Great article on Story Shapes. If you want to influence and inform, learn to tell stories (I am reminding myself that as well.) And if one tells a story, tell it well. https://neilmacdonaldauthor.wordpress.com/2019/06/28/117-the-shape-of-stories/
Month: June 2019
Developing a Theology of Death
I started to put a post here of the title seen above. But then it occurred to me that it may be better to be on my other site, "Adventures in Pastoral Theology." Still, I think it has a certain value missiologically. Therefore, you are welcome to click below to read on the happy subject …
Missional and Missionary Churches
One of my students is writing about the Missional Church movement as part of her dissertation. I will not steal her thunder. I will just make a couple of comments on the topic here. She noted that the term "missional church" has often been seen as another term for "missionary church." Over time, however, the …
Intercultural Counseling
It has been a slow process, but the book that Celia and I are working on is kind of done. That is, it is done in terms of content. It is called "Dynamics in Pastoral Counseling" and is to serve as a textbook for some of our training. Of course, there is still editing, adjusting …
Theological Translation, Localization, and Pokemon
I have two daughters who are into anime. One of them is especially interested in the process of bringing animated products from Japan to the US. She can talk at length about voice actors, translation companies, and more. While talking to her (mostly about Pokemon on this occasion) she began talking about the process of …
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