Excerpt from Chapter two of Theo-Storying: Theostorying is “the act of creative reflection on God, and our associated relationships with Him and each other, crafted artistically into the medium of the story, so as to allow the listener to join in the reflection through experiencing the story, being challenged by the story, and inspiring further …
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Preaching and Teaching and Storying
Nice chapter/article in the book Preach the Word, edited by Greg Haslam. The Chapter (28) is "Preaching from Narrative" by Chris Wright. The chapter is fairly short but has good info in it... especially on the nature of narrative. Under How Do Stories Actually Work?, Wright puts some good notes. I will just give the …
Book Updates and Introspection
No... this is not my desk... I have been trying to write books, when I am not teaching or supervising, and when I am not doing administrative work for Bukal Life Care (our counseling center) or CPSP-Philippines, our chaplaincy certification board. My book writing gets slow sat times. But I may as well give a …
Storytelling affects human biology, beliefs and behavior, say DARPA researchers
Storytelling affects human biology, beliefs and behavior, say DARPA researchers.
My Books
I added a new Page to this Website entitled "My Books." Right now it has one book I recently wrote, "Theo-Storying: Reflections on God, Narrative, and Culture." It also has my seminary dissertation (on medical missions). There is also a rough-draftish book I wrote a couple of years ago on Wholistic Ministry. Even …
God of the Story
IN THE BEGINNING GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH This is how the Bible starts. The term “in the beginning” (b'ereshith) has a subtle mystery associated with it. The beginning of what? Here are a few possibilities. The Beginning of God. This appeals to a pantheistic understanding of God, but appears to be Biblically …
A New E-Leaf
One of my favorite movies of all time is "A New Leaf" (1971, Elaine May and Walter Matthau). It has been described as a "Dark Comedy." The story revolves around a hedonist, Matthau, who decides to marry a rich heiress botanist (May). His goal is to have her die so that he can return to …