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The Big Idea

Storytelling is something that fascinates me. Probably because I find myself at a strange cross section of its practice. At once I love rich and deep detail within my written stories but tend to find myself telling barebones hard cold facts stories in person (something I am trying to work on).

Similar Note: Memory, the Things We Keep with Us Why Learn


My attitude toward story as I grew

Story as walking in a different world

Taught that story was memory

Story as unnecessary extra

Story as entertainment

Story as wisdom

Story as a wild way to tell the truth

Story as bridge between the wild and the domesticated.

Interesting Articles on Storytelling

Gordon Brander on Method

I have really started to like what Martin Shaw has to say about storytelling. I find myself realizing that the kind of stories he tells are the ones I have been looking for but didn’t know how to find.

Especially his assertion that telling stories about Jesus should be like they happened this morning. Because Jesus is about and in the present just as much as he was in those stories.

Here are some of his videos I have found helpful:

Personal notes on stories

To me stories are one of the best ways to present new ideas and learn as I have learned in my creative preaching class in seminary

Todo: type up resources from that class I have in paper form

In conversation

Story Questions and Existential Questions