Stories from around the world

Stories in the park

The park was full of Muslim families sitting on mats on the grass and having picnics. Myself and another lady...

During a storytelling workshop the participants went out in pairs to tell a story. None of them were keen to...

A children’s worker wrote to ask for help to plan a children’s program. They wanted advice as to which stories...

Many evangelistic methods, such as evangelistic sermons or courses that investigate Christianity, can be done only with people who already...

In a sub-Saharan region there was a widow who became pregnant. The community met and planned to stone her for...

Tanya believed she was a Christian but showed no evidence of new life. If I had suggested to her that...

A Singaporean missionary working in a women’s prison is experimenting with using symbols to represent each story in a set....

Grace’s mother has been experimenting with Bible storytelling for several years. Nine year-old Grace decided she wanted to try to...

Questions are a great way to bridge into stories. For example, ask, “How do you think the world got here?”...

Another approach is to establish a reputation as a storyteller. When someone asks, “What do you do?” you could say...