the living room where we were all gathered in a semi-circle and said, “My car just got stolen in the alley behind your house. Did any of you see …
Author Archives: Jon Huckins
The Time Has Come!
The day has arrived! Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling released today and is available on basically every device under the sun. No you don’t have to have a Kindle or iPad, you can get the Kindle software for FREE on your PC, Mac, iPhone, Blackberry, etc…Click here for the FREE software. Also, it is …
Kevin and Charlie: Last Chapter
This is the last part of the story. Thanks for jumping in and I hope it can be a helpful example of how to start putting storytelling to use within your teaching context. Feel free to “pirate” this story, amend it for your audience and initiate some dialog on the myth of Redemptive Violence, Forgiveness …
Kevin and Charlie: Part 4
If you’re just jumping into the story, catch up here: Intro, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 In the past month, Charlie hadn’t brought up Jesus’ third way a single time. Yet Kevin couldn’t get it out of his mind. So much of what he knew about “Christians,” the Bible, and the responses of Christians …
Kevin and Charlie: Part 3
Today, we move from the nitty-gritty character/plot development of the first two parts and move into the art of integrating Scripture/theology into the story. If you missed early parts of the story, here you go: Intro, Part 1, Part 2. The next day, a well-dressed older fellow walked into Kevin’s jail cell. Kevin hadn’t said …