Today, the story begins. If you didn’t read yesterday’s post, now would be a good time as it lays the groundwork for the next 7 days of storytelling. I will be telling this story in its entirety over the next week and offering it as a free resource, so if you know any communicators/youth workers …
Category Archives: Youth Ministry
Sharing a Story
Well, it’s coming down to the wire as Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling will be released next week on December 14th! It has been a long road (almost 3 years) and I’m looking forward to the ways it will challenge/encourage communicators and invite others into the masterful Story of God. In the book, I …
Sneak Peak Inside My Book!
My publisher, Zondervan, has released a preview into Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling on their website. Click here for a direct link to the Table of Contents and about 10 pages of my first chapter. While this preview doesn’t include Dan Kimball’s forward or my intro which lays the groundwork for the first chapter, …
Living the Dream
We have all heard Katy Perry’s huge hit “Teenage Dream.” And, we (by “we,” I mean me) have all found ourselves singing this song at the top of our lungs while driving to Target…by ourselves. Here is the chorus: “You make me feel like I’m living a teenage dream The way you turn me on, …
Power of a Common Story
About a decade ago while watching my favorite surf video, I first stumbled upon the music of Mason Jennings. Since that day, he has become both Janny and my favorite musician. Any of you that went to our wedding heard his song as we walked down the aisle as a newly married couple (stalker alert …