A multicultural Bible study group
My first attempt at storying was in a Bible study group. We were part of a very culturally diverse church....
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A surprising first response
I’d just moved to a new town. One day it was pouring with rain and I’d forgotten my umbrella. So...
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Learning how to seize opportunities – storying at parties
Lynne recalls her early experiences of telling stories in Central Asia. Over the last four years I have sat at...
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Barriers we might have to telling stories
Lynne reflects on her early storying experiences. Two things had really been holding me back from storying more widely and...
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Evangelistic film using Bible storytelling as method of sharing
This is a short (25 minutes) evangelistic film produced for working class, Taiwanese speakers, in Taiwan (English subtitles). The unique...
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Too old to change?
In a Philippine province, the adults weren’t open to hearing Bible stories. “It’s too late for us. We’re too old...
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Easter story panorama in a multicultural church
As a very multicultural church, it works well for us to share a Bible story orally each week. We wanted...
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Small miracles and hoping for bigger ones
We have been searching for ‘people of peace’ (Luke 10:5) for eight years in our area. There have been some...
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A strong reaction to a Bible story
On my first day in a small village in Mukdahan province of Northeast Thailand, I was sitting in my host’s...
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On an interisland ferry
Every holiday I pray for divine appointments to tell stories. That holiday was special for I’d already had three such...
Will you share your story?
You are invited to submit stories to share with us about how you are using Bible stories in your part...
Bible overview videos
The stories are great to read, but since they are meant to be spoken rather than read, here are videos...
Where have you been that you did not come to us before?
A Simply the Story instructor wrote to us about storytelling in Ethopia. About 500 km from Addis Ababa, in southern...
Story at a women’s ministry devotion
I attend a small church in Western Sydney, which is mostly made up of Anglo-Australians. We have a monthly women’s...
A Father’s Day story
John Walsh, an American storyteller, took a storying team to Thailand. Someone had prearranged for the team to share at...
Caribbean restaurant
Today I went to the restaurant where last week I told a waitress a Bible story and discussed it with...
A Spanish tourist hears a new message
Every holiday I ask God for a divine appointment. This time several of my friends wrote beforehand to say, “We...
Encouragements from PNG
A national church visitation team gave an Audibible, along with some soap and cooking oil, to a man whose legs...
Telling stories to children
I was at a school in India and when they heard I was a storyteller they asked me to speak...
Telling the Christmas story in two different contexts – for children and in a nursing home
An Anglican pastor’s wife in country Australia volunteered herself to do the last playgroup talk for the year at Christmas....
A story of changed seats
“Wow, you must really like your donuts,” I remarked as the lady sat down next to me on my flight...
Easter storytelling resources for your family and online community
Usually at Easter we are with our wider community celebrating the greatest event in human history – Jesus’ death and...
