Living and Teaching Stories Rooted in the Mission of God
I grew up with a heavy dose of Sandi Patty, Michael W Smith (Smitty) and Steven Curtis Chapman. While I still love a good Ol fashion “Go West Young Man” or “Friends are Friends Forever,” if I’m honest, I haven’t listened to “Christian” music for well over a decade. For that matter, I’m still not …
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Ok, so we’ve heard it over and over and over…”tis” the season for giving. Welp, with that in mind, I’m giving away one of each of my books: Thin Places (I’ll be giving the book & 6 session DVD edition!), Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling and Good News in the Neighborhood. Click on the …
Ok, so I’m looking to give away some copies of Thin Places to those who want to engage its message a bit. The Celtic idea of a Thin Place is a location (I see this as geographic or experiential) where heaven and earth are only thinly separated; a place where God’s Kingdom is being made …
So here is the deal… I’m looking to give away some copies of my book, Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling and in order to pass around the love, we are going to write a shared story one sentence at a time. How it works: I will start by writing the first sentence of …
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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 …