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Making Disciples through Bible stories
The story4all podcast where we take an informed layman's look at the world of oral culture.
We bring you discussion, interviews and information from around the world to show how Bible storytelling can make disciples of those who can't, won't or don't read.
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Today's show:
- End of an era
- May 2006 until August 2018
- story4all is transitioning
Bryan announces his closing of story4all as it is currently known. This has been a difficult decision, but due to the role change for his family, Bryan records his last show today, as he has discovered it will not be possible to maintain a show of quality in his future mobile and global role with Simply the Story and which involves his being without a permanent home and office.
Our initial 2006 goal of informing, mobilising and resourcing the Body of Christ into using oral communication as a ministry tool, and in particular, storytelling with discussion, has been reached.
Please keep an eye on this page and on the following links for further announcement towards a transition of the podcast in the future:
- Facebook story4all page
Today's show:
- Two Czech teens tell how story has impacted their lives
- Trained in STS and now training others
- Trained in Silesia and going nationwide and further afield
In the Czech Republic this week Bryan interviews two young people he trained last year in storytelling skills and hears how things have been going ever since. From Czech Republic to Switzerland teaching others how to tell God’s Story.
Links ... Simply the Story ... Wycliffe
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Today's show:
- The way you tell it is interpretive
- Emphasising orality for a reason ...
- Is story discussion like "Chinese whispers"?
As part of our Classic Shows on story4all and as something of a throwback to our Summer Sessions habit we are going back in time to hear Grant Lovejoy teach on and introduce others to Orality.
Links ... This talk was first given in 2007 in the Int'l Orality Network conference ... Don't miss joining the ION gathering in September!
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Today's show:
- Teaching people something without telling them what!
- Experience your learning
- Communicating without a putdown
As part of our Classic Shows on story4all and as something of a throwback to our Summer Sessions habit we are going back in time to hear Grant Lovejoy teach on and introduce others to Orality.
Links ... This talk was first given in 2007 in the Int'l Orality Network conference ... Don't miss joining the ION gathering in September!
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Today's show:
- Grant Lovejoy on orality
- Understanding your audience without demeaning them
- How far is the reach of orality in today's world?
As part of our Classic Shows on story4all and as something of a throwback to our Summer Sessions habit we are going back in time to hear Grant Lovejoy teach on and introduce others to Orality.
Links ... This talk was first given in 2007 in the Int'l Orality Network conference ... Don't miss joining the ION gathering in September!
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Today's show:
- a very long poem!
- lion hunters are not stupid
- how the lack of a term can be a negative problem
As part of our Classic Shows on story4all and as something of a throwback to our Summer Sessions habit we are going back in time to hear Grant Lovejoy teach on and introduce others to Orality.
Links ... This talk was first given in 2007 in the Int'l Orality Network conference ... Don't miss joining the ION gathering in September!
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Today's show:
- A classic show
- Grant Lovejoy teaches on orality
- A wide and paced introduction to this important subject
As part of our Classic Shows on story4all and as something of a throwback to our Summer Sessions habit we are going back in time to hear Grant Lovejoy teach on and introduce others to Orality.
Links ... This talk was first given in 2007 in the Int'l Orality Network conference ... Don't miss joining the ION gathering in September!
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Today's show:
- An apology
- ION conference is coming up!
- An insightful article by Grant Lovejoy
With the International Orality Network conference coming up in September (17-19) in Orlando in Florida, time is running out to get that early bird discount on your registration. Follow the link below to snap up that discount today!
Grant Lovejoy, director of Orality Strategies in the Int'l Mission Board, wrote a great article on the IMB web site and we share that today.
Links ... ION conference registration ... IMB site ... Grant's article
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Today's show:
- Stories with children, youth and in home groups
- How a pastor changed the way he asked questions
- STS instructor gives some stories about storytelling
Bryan catches up with Carolyn Bailey, who has been on the podcast before. She led the Greystones STS workshop in Ireland last week and spent some time telling Bryan about it and also telling how she has used story in her home church to great effect.
Links ... STS ... Upcoming training events ... Beaverton workshop details
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Today's show:
- A pastor discovers the power of story to heal
- Life changing stories of the use of Bible storytelling
- Giving a tip by telling a story!
Bryan, currently running a storytelling workshop in England, interviews one of the visiting instructors about his discovery and use of storytelling and how God is changing lives through it.
Links ... STS ... A workshop in Oregon this autumn
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Today's show:
- A story4all classics show
- Dorothy Miller shares some 'nuggets'
- The beginnings of a training movement
In another trip back in time, we travel to an episode in our story4all classics series which is an interview with Dorothy Miller, the founder of Simply the Story, describing how God was beginning to use this fledgling ministry powerfully in the nations.
Links ... STS training ... Hosting an STS
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Today's show:
- What are the dangers of separating children off during church?
- How do we engage children as we minister?
- How children are learning how to minister with story too
Bryan interviews, Andrea, the Executive Director of The God's Story Project and Simply the Story, about the phenomenon we are seeing of children being impacted by story ministry in STS training events and also how children are stepping up to be storytellers too!
Links ... Simply the Story training opportunities ... Jon Melin's By Design Visuals (flannelgraphs)
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Today's show:
- A sequel to the story in last week's show!
- A lamini (female priest) and others meet Christ
- Modern-day thanka ministry
Bryan continues in a sequel show from the archives about a marvellous story following on from last week's show.
Some links to other ministries using thankas in ministry:
- Indigenous Jesus - modern-day thanka ministry use
- An artist's escape from the Wheel of Life
- The Jesus Question - Jesus' life in a thanka
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Today's show:
- A story4all classic show
- Remarkable fruitful ministry through stories and art in Asia
- How people are believing just by seeing the story art
Bryan, in this episode from our archives, takes us back in time to a marvellous series of testimonies as Roger in Asia reaches out to local Buddhist people through one of their art forms ... Thankas.
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Today's show:
- A Scottish professional storyteller tells her story
- The passion to tell God’s story
- How God’s story is a different (powerful) kind of storytelling!
Bryan on location in Wales is joined this week by a Scottish friend and colleague to help train others in Bible storytelling. We hear about her story and journey into using Simply the Story to share God’s Word and what happens when she does that.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- Coaching stories
- Helping storytellers grow in skills
- When God surprises us with works of grace
Bryan tells some stories about how coaching in the training events he runs have turned out to be moments of not only gaining storytelling skills, but also moments when God surprises us with His touch and healing.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- Pastors and evangelists had given up on him as a lost cause
- His own son gets storytelling training
- Tells him a story over the phone and leads him to Christ
Lucky Ademola is man who fasted, prayed and witnessed to his family for years and especially to his father who had endless reasons why he was better than other Christians and he did not need to go to church. Lucky comes across Simply the Story and gets trained. Within a few months he has an unbelievable and life-changing phone call with his Dad. All on this week’s show.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- Jesus and the woman of Samaria
- Doing the unexpected and going against cultural norms
- And what happened as a result
Bryan, out on assignment with his wife leading storytelling training, speaks today about some fun thoughts that came out this past week in a conversation about the Jesus and the Woman at the Well story. How the prompt or decision of Jesus to several times do what was not expected of Him led to a move of God in not just one woman, but a whole group of people in her city.
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Today's show:
- Stories from Nepal, India, Nigeria and S Sudan
- Brickmakers, Muslims, Hindus hearing the Story
- ... And what happens as a result
Bryan shares several stories from Asia and Africa in various contexts where storytelling occurred and how people responded to the story, often in surprising ways.
Links ... The God's Story Project ... Simply the Story ... Megavoice
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Today's show:
- A story4all classic
- Dorothy Miller muses on the Martha & Mary story
- Stories from around the world on the power of story
As a follow-up to our recent "classic story4all" shows on the Martha & Mary story Dorothy Miller shares some thoughts on the power of that story, why stories are powerful, how the Martha & Mary story has been used in the nations and then tells stories about storytelling around the world.
A story4all classic show.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- When the despised lower class are able to train the higher
- A young woman from Finland seeing God transform lives
- A story of grace and mercy in the Ecuadorian jungle
Dan McDonough interviews Hanna Eriksson from Finland who has been ministering among an indigenous Indian tribe in the Amazon jungle of Ecuador. Hanna tells a wonderful story of God turning things on their head culturally and socially as He impacts these Kichwa Indians in the jungle.
Links ... Simply the Story ... The God's Story Project ... MegaVoice
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Today's show:
- USA literacy situation
- And not just there
- What are we going to do about it?
Looking at some recent statistics that have been released about reading in the USA have provoked Bryan to look again at this phenomenon - that our world is increasingly a non-reader environment. Bryan shares these interesting new angles and takes on readers (or the lack of them!) and then discusses what must be our consideration as we seek to obey the Great Commission.
Links ... National Assessment of Adult Literacy ... Surprising reading facts (& Infographic)
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Today's show:
- From our classic story series
- Dorothy Miller tells Martha & Mary from Luke 10
- Dorothy Miller teaching the mechanics of the story
Bryan and Dorothy Miller share in exploring a Bible story from Luke 10 and through it we discover some mechanics behind a story presentation.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Impacting nations through the simply told accurate story
- Convicted about "helping God" tell His story
- Brickmakers changed by story
Continuing our story4all "Classics" series on Early Days of The God's Story Project, Dorothy Miller tells some super stories about story impacting lives in Asia.
Links ... The God's Story Project
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Today's show:
- A story4all classic from 2007
- Dorothy Miller talks about a new storytelling course
- How this course helped people go deeper in the Word
In the second of our story4all classics series, Bryan takes us back to 2007 when he talks with Dorothy Miller, founder and then leader of The God Story Project, and we learn about some of the exciting beginnings of a new storytelling course that would impact over 80 nations in the first two years.
Links ... The God's Story Project ... Audio players packed with goodies ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- The woman who couldn't wait to tell stories
- A lonely and isolated couple find a family
- The unlikely ones whom God chooses
Just back from a Simply the Story training in Greenisland, outside of Belfast in the UK, Bryan tells some stories of lives transformed by the Bible stories and training experience.
Links ... STS ... What is STS? ... Training events coming up
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Today's show:
- Not working orally with oral peoples breeds cultural Christianity
- You could not be a rabbi unless you had memorised the Torah
- For oral peoples literacy is not an option
By request and as part of our series on classic story4all shows we are looking back to 2006 to a series of three shows on literacy, orality, and culture.
Professor Jim Slack, Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant and Researcher, with 25 years on the mission field experiences and years of research and study on literacy and orality, concludes his talk on Cultural Christianity this week.
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Today's show:
- Reaching people in the language they cry in, love in and work in
- Oral people learn by stories
- If we do not take orality seriously we cannot take the Great Commission seriously
By request and as part of our series on classic story4all shows we are looking back to 2006 to a series of three shows on literacy, orality, and culture.
Continuing this week with the second part of a talk by Professor Jim Slack, a Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant and Researcher, with 25 years on the mission field experiences and years of research and study on literacy and orality.
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Today's show:
- Shocking stats on literacy in Western developed nations!
- Seeing the world with our blinders on (& its dangers)!
- More cultural than Christian
By request and as part of our series on classic story4all shows we are looking back to 2006 to a series of three shows on literacy, orality and culture.
This talk, which will continue over the next three weeks, is given by Professor Jim Slack, a Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant and Researcher, with 25 years on the mission field experiences and years of research and study on literacy and orality.
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Today's show:
- Musing on how newly trained storytellers are thrilled
- Why storytelling is a natural ministry for us
- Some stories of people touched by casual stories
Bryan, reflecting on some feedback we received today from people trained last week in Paraguay and how casual storytelling really is a powerful ministry tool.
Links ... STS ... Learn how to casually tell stories if you missed these shows on the Howtos (listen to shows s4a413, s4a414 and s4a415 in that order)
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Today's show:
- Scorpions, snakes and spiritual wafare
- Several stories of lives transformed this week
- When backsliders, the abused and the wounded meet Jesus
Bryan on location in Paraguay, training youth and other nationals in storytelling, has had some fun this week seeing remarkable transformation in a number of lives. This week’s show is full of God-stories and encounters in His Word.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- A thirteen year old boy transformed
- A woman broken by the love Jesus showed in a story
- And other stories from last week’s training in Chile
Bryan, in the midst of a South American storytelling training tour with his wife, brings some stories of God at work through the STS workshop in Santiago, the capital of Chile, this past week.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- A young Finnish woman living half her life in Ecuador
- Impacting the disadvantaged in Ecuador
- Finding the power in storytelling
Bryan interviews Joanna Sormunen, from Finland, who has lived more than half her life in Ecuador and hears her exciting journey into brave ministry to the disadvantaged as well as about her discovery of the power in Bible storytelling.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- An unfulfilled woman finds purpose and destiny
- How to preach to a group of people from different multi-faith backgrounds
- Storytelling in an Irish traditional church setting
- How a group of believers discovered how to reach the unchurched
Bryan kicks off the year with a collection of stories from around the UK & Ireland where storytelling has resulted in transforming lives and giving people a sense of purpose and meaning.
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Happy New Year to you our listeners!
- A "before and after" story!
Bryan tells a "stand-out" story from South Africa that was emblematic of what God did again and again throughout the year in all the storytelling ministry of 2017 training trips. How story transformed a life!
Links ... And in case you missed it last week: A Bible story in a Ukrainian church of about 100 people this month for your viewing and listening pleasure. Click here to view on YouTube - the story starts at the 48:00-minute marker.
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Today's show:
- Happy Christmas to all our listeners!
- Reflections on storytelling ministry throughout the past year
Bryan looks back on the past year of storytelling ministry in this Christmas episode of the podcast.
Links ... A story for you at Christmas - click forward to minute 48:00 to start listening to the story
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Today's show:
- A decade of training
- From Kiev to Odessa to the nations
- Last week in Kiev
Last week Bryan was leading a workshop in Kiev and he takes a moment, in this 600th show, to discuss some training experiences in and stories from Ukraine since early 2011.
Links ... International Messengers ... Simply the Story training ... Calvary Chapel international site ... Calvary Chapel, Kiev ... Calvary Chapel, Kiev own site with the link this week to the story Bryan did in their morning church service ... Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe.
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Today's show:
- The influence of Granny
- A fascination with God and His Word through story
- Crossing the world and back with His Story
Bryan, on location in Ukraine for a workshop this week, talks with Ira (who led the presentation of a Bible story in podcast #593) about her life and journey into storytelling.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Owing to a family bereavement we apologise but the show has had to be cancelled for this week. We hope to renew services as normal in the coming week. With thanks for your patience and sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Today's show:
- An exciting new project
- A new book
- An oral community online
Bryan speaks to one of the trio of authors for the new book just launched, entitled "Master Storyteller". It is much more than a book as it is a project helping the Body of Christ with how God communicates and has communicated orally down through the ages, as well as calling the Church to reflect on this as she also proclaims the Gospel and Story of God. This week's show covers this and many other highly interesting aspects of this new venture.
Links ... Master Storyteller main site ... Master Storyteller digital site ... Master Storyteller on Facebook ... ION home ... 4.2.20 Foundation home
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Today's show:
- A long journey to encounter Jesus happens
- And then a call to serve Him
- How story deeply impacts one young life this past week
Bryan speaks this week to Susie Fernández, an attendee at the STS workshop in Cuernavaca in Mexico. From the very first story in the training she encounters God in a way never before experienced. Enjoy her story this week!
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- From Kentucky to Latin America
- From Latin America to the Middle East
- The power of story
Bryan interviews Butch Vernon, a Kentucky pastor who left to serve with STS as Latin America Liaison and who recently returned from a ministry trip to the Middle East. This is how it went ...
Links ... MegaVoice stuffed animals ... The God’s Story Project ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- A fruitful partnership making Jesus famous
- What is more common than toothbrushes?
- Renew World Outreach & Global Recordings Network
A combo show this week. Global Recordings Network release a new magazine as well as a new web site. Renew World Outreach's founder David Palusky shares about a special partnership that is impacting nations. A stirring and encouraging recording.
Links ... Main Global Recordings Network site ... NEW Global Recordings Network USA site ... Spoken magazine here ... Renew World Outreach site ... "Reaching the Remote" Vimeo video clip
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Owing to current travel and workshop schedule the normal show has been postponed until next week. With apologies for inconvenience caused.
Today's show:
- Brand new solar-powered audio player
- Latest clever gadget from Global Recordings
- A review and where to learn more
Ever since the release of their ingenious cardboard record player, Global Recordings have been on the cutting edge of creativity when it comes to audio players for sharing the Gospel. This new device - the Omega Audio Bible - has just been released and this week we look close at this offering.
Links ... Global Recordings Network Omega player page ...Omega Audio Bible specialised site ... How to Use the player ... Audio Content ... More Audio Content ... Where to Buy
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Today's show:
- An Old Testament story presentation
- A studio audience interacts with the story
- Story presentation demo
Every year Simply the Story runs a variety of training events at their headquarters in the Californian desert. This past summer was no exception and, on this week's episode, a recording of a group gathered to discuss a Bible story is shared for your enjoyment.
Links ... Simply the Story ... Upcoming training events
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Today's show:
- A millennial point of view
- Reaching Millennials
- How and why story impacts Millennials
A discussion this week with two young Millennial women about how storytelling is vital for their generation and why.
Links ... Int'l Orality Network ... that Tara Rye show ... Grace University/Tara Rye
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Today's show:
- Using story to impact students
- And also story impacting unreached peoples
- Right where they live
At the International Orality Network conference in Colorado Springs, Bryan had the opportunity to connect with Steven and Katie Alaniz who live and minister in Houston, Texas. This week ... their story! Enjoy!
Links ... Houston Baptist University ... Katie Alaniz at HBU ... Int'l Orality Network
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Today's show:
- A man called Koffi from Benin
- Mercy Ships and STS
- West Africa to the nations with story
Andrea, the Executive Director of The God's Story Project and Simply the Story, interviews a young man, named Koffi from West Africa, who tells his story and how God has used him in the nations and with storytelling.
Links ... STS ... Mercy Ships
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Today's show:
- Wonderful new resources from MegaVoice
- Exciting new developments to really enhance audio ministry
- How God is deeply touching refugees in dark places
Bryan catches up with Darrel Templeton of MegaVoice to hear about some great new resources and upgrades on ministry tools provided by that organisation. Check out their web site for further details and how to get hold of these tools.
Links ... MegaVoice main site ... MegaVoice International partnering site for donations
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Today's show:
- A "live" demo of a story presentation
- A group of storytellers and instructors discuss a 'Jesus story'
- Jesus and the Storm
A gathering of instructors and storytellers with Simply the Story over the summer in California was the occasion for the story presentation we bring to you today. Enjoy this story and discussion about it!
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Remote in far eastern Czechia (Czech Republic)
- Stories from storytelling in a huge music festival
- And from a large congregation of Moravian Brethren
Travelling and involved in ministry in the Czech Republic, Bryan brings some stories about storytelling at a big festival and then in a local church with a mixed congregation of adults and children.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Stories work among literates in Europe too
- Wycliffe director for Slovakia tells about discovering the power of story
- And personally how he has used stories with effect himself
Bryan chats with Jaroslav Tomašovský, Director for Wycliffe Slovakia, and hears how he discovered the power of storytelling and, after an STS training, he then shares testimonies of using story that impacted others powerfully.
Links ... Wycliffe Slovakia ... Engaging Missions Podcast ... STS
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Owing to technical difficulties and travel challenges story4all apologises for any inconvenience caused in the lack of a show this week. We expect to be on the air again next week. Your prayers and friendship are appreciated.
Meantime, you may really appreciate the interview that I managed to do with Bryan Entzminger on the Engaging Missions podcast.
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Today's show:
- A reluctant missionary to Mexico
- A Filipino nurse has a change of life call that opens a whole new world
- How storytelling is impacting lives in Mexico and beyond
Currently on assignment in Guatemala, Bryan meets with a friend and colleague, and hears her story about moving from the world of nursing to risks on "the field" in Mexico, including her own health battles. A lovely story of God's faithfulness and how storytelling in the Mexican context (and further afield) has brought much blessing and fruitfulness.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- Moses from STS in Kenya writes in with some stories
- An instructor on the recent "bush workshop" shares testimonies
- Lives transformed and deeply impacted by Bible stories
Bryan tells some more stories that were sent in this week by email from one of the instructors on the recent Zithulele workshop in South Africa's Eastern Cape. So many wonderful things happened in South Africa we just wanted to tell you some more about God at work.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- Three different stories of lives transformed by story last week!
- A training for multiple backgrounds and ages
- Lives impacted as Bible storytelling is discovered
Bryan tells some stories from the training this last week in Zithulele in South Africa's Eastern Cape! A fun week!
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- An Ethiopian and a Kenyan tell some storytelling stories
- How God is using story to change villages, communities, tribes
- A tribe believes after hearing the genealogy of Jesus
Bryan, on location in South Africa, interviews Moses (from Kenya) and Dejen (from Ethiopia), who share fun stories about God at work in Africa through storytelling.
Links ... STS ... Oral Bible Schools ... African Bush Fire
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Today's show:
- Why do we start the story half way through?
- Is it any wonder why people don't 'get' Jesus?
- The power of chronologically telling God's Story
Bryan tells some fun stories about how individuals and people groups have been impacted from the simple fact of hearing God's Story from the start! Should we be thinking about our outreach strategies and consider "telling it from the beginning"?
Links ... ION web site ... The God's Story Project ... New Tribes Missions ... STS
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Today's show:
- Happy 4th July!
- Children storytelling as young as five
- Tears and other evidence of God touching people deeply
Bryan, fresh back from his training trip in Scotland, brings stories and reports from the workshop that just happened last week. From 5-year-olds leading story presentations to tears flowing as God ministered on multiple levels to attendees from several nations, it was a rich time.
Links ... STS web site ... Info about the next ION conference in September (11th-13th) ... What is Haggis anyway?!?
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Today's show:
- Lauren DeVries is back with some cool stories
- And this time with her sister too
- When the Holy Spirit sets up a story time
Just over a year ago, Lauren DeVries was on story4all sharing about the impact story had been having on her family. This week she, and her sister Aubrey, join Bryan on the show to discuss moments when God orchestrated events and situations for 'story moments' and Kingdom purposes.
Links ... STS web site
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Today's show:
- He has cried every day
- How one man and children are impacted by story
- Stories from Ireland and other lands in Europe
On a training trip in the Republic of Ireland, Bryan shares some stories of lives being impacted this month by the Word of God as it comes through story and discussion times. From adults to children the Word of God pierces and transforms, often suddenly and unexpectedly.
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Today's show:
- A short story changing lives
- Bible stories that transform
- Stories from the nations about storytelling
Bryan shares some stories about the telling of one Bible story in Luke 10 and how that story has transformed lives in unexpected ways and in unexpected places.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- How stories get people excited!
- Christians get excited about the Word of God when it comes through story
- And how those uniterested in the Gospel 'cannot get enough'!
Listening to stories from all around the world that have the same message: the Word of God makes people light up with love for the Lord, His Word and the lost, especially when it comes through the medium of a story. This week's podcast with Bryan.
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Today's show:
- Telling the amazing acts of God
- Some impossible situations that God transformed through Bible stories
- Stories from the nations of lives saved, healed and delivered by the power of God
The Bible commands us to declare the mighty acts and works of God, and this week Bryan tells some stories about changed lives and transformed situations that would be impossible to change without the intervention of God, and how storytelling played a role in those same events.
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Today's show:
- A powerful training focused on oral learners
- Ibrahim & the Dreamer
- Storytelling changes lives
We revisit Scriptures in Use this week and take a look at their updated web site, with the new film (from Ghana) especially designed for West Africans and with focus on forgiveness from the life of Joseph. Bryan also gives an overview on the SIU training and the course that is available online also.
Links ... SIU web site ... SIU Training
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Today's show:
- Are you stuck? Do you like the concept, but ... how do I do this?
- Storytelling in every day situations
- Where and how to use this ministry tool
Do you like the idea of storytelling ministry and want to get into doing it naturally, and yet lack ideas on where you might use it? Well, on this week's show, Bryan shares some situations where he and others have used story and tells some stories about those storytelling moments or occasions. We hope you will be inspired and helped by this week's newsletter episode.
If you have a story to tell about storytelling or want to share some comments with Bryan and our listeners, please go ahead and leave a message in the Comments section of the podcast.
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Today's show:
- Training stories from Sweden
- Where there is hunger and humility
- When more than skill learning takes place
Bryan reports on location from his time this past week in Sweden, leading a Simply the Story workshop in YWAM Restenäs for a group of keen attendees from 8 different nations.
Links ... YWAM ... YWAM Restenäs ... STS
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Today's show:
- When you hate to confront
- When you face opposition
- When God saves the day
Bryan breaks away from training on location in Sweden this week to share some stories from some story trainer colleagues, and, also his own, about how standing strong in the face of opposition and adversity is uncomfortable, but is met with victory and breakthrough as we hold on for God's touch and hand.
Some fun stories of a heckler in a story presentation to one experienced Sunday school teacher who comes round after initially vehemently opposing Bible storytelling, and how that happened.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- Called to the unreached and how story has a part
- Cool stories about using Bible story ministry in the home
- Impact with storytelling on mission in India
Bryan, mobile, chats with James Farmer, Missions Awareness Programme Co-ordinator for Logos Ministries International, about how he has been personally impacted by story, how he has been using Bible storytelling in his own family and then very recently on a trip to India.
Links ... STS ... Logos Ministries International web site
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Today's show:
- The simplicity of story to impact deeply
- The cookies are on the bottom shelf
- How God still uses stories from since the dawn of time
Bryan reflects on the simplicity of the Message to reach us and how God uses simple stories that have been around since the beginning to reach us for Himself and to bring us into relationship with Him. Whilst honouring the technological advances of our modern age Bryan is quick point out how the simple storyteller and an audience can be all that's necessary for a mighty work of grace.
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Today's show:
- The sudden surprises of God at work through story
- Stories of the Lord at work "suddenly"
- How we need to be ready for a "suddenly" opportunity
Bryan looks at how God chooses to use the storytelling of His Word with discussion to suddenly pierce and work in the lives of those around us, and how we must be ready to step out when that moment comes to us "suddenly" to tell His Story.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- Kulumi gets reworked from the ground up
- A tremendous sound and bright light for the Kingdom
- Wonderful new solar-powered device just released
Bryan catches up with Wilhelm Stoker, founder of Hope Tech Global and inventor of the Kulumi device, and learns about the hot new product that they have just released, which is all that the Kulumi device is known for - "It's a light; it's an audio player; it's a phone charger" - and how it has been re-invented to fit in the palm of your hand as a highly portable, solar-powered device.
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Links ... See the new Kulumi Mini here
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Today's show:
- Looking for a guru she finds Jesus was looking for her
- How story broke the traditional pattern
- Stories from storytelling in the nations and at home
Bryan talks with Gayle, who, in her seventies, is travelling the world as an ambassador for Jesus, telling His Story and teaching others to do the same.
Links ... STS site
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Today's show:
- Mobile in Siberia
- Training indigenous peoples to train others
- God at work through yielded hearts
Bryan, on location in Salekhard on the Yamal peninsula in Siberia, gives a short update on what God is doing with several people groups in the remote and frozen tundra as believers learn how to tell engaging, accurate Bible stories and then train others.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Personal tragedy and a story of grace
- To Russia with Love
- How story is impacting Nenets and other peoples
Bryan, currently on location in Siberia, meets and interviews David Markey (whose mother we met in September 2015 on story4all in a fascinating story). A young man, called to share the love and mercy of Jesus in frozen wastelands, tells his wonderful story and how God is now at work among indigenous people in Siberia.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- A book for the non-reader!
- Collaborate!
- And a story from a plane
Bryan continues to share some stories and news of what God is doing through several agencies and organisations around the world, as well as sharing links to new online resources.
Links ... ION web site ... Orality Bible Project web site ... Finishing the Task web site ... ION Collaborate page ... Living Water International site
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Today's show:
- A date for your diary/calendar!
- Deaf Bible Society aim to change the statistics!
- KIDStory doing their stuff in the Philippines
Bryan shares some stories and news of what God is doing through several agencies and organisations around the world - among adults, children and the deaf.
Links ... ION web site ... DOOR International web site ... Deaf Bible Society web site ... Donate to Deaf Bible Society in their Bible translation work ... Kids Around the World web site ... KIDStory story in the Philippines
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Today's show:
- Training Kichwa Indians in storytelling
- Amazon workshop experience
- Stories from last week's jungle event
Bryan, returning from the Amazon, brings a mobile show with stories and testimony from last week's jungle workshop training with an international team of Simply the Story (STS) instructors.
Links ... STS web site
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Today's show:
- The third tool for causing disciples to 'stick'
- The use of story to raise and release disciple makers
- The use of story with discussion
In this conclusion to our series on how a ministry in Asia has been rescuing trafficked girls, we hear today how the Lord is using these same girls to reach out in their communities once they are ready and equipped to go home. This is the final spiritual tool our Asian brother shares about doing a deeper work, allowing followers of Jesus to 'stick'
Links ... STS (Simply the Story)
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Today's show:
- The tools for causing lives to be permanently changed
- The power of unconditional love
- The use of the God's Story film
We continue to hear the story being told from Asia about how one ministry is reaching oral learners and making disciples of the trafficked and other oral learners on that continent. Our Asian brother shares the spiritual tools that are doing are deeper work allowing followers of Jesus to 'stick'.
Links ... The God Story film on the web
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Today's show:
- Born into a broken family
- Born again and with a vision to reach other broken
- A ministry is born to reach the sex trafficked
Bryan introduces us to a dear brother from Asia who has been having a phenomenal impact on that continent for thirty years, rescuing girls who have been trafficked in the sex trade. This is the first part in our series in which you will rejoice at works of God and hear a marvellous testimony to God rescuing the lost.
Links ... Operation Mobilisation (OM) web site
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Today's show:
- A unique ministry with a unique web site
- Free audio Bibles in over 1500 languages
- A tour of Faith Comes By Hearing
Bryan takes us on an overdue visit to Faith Comes By Hearing. Morgan Jackson, their Senior Vice President, has been on the show in the past telling some wonderful stories of God at work around the world and Bryan shares a blog piece by Morgan on this week's show about the importance of heart language.
Links ... Faith Comes By Hearing web site ... FCBH resources ... That blog piece by Morgan Jackson ... A fun video clip story ... Free audio Bibles
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Today's show:
- A little potted history
- Origins of the Orality Movement
- And how ION (the Int'l Orality Network) was born
Drawing from the ION web site, Bryan brings a little history into this week's show to give some overview of the beginnings of the modern day orality movement and how far we have come. This is a helpful 'pause' show to give a summary of what God has done over the years, and how today the Body of Christ have begun to use oral communication to reach the unengaged, unreached, who are mostly oral communicators. It also shows us the roots and flow of what God has done in the movement.
Links ... ION web site ... ION How It Began
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Today's show:
- The difference between performance and alongside teaching
- How critical thinking is learned in life
- Last in the series on the importance of teaching critical thinking
We continue (and conclude) our discussion which occurred in The God's Story Project office with someone who has been fostering children and how her experience is so similar to dealing with many oral learners as people who are sometimes not familiar with exploring subjects with questions and some deeper areas of that kind of critical thinking. A fun show with some great points made!
Links ... The God's Story Project ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- How fostering children can be an eye opener to reaching the oral learner
- The links to critical thinking and going deep in the Word
- Steps needed to move towards reaching out to slower learners
At the end of last year, a great discussion occurred in The God's Story Project office with someone who has been fostering children and how her experience is so similar to dealing with many oral learners as people who are sometimes not familiar with exploring subjects with questions and some deeper areas of that kind of critical thinking.
Links ... The God's Story Project ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Reflecting on the year that is past, multiplying storytellers in the nations
- Christmas and New Year special shows on Engaging Missions podcast
Bryan reflects on the year that was 2016, thinking of some places where he was privileged to train storytellers and run workshops on the American continent, in Europe and in Africa.
And don't forget to listen to the blessings on the Christmas show and New Year show with Bryan Entzinger of the Engaging Missions podcast - see the link below to access those shows!
Links ... Engaging Missions podcast
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Today's show:
- Happy Christmas to all our listeners!
- Remembering the lonely, bereaved and those in sorrow in this season
Bryan, back after last week's tech difficulties, reflects on the Christmas season and points to the needs of the lonely, bereaved and sick or infirm who are around us this season.
A BIG thank you for your prayers and ongoing support of this ministry, especially through recent "troubles".
A fun song, to a well-known tune, pointing to the real meaning of Christmas!
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Owing to bereavement and insurmountable tech issues this week's show has sadly had to be cancelled.
Today's show:
- Andrea continues the lively story presentation
- Discovering truths in a familiar story
- ... And how it might apply today
Andrea, the Executive Director of The God's Story Project and Simply the Story, concludes her presentation to a crowd in Menifee, California. Carrying on from where we left off in last week's podcast, we begin with Andrea retelling the story and then leading further in discussion about the story.
Links ... The God's Story Project ... Simply the Story ... Upcoming training events
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Today's show:
- A very lively story time with a California crowd
- Andrea is back and live with a keen public
- A story for you today ...
Andrea, the Executive Director of The God's Story Project and Simply the Story, speaks with a crowd in Menifee, California about the power of using Bible story to reach people today and then presents a Bible story with the group. This is the first in a 2-part series with this Bible story and will be continued next week.
Links ... The God's Story Project ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Making story the main thing in Maine
- A woman impacting lives each summer in camps
- How stories make faith more "sticky"
Dan McDonough, a trainer with Simply the Story, grabs an interview with Ann Lawrence, who runs a summer camp each year in Farmington, Maine. Ann shares why she uses story, tells how it impacts youth and tells stories about how both camp counsellors and kids at the camp are discovering "sticky faith"!
Links ... STS web site ... Farmington Conference Center ... The camp on Facebook
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Today's show:
- A new book out for evangelism and making disciples of the lost
- Veteran missionary of 32 years discovers the need for oral communication
- From a life among grizzlies to reaching the lost on the frontiers of unreached
Bryan interviews Rick Leatherwood about his life and new book. Fun story that started "homesteading" in remote Canadian wilderness and took Rick and his wife Laura to some of the remotest and toughest places on earth.
Get the book here (100 Stories of God)
Links ... US Center for World Mission ... ION web site
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Today's show:
- A different kind of show this week
- God is faithful to fulfil His promises
- A word or encouragement for you
Bryan, mobile in N E Africa, shares from a rooftop some personal thoughts in a different-to-normal show this week. Some stories from long ago of God's faithfulness that might be of encouragement to you right now about His promises in your life.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- Discovering story as missionaries in Indonesia
- Taking the story journey
- Impacting lives regularly from the comfort of their home
Bryan talks to STS instructors and colleagues Clive and Kathryn Gray about their journey into biblical storytelling and discovers how this has led them to set up a storytelling multiplying ministry from their home.
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Today's show:
- An unplanned route into missions
- Training trainers to reach children in 17 countries
- Seeing story transform lives - adults and children
Bryan, as a follow-on to a podcast on KIDStory we did at the outset of the month, interviews Betsy Mabry, on the board of directors for Vision Trust. Betsy shares how she had a call to missions that took turns that were unexpected and now has her touching the lives of 17,000 children.
Links ... Kids Around the World ... KIDStory ... Vision Trust ... STS
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Today's show:
- How MegaVoice is working with the Church globally to reach oral learners
- The new players - E-Series solar-powered devices
- Player, recorder, radio and flashlight - all solar-powered
Bryan catches up with Darrel Templeton, Vice-President of Strategic Partnerships for Megavoice, gives us some fun updates on what is happening in the world of MegaVoice and reviews and demos the new E-series audio players.
Links ... MegaVoice.com ... Envoy E-Series ... Contact MegaVoice for pricing in your region
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Today's show:
- Stories of hope from places where hope is often lacking
- Reaching refugees
- An app for you
- A social media strategy
After several years of not hearing we turn today back to Global Recordings Network and their International Director, Grayden Colville, who gets us up to date with what is happening in their organisation, but also relates about a wide variety of great resources, including multiple language editions of the Gospel and even ministry being done on social media.
Links ... Global Recordings Network on the web ... 5Fish app on the web ... People can't stop listening to GRN recordings
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Today's show:
- Training teachers to reach kids
- Story, activities and more with children
- A global training and outreach ministry
Bryan talks with Mona Hook of Vision Trust and a trainer in KIDStory, a ministry of Kids Around the World, who have been with us on the show in the past.
Links ... KIDStory web site ... STS ... Vision Trust web site
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Today's show:
- All the Bible languages you could want!
- Providing Bible text in audio formats globally
- And an "Africa proof" audio player!
Bryan met with Matthew Meng, Scripture Engagement Manager for Davar Partners International, to discuss Davar Partners' mute-faceted work of providing Scripture in audio in many languages, training for personnel and even a cool little rugged audio device.
Links ... Davar Partners web site ... YouVersion.com ... AudiBible player ... IBD info ... STS
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Today's show:
- Storytelling changes lives in prisons
- Stories of outreach ministry in a Michigan county jail
- Seeing prisoners and prisons impacted by story
Continuing last week's theme with John Walsh, Bryan catches up with Simply the Story instructor Dan McDonough, who shares this week about lives being impacted in Grand Rapids county jail through the use of Bible story with discussion.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- "Live" from ION in Houston (sort of!)
- Catching up with John Walsh
- How stories are changing lives in American prisons
Mobile in Texas this week Bryan meets up with an old friend of story4all, John Walsh, and hears how things have been developing in ministry within American prisons, among other things.
Links ... ION web site ... John Walsh's web site
GREAT NEW RESOURCE NOT MENTIONED ON THE SHOW: John Walsh has produced a Bible app that has all the stories he mentions on this week's story4all podcast included in audio format. Check it out here or download from iTunes here.
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Today's show:
- ION is NEXT WEEK!
- Conference for all
- ION page goodies
With the Int'l Orality Network conference coming up next week Bryan takes the last Summer Sessions show for this year to focus on ION (Int'l Orality Network) and gives an overview of the conference content and also talks about some of the riches and resources you can find on the ION web page.
Links ... ION conference site (for registration) ... ION web site for resources
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Today's show:
- A wee man with a depth to share in the Word
- Waiting his turn
- A story from Guatemala
Bryan tells the story of a child who was eagerly watching during a story presentation and awaiting (hopefully) for an opportunity to join in the discussion. The son of a janitor had some things to share deeply from several stories in our recent Guatemala training. His wisdom stunned many present.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
- A three year old deals with a hard heart
- A man meets with some healing at the rock
- ION is just around the corner!
Bryan continuing his training visit to The Netherlands brings us stories from the events being held there and also about a three year old who met with Jesus in his family bathroom. Also, get your bags packed! ION is nearly upon us!
Links ... Simply the Story ... ION Conference details
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Today's show:
- The toothless grin
- That face in Guatemala
- Lives impacted by the Holy Spirit through storytelling
Bryan, once more mobile, and in The Netherlands, shares stories about how he has seen God impacting lives worldwide through story and how this impact was revealed on people's faces. A shorter show this week in our Summer Sessions series for this year.
Links ... STS ... Get trained!
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Today's show:
- A homeless man story
- A modern day leper meets Jesus
- A storyteller melted by his own story
Bryan, recording from California, tells stories from Guatemala.
Links ... STS web site
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Today's show:
- Training stories and fun in Guatemala
- Stories from USA
- Children and grown ups impacted by story
Bryan, recording from Guatemala, tells stories about storytelling and training events in Central and North America on the past couple of weeks.
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Today's show:
- A young man travels across the world for storytelling training
- Impacting lives on the street in California
- Vision for story in Egypt and why it's important
Bryan, one more time on location in California, interviews Roger Nazir, from Egypt, who shares about the trainings here in USA, using story in the streets and on the beach and his long term desires for storytelling ministry in his homeland.
Links ... God's Story site ... STS web site
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Today's show:
- Missionary evangelist from Togo discovers the power of film
- How God is using the God's Story film to impact tough places
- 20 language groups here and receive the Word of God in Ghana
Bryan, again on location in California, meets William Ames, from Togo in W Africa, who shares how he is discovering the power of the God's Story film as he shows it throughout the country of Ghana. Discover this week how God is using this film in multiple languages in this West African nation.
Links ... God's Story site ... Available languages of the film
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Today's show:
- Kentucky pastor gets call to Latin America
- Finding God's Word powerful in Spanish speaking lands
- An interview with Butch Vernon
Bryan meets with Butch Vernon, who, as a pastor of two Kentucky churches, was on our show in November 2014 and has since been called to step out and mobilise in the Latin world to reach oral learners.
Links ... Simply the Story ... Butch on story4all previously ... Hemet (English speaking) training next week ... Guatemala (Spanish speaking) training at end of July
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Today's show:
- Stories that address worldview across the cultural gap
- A seasoned trainer sees multiple impact in Asia
- An interview with Tami Molina, Simply the Story trainer
Bryan, on location in the Californian desert, interviews Tami Molina, senior instructor with Simply the Story, who has run multiple trainings in various Asian countries. She discusses how impact can be experienced across worldviews, cultural hurdles, including even the East/West divide.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Follow-up news from a recent workshop in Hungary
- And from the Irish training
- How storytelling enables you to "pass it on"
Bryan shares follow-up reports from the Hungary workshop that took place earlier this month. Young life freed; others inspired and equipped for the harvest. Then some thoughts on how storytelling is a natural way to pass on the Good News to others.
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Today's show:
- Two cool events coming up!
- International Orality Network conference
- Simply the Story training
Bryan gives details on two world class orality and storytelling events taking place this September in Houston, Texas, in the United States of America. Learn about the world of the oral learner and then gain some practical skills to make disciples of oral learners.
Links ... International Orality Network (ION) web site ... ION conference details and registration here ... STS training available in various 'sizes' here
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Today's show:
- Training in Hungary
- Story Fayre in Ireland
- Summer plans
Bryan tells about some events in Hungary and near home in Ireland this past week. Some fun training times in the Calvary Chapel Bible College in southern Hungary and then a delightful evening in Ireland sharing food and stories with friends gathered to learn more about STS storytelling.
Links ... Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe ... STS
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Today's show:
- Sam from STS tells of God's power through story
- Miracles beyond expectation
- Multiplication in Asia
Bryan on location in Hungary meets with Simply the Story colleague, Sam, who tells some remarkable stories of unexpected sovereign works of healing and power as Sam has been out training in Asia and other parts of the world.
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Today's show:
- How can the deaf hear ... the Gospel?
- The ministry of DOOR International
- Bringing the message in a way deaf people can understand
Bryan brings our focus this week to the needs of the deaf. Why do the deaf have anything to do with orality and storytelling? Join us this week to learn about the marvellous ministry of DOOR International, who are bringing the Word of God in the 400+ sign languages throughout the world. A marvellous ministry doing a stellar work for Jesus!
Links ... DOOR International ... Misunderstandings about deaf people and their abilities video ... Need for sign language translation to the Bible video ... Equipping the deaf to teach the Gospel video ... Deaf Bible iTunes app ... Faith Comes by Hearing
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Today's show:
- The Gods Must Be Crazy
- Bruce Graham and how Bible storytelling impacts worldview
- Understanding the Coke bottle
Bryan shares an article by Bruce Graham of WCIU and the Frontier Fellowship of the US Centre for World Mission, entitled Transforming Worldview Through the Biblical Story. He also discusses some theological points seen in the film The Gods Must Be Crazy.
Links ... Read the article by Bruce Graham for yourself here ... The film (The Gods Must Be Crazy) described here
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Today's show:
- Three stories about storytelling impact
- Tribals encounter God and help others find Him too
- And a Westerner who couldn't remember her address but could learn stories
Bryan shares some stories from "the field" (or the vineyard) where tribals learn a dynamic skill (storytelling) and are impacted by it first and then impacting others afterwards as they share those stories with others. Also we hear of some highly literate and educated people, who claimed they had bad memories, discover how they could well remember and easily learn Bible stories.
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Today's show:
- We started on 12th May 2006
- Ten years of stories, interviews, resources and much more
- story4all is ten
Bryan (and his oldest daughter Alexandra) celebrate story4all's tenth birthday this week. We look back on ten years of podcasting - stories, interviews, resources and cool stuff from all over the world as the Body of Christ reaches out to the oral learner.
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Today's show:
- Irish Seanchaí (storyteller) tradition
- Lives touched in Greystones workshop
- Led by children (6 & 8 years old!)
Bryan gives us a little insight on the Irish Seanchaí storytelling tradition and then tells some stories about the storytelling training in Co. Wicklow in the Irish Republic last week.
Links ... STS
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Today's show:
• The oldest of seven siblings tells how her family discovers the power of story
• A whole family learns storytelling for ministry
• Using story at home and in ministry
Bryan interviews Lauren DeVries who is with him this week on his instructor team leading a workshop in Co. Wicklow in Ireland. She tells how her six siblings and parents discovered about storytelling, got trained in it and now use it in the family and in general ministry settings and opportunities.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Digital and traditional flannelgraph resources
- Free download for you this week
- By Design Visuals update
Bryan updates show s4a403 with new resources produced by Jon Melin and team at By Design Visuals. Exciting new products available in a number of different languages with more on the way.
And ... for you this week ... a FREE download sample of one of the products!
Other links ... By Design Visuals ... Product store ... Contact Jon here
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Today's show:
- World situation of literacy
- How we communicate now
- What would happen if we changed the way we wrap the package?
Bryan looks at the situation of those in today's world who cannot or prefer not to read and compares it with the way we make disciples today. How can we present the message of the Gospel and the Bible in a way that everyone understands, recalls and can pass on?
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Today's show:
• Storytelling in Siberia
• A workshop for Nenets and Khanty peoples and those reaching out to them
• The shy and reserved discover their voice, and other stories!
Bryan is mobile in the Siberian tundra this week, starting in a city actually on the Arctic circle and ending out in villages remote on the Yamal peninsula. He has been there with a Russian speaking team of instructors bringing a workshop of training for people to learn storytelling. This week he tells stories about lives being impacted by story and the transformation of some people who were attending the training course. Fun stuff.
Links ... Simply the Story ... Yamal peninsula
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Today's show:
• Brand new players from Megavoice - 4 of them!
• Tremendously advanced new solar audio players/recorders
• And news from Simoly the Story training in Siberia
Bryan reviews the brand new MegaVoice players (E Series) with all the new bits and bobs that come to with these phenomenal little devices! He recorded the show in Siberia for you this week and brings some news of God working through story in that region.
Links ... Megavoice ... E-Series page ... MegaVoice press release ... Device comparison chart
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Today's show:
- What's going on with John Walsh?
- Catching up on resources from his web site
- And some fun events happening from next month
Bryan catches up with some of the new releases that have appeared in John Walsh's corner of the web. See links below. Also some events that are coming up that may be of interest and blessing. And finally some fun stuff coming up next week, God willing, from Siberia!
Links ... John Walsh's web site ... All the Stories of the Bible resource ... Israel trip (9-22 April 2016) brochure online ... BTStories interactive web site ... Christian Storytelling Conference (23-25 June 2016)
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Today's show:
- Debbie Lundberg joins us this week
- Stories from all over the world
- Stories impacting nations
Bryan interviews Debbie Lundberg of YWAM Texas, and leader of YWAM OneStory. On the show several years ago, this interview and 'catch up' is well overdue. Debbie shares some great stories from different countries and peoples where story has made the difference.
Links ... YWAM OneStory ... SIL ... Wycliffe ... ST4T
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Today's show:
- Some reasons why storytelling flops
- The battlefield in storytelling
- Presentation difficulties
Bryan discusses this week some of those things that can cause storytelling to flop for some people keen to share the Story of God with the lost. He comes up with several possible reasons for #FAIL moments in storytelling. What do you think?
Links ... STS ... Join the conversation: drop us a line!
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Today's show:
- How do we communicate the voice of God?
- Jon Melin in discussion with Bryan
- Conclusion on our series of stories that stick
Bryan and Jon Melin, Founder and Director of By Design Ministries International, conclude their discussion about what makes a good story, looking at the last two of six points, including how one might portray the voice of God accurately.
Links ... By Design Ministries International ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Jon Melin shares more memory markers for good storytelling
- The use of pause and natural voice sounds
- Vital ingredients for telling memorable stories
Bryan and Jon Melin, Founder and Director of By Design Ministries International, chat again about what makes a good story, and one that your listeners will not easily forget.
Links ... By Design Ministries International ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Vital ingredients to telling a story that can be remembered
- Jon Melin in discussion with Bryan
- First two points of six that Jon shares with us
Bryan and Jon Melin, Founder and Director of By Design Ministries International, were chatting this week on what makes a good story, and this week's show (and the next two weeks of shows) were unwittingly recorded!
Links ... By Design Ministries International ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Another form of oral communication
- Taking your story presentation into drama
- Helping the message stick some more
Bryan discusses the power and effect of using drama with your story presentations. He tells a fun story about how a young man ends up getting right with God because of his part in a drama.
Links ... story4all promotional video ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Looking again at The Glory Story
- The Bible Story in 2 hours on DVD
- A resource for you to share
In December 2009 in show s4a189 we ran an interview with John Affleck, founder and creator of The Glory Story. This week we revisit this great resource that will enable you to share the story of the Bible in episodes from as short as ten minutes.
Links ... Have a look at The Glory Story web site to order your own copy or buy presents for others. You can also download pictures (stills) used in the film for free and others at cost ... God's Story film available in 339 languages
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Today's show:
- A parable for you!
- A story presentation of one of Jesus' parables
- Looking at what it means today too
Bryan departs from the normal interview or reporting format of regular story4all shows to bring us a Bible story (parable of Jesus) in a presentation of story with discussion. As he has no audience in the studio he presents to an imaginary group. He is still working on the story so it is an experiment. Please do drop us a line if you have some comments or helpful contribution to make.
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Today's show:
• Workshop week in Paraguay
• Children get launched because of attendance dynamics
• And even learn how to coach adults!
Bryan, delayed this week with the show due to travel circumstances, but comes in with some news from an exciting week in Paraguay and then in Brazil.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
• Our first on-the-road show!
• News from Paraguay (on location)
Bryan is about as 'live' as it gets on location in Paraguay with this week's show and shares some things from this past week's training. He also shares some of the styles of questions he uses (from Simply the Story) to lead discussion and exploration of Bible stories.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- A slave girl no more
- How the Audio Bible changed a life in Peru
- Reach Project launch
Bryan kicks off the year with a touching story about Vanessa, an abused girl from Peru. After the story there is also a mention of Reach Project, a new venture from Renew Outreach.
Links ... Renew Outreach ... Renew Papyrus Player ... Reach Project
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Today's show:
- Happy New Year!
- A plan to make the podcast mobile
- Shows on site from around the globe!
- And .. how you can have Bryan and/or an STS team train for you!
Bryan brings New Year wishes from story4all and tells of 2016 plans to bring shows from "on the road" by using a new, mobile, high quality, recording format. Also listen to how you can have an STS (Simply the Story) training workshop come to your area.
Links ... Simply the Story (STS)
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Today's show:
- A Frontiers story
- How one young couple are using Bible stories to reach Muslims
- Starting a movement through Bible stories
In this shorter Christmas show, Bryan shares a story from Frontiers, an agency that loves to share Jesus with Muslims, and we hear about one young couple who share stories with their Muslim friends who then in turn share with others.
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Today's show:
- 500 shows!
- What are we about?
- Some stories about impact
Bryan celebrates 500 shows since the start of story4all by looking back at why we exist and by telling some stories about the effect of oral communication on unreached people groups.
Links ... Issachar Initiative ... Davar Partners ... Davar audio player ... YWAM ... Create International ... Indigitube ... International Orality Network ... t4Global
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Today's show:
- More stories from Raafat and Egypt
- A boy and a girl telling Bible stories
- How even a child can do it!
We continue this week with Andrea's interview with Raafat. This week we hear about how children are using Bible stories and discussion to lead others - and not just children, but adults, in discussion to find deep truths in the Bible.
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- One of the best stories we have ever heard
- A Muslim meets Jesus on an airplane
- How a Bible story changes a life
Andrea, a friend of story4all, brings an interview that we have been longing to bring you, our listeners, for many months now. Listen today as Raafat tells a remarkable story about Bible storytelling on an airplane and what happened as a result! And learn some great truths from the Bible story as Raafat tells his story.
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Today's show:
- A 'live' story presented to an audience
- Hear a Bible story and dive into the Word with a group
- An STS (Simply the Story) Bible story model
Often we have talked about Bible stories, heard how they are impacting others round the world. This week we get to experience a Bible story presentation in its entirety as an instructor with Simply the Story (STS) shares it with a 'live' audience.
Links ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Geek corner
- A place on the web for audio, story and other resources
- And a forum for encouraging godliness and the pursuit of Christ
Paeter Frandsen of Spiritblade Productions talks to Bryan this week about the varied ministries of Spiritblade to reach out to geeks (and others!). Find audio dramas, biblical teaching through the Spiritblade Underground Podcast and other resources online.
Links ... Spiritblade home page ... Audio dramas online ... Pilgrim's Progress Similitude of a Dream here ... Spiritblade Underground Podcast here ... Christian Geek Central forum ... Christian Geek Central You Tube channel here
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Today's show:
- The struggle to learn something new
- Stories about those recently trained in storytelling
- ... and how God is using them to share His Story everywhere!
Bryan shares some of the struggles people have to learn storytelling as a ministry and also shares some of the letters (emails) he has received from recently graduated storytellers from workshops in several different countries.
Links ... Simply the Story (STS) web site ... Where you can get trained (and if your location is not on the list write here for details on workshops not posted online)
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Today's show:
- Amplification for your audio player
- Solar-powered (Case) speaker to the rescue
- Powerful little speaker for small to medium sized group ministry
Continuing on with the audio player and review show from last week, we must ask the question about what you will do when you have a message on a player but not enough volume to share it? Enter: the solar case speaker! Durable device for ministry in remote fields especially.
Links ... Megavoice Solar Case Speaker here ... An informational PDF about the device ... Envoy & Envoy Dual player ... Where to purchase?
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Today's show:
- MegaVoice players
- A review of the Envoy and Envoy Dual players
- Review, stories and more
Bryan diverges from the normal flow of interview to give us a review on two new devices from MegaVoice - the Envoy and Envoy Dual solar-powered audio players. Hear all about these remarkable little devices and how you can get your hands on them with your desired content.
Links ... MegaVoice web site ... God's Story site and product page ... Envoy player page ... Envoy Dual player page ... Audio Library on MegaVoice site ... Search the Audio Library for the language and content of choice here.
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Today's show:
- Eunice from Zambia uses stories far from home
- ... and trains others how to do the same
- Stories of an African missionary in a restricted access nation
story4all 'correspondent in the field' Dan interviews Eunice, from Zambia, who tells him about how she has been using storytelling to reach prisoners, to aid her family in their walk with the Lord and also how she is investing in a country where few are proclaiming the Word of God.
Links ... Simply the Story (STS) web site
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Today's show:
- It's Koffi, not coffee!
- A man from Benin using Bible stories in Mercy Ships
- Hospital situations, dining-room and with ship's crew all over
Dan joins us again this week and shares an interview with Koffi Govi, a chaplain on board the Mercy Ship Africa Mercy, currently docked and ministering in Madagascar. Hear Koffi share about how storytelling touches a nerve in multiple settings on board ship.
Links ... Mercy Ships web site ... Africa Mercy returns to Madagascar news ... Simply the Story (STS) web site
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Today's show:
- Becky tells stories of impact from Central Asia
- People coming to Jesus through story
- Stories of how stories are helping disciples make disciples
Dan joins us on story4all once again this week and interviews Becky about her use of storytelling in ministry. Thrilling stories of outreach and disciple-making from Central Asia and how multiplication is taking place through it because people cannot resist passing on a good story even when it is potentially costly to do so.
Links ... Simply the Story (STS) web site ... New Tribes Mission web site
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Today's show:
- Awa is back with stories from W Africa
- Lives being changed by the power of story
- Christian or not, the Word impacting lives
Dan, one of story4all's friends, interviews Awa. Awa, who comes from Burkina Faso, shares stories of impact as she has been using storytelling in ministry in the Church and outside to touch the lives of others.
Links ... Simply the Story (STS) web site
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Today's show:
- A trip down under
- A story about a 9-year old storyteller
- Two aborigines hear a Bible story each
Bryan is just back from Australia and a family trip that also involved some ministry. Today he tells about a workshop in which a nine year old girl received training and told a story to two gentlemen old enough to be her grandfather. Also two stories of reaching out to aborigines in Northern Territory with storytelling.
Links ... Simply the Story (STS) web site
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Today's show:
- Pam Markey continues her story
- When her husband died
- WHere storytelling came into the picture
Pam Markey, continues her story, talking with Bryan about the joys and pain of serving on the field, especially after her husband died. The story clearly covers the amazing grace and comfort of the Lord and how the story continues today.
Links ... Distant Fields book available here
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Today's show:
- Missionary kid, now a missionary herself
- Pam Markey tells her remarkable story
- From the American Mid-West to Ukraine
Bryan interviews Pam Markey, who, in the first show of a two-part series, tells how she and her husband and their family moved to the former Soviet Union to begin a new life, leaving behind the farmlands of the American Mid-West.
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Today's show:
- Summer (Sessions) Stories
- A 19 yr old, not fully-trained, takes a story out into the streets
- And two other stories from Griselda
This year our Summer Sessions are a little different. We are going to share some stories about how storytelling is impacting the lives of others. This week we have three stories from Slovakia and Asia, told by Griselda.
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Today's show:
- Summer (Sessions) Stories
- Personal impact in Slovakia
- People respond to how storytelling training has afftected them
This year our Summer Sessions are a little different. We are going to share some stories about how storytelling is impacting the lives of others. This week we share a recording of testimonies told after a recent STS workshop held in Slovakia.
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Today's show:
- Summer (Sessions) Stories
- Three more stories from Griselda in Asia
- How stories are reaching into and changing tribal peoples
This year our Summer Sessions are a little different. We are going to share some stories about how storytelling is impacting the lives of others. This week we have three stories from Asia, told by Griselda
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Today's show:
- Summer (Sessions) Stories
- A train journey in Hungary
- Why a family decide to miss their destination station
This year our Summer Sessions are a little different. We are going to share some stories about how storytelling is impacting the lives of others. This week we have a story of a family impacted by storytelling on a train
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Today's show:
- Summer (Sessions) Stories
- A story from India when a man gets healed at a workshop
- And a second story of healing from Zambia at a workshop
This year our Summer Sessions are a little different. We are going to share some stories about how storytelling is impacting the lives of others. This week we have two stories that are almost identical though they happen on two different continents.
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Today's show:
- Summer (Sessions) Stories
- Story 1: How a man's devotional life was turned around
- Story 2: How a story leads to the encounter with Jesus
This year our Summer Sessions are a little different. We are going to share some stories about how storytelling is impacting the lives of others. This week we have two stories from Griselda, who is working in Asia. She shares about how stories have been changing lives of people with whom she works.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Get the STS Handbook here and then turn to page 38 to find the "Wise Counsellor" story.
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Today's show:
- Summer (Sessions) Stories
- A tribal man in Costa Rica gets healed from snake bite
- The Word of God connecting with need
This year our Summer Sessions are a little different. We are going to share some stories about how storytelling is impacting the lives of others. This week a story about a tribal man in a remote location gets healed from a snake bite and how a Bible story about snakes was connected to it.
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Today's show:
- Summer (Sessions) Stories
- A Ngäbe and a Chirripo present Bible stories
- Primary oral peoples presenting stories
This year our Summer Sessions are a little different. We are going to share some stories about how storytelling is impacting the lives of others. This week a story about two tribals who delivered Bible story presentations.
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Today's show:
- Summer (Sessions) Stories
- Ineke from Holland
- Storytelling that feeds hearts, not just our heads
This year our Summer Sessions are a little different. We are going to share some stories about how storytelling is impacting the lives of others. Ineke, an instructor in Simply the Story from The Netherlands, tells her story of a life touched deeply by the Word of God through story and how that changed her.
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Today's show:
- Younger and not so young men impacted by story
- Stories about storytelling among young and old
- Self-discovery and God discovery through Bible stories
Bryan interviews Rob Nash and André Favreau who were part of his instructor team on a recent training trip to Hungary's Calvary Chapel European Bible College (pictured). Both men talk about how God touched them in ways they did not expect and, through them, the lives of others.
Links ... Simply the Story (STS) web site ... Calvary Chapel web site
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Today's show:
- God hijacks Bible study and makes it a journey of discovery
- A new and different way to get today's generation into the Bible
- More from our interview with Siku
Siku has been featured on TV, in the US and UK press, has Nike, SEGA and Marvel as clients and he has spoken publicly in Eton College and Birmingham's Queen's College. This week Siku shares his heart for helping a modern people get connected with God and His Word through a graphic novel called Drink It. Resources and links below to his work.
Links ... Find the Manga Bible here ... Siku's web site is here ... Siku on Facebook ... Siku on Twitter ... Siku in a blog piece ... Sign up to keep informed about the Drink It! project ... More of Siku's work on the web
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Today's show:
- A graphic designer produces story for today's generation
- Bible stories communicating truth in pictorial ways
- An interview with Siku
Siku has been featured on TV, in the US and UK press, has Nike, SEGA and Marvel as clients and he has spoken publicly in Eton College and Birmingham's Queen's College. As a graphic designer he has produced the Manga Bible and other products for reaching today's generation with the Word of God as revealed in story.
Links ... Find the Manga Bible here ... Siku's web site is here ... Siku on Facebook ... Siku on Twitter ... Siku in a blog piece
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Today's show:
- Not just another divorce story!
- A man tells how God used storytelling to reach his soul
- And restore his marriage
Bryan interviews Tom Austin, from California, who tells his story of divorce followed by God bringing him and his wife back into deep relationship as they discovered the joy of God's Word through storytelling.
Links ... Simply the Story (STS) web site ... Tom & Vicki Austin's (video version) story
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Today's show:
- Karl Udy of cru tells his story
- A heart to help people share their faith and tell their story
Bryan met a story4all listener in The Netherlands recently and interviewed him about his life and background and his heart for reaching this modern digital generation in a relevant way. Karl Udy shares this week about his desire to help people learn how to tell their story well as a way to communicating the Gospel.
Links ... cru web site
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Today's show:
- Called to an oral minority people
- Reaching out through oral strategies
- Using a web site to serve a remote African people
Mark talked with Bryan recently about his call to Africa to minister to a minority unreached people group and how he saw the need for oral strategies to reach the lost and how that has developed recently to using the web as a vital part of ministry to his people.
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Today's show:
- Can oral learners think analytically?
- How God listens and responds through questions
- The importance and role of discussion in storytelling
The Executive Director of The God's Story Project and Simply the Story, Andrea, discusses with Bryan on this week's show how God used questions to give people an opportunity to respond to Him. Also discussed this week is if oral learners, who are not used to answering questions publicly, can benefit from the use of questions, discussion and public conversational time on a Bible story.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Further study and stories about using questions to plumb the depths of God's Word here
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Today's show:
- A new film and book of the greatest story ever told
- Stories about how chronological Bible storytelling opens hearts
- An interview with Paul Bramsen
Paul Bramsen of ROCK International talks with Bryan about the new film being released this month called The King of Glory. Paul tells his own story of wide-ranging ministry round the world and gives testimony about how God is using chronological Bible storytelling to reach the lost.
Links ... One God, One Message site ... Way of Righteousness radio programmes on the web ...
King of Glory web site
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Today's show:
- A nation being impacted by story
- Children, churches and families reached
- The blood of the martyrs, the seed of the Church
In April 2012 we had an interview with Raafat about his country. At that time he and many Egyptians were being trained in storytelling ministry. This week we hear some of what has been happening since. Stirring stories about lives changed, families and churches and villages impacted and some wonderful stories flowing from the martyrdom of 21 Egyptians in Libya recently.
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Today's show:
- Multiplying storytelling evangelists through Mercy Ships
- A heart for Africa's poor and needy
- Stories from m/v Africa Mercy
Richard, who works in Staff Development on board the Africa Mercy, tells his story and some of the history behind storytelling in Mercy Ships' ministry.
Links ... Learn more about Mercy Ships on the web ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Storytelling on a ship
- Mercy Ships reaching the poorest of the poor
- Staff and crew testimonies about storytelling on board and on shore
Bryan recently had the privilege of leading a storytelling training on board the Mercy Ships vessel Africa Mercy in Madagascar. Join us this week for an overview of Mercy Ships' work in Africa and also some stories from the ship and the training.
Links ... Mercy Ships on the web ... Sambany's story in video and in the Daily Mail ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- John Walsh is back
- Bible schools and story
- Israel and other exciting projects
To continue our series about John Walsh's ministry we are going to talk to the man himself. This week and next we shall be hearing from John and catching up on what has been developing for him and his work at home and abroad.
Links ... Language Olympics web site ... Bible Telling main site ... 260 Stories book download ... BibleTelling User Guide available here ... Stories on btstories.com ... Free Bible Telling app for iOS, Windows Phones and Android.
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Today's show:
- John Walsh is back
- Bible schools and story
- Israel and other exciting projects
To continue our series about John Walsh's ministry we are going to talk to the man himself. This week and next we shall be hearing from John and catching up on what has been developing for him and his work at home and abroad.
Links ... Bible Telling main site ... 260 Stories book download ... BibleTelling User Guide available here ... Stories on btstories.com ... Free Bible Telling app for iOS, Windows Phones and Android.
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Today's show:
- Two volunteers share their passions about storytelling
- Bible Telling ministry
- John Walsh's ministry
We heard from them separately - Roger Schmidgall and Anne Alexander - in the past two weeks. This week they join Bryan together and share their passions about why storytelling is so important.
Links ... Bible Telling main site ... 260 Stories book download ... Stories on btstories.com ... Free Bible Telling app for iOS, Windows Phones and Android.
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Today's show:
- Raised in Taiwan
- A missionary kid finds story
- Bible storytelling, translation and regular ministry
In the second of our series on John Walsh's ministry, we meet Anne Alexander, who grew up as a missionary kid in Taiwan and how she found Bible storytelling as a practical and exciting way to reach out to the lost. She shares a practical way of regularly sharing stories with a story partner and also discusses gossiping the Gospel through story.
Links ... Bible Telling main site ... 260 Stories book download ... Stories on btstories.com ... Free Bible Telling app for iOS, Windows Phones and Android.
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Today's show:
- A man leaves 42 years working in insurance to tell stories
- Storytelling in India and Israel
- And a new Bible storytelling app
John Walsh has often been on our show and today, in the first of a series from John's organisation, we meet Roger Schmidgall. Roger used to work for State Farm Insurance and is now involved in storytelling and working in the tech world behind the scenes for John.
Links ... Bible Telling main site ... Stories on btstories.com ... Free Bible Telling app for iOS, Windows Phones and Android.
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Today's show:
- Brand new resource for learning Bible storytelling
- Storyfire launches online
- Regina Manley of MAF talks about this new venture
Bryan caught up with an old friend of his and story4all, Regina Manley of Mission Aviation Fellowship. Regina tells Bryan all about a new storytelling training that is available free of charge online. Listen today to learn more about this resource and how you can take advantage of it.
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Today's show:
- Stories that heal
- Stories bring songs to the unreached heart
- Reaching four generations and more
Jennifer Jagerson is with us again this week getting more stories from Asia in an interview with a missionary we heard from in show number 456 last month. Fabulous stories today amongst a people group who had never heard the Name of Jesus. People healed, and how they were inspired to sing after they get saved and then were led to be baptised through hearing Bible stories! Inspiring stuff here!
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Today's show:
- An ordinary housewife discovers Bible storytelling
- A life changed and relationships too
- Impacting lives and making disciples through storytelling
Jennifer Jagerson joins us again this week to introduce us to Tami Molina, "an ordinary housewife" who tells her story about how storytelling has impacted her walk with Jesus, led her on a journey of seeing others around her in her family impacted too, as well as people in her church, and those in closest relationship with her. This week ... storytelling impacting those who would consider themselves "average people"!
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Today's show:
- The story of the Gospel in India in history
- How storytelling is multiplying throughout the country
- Stories of impact and healing
Jennifer Jagerson joins us again as a our "correspondent in the field" to bring us this thrilling interview with Pastor Mark of India. Listen to how the orality movement has been affecting the advance of the Gospel story in India. How storytelling is multiplying in such a way that it is almost out of control. Hear to some exciiting stories of storytelling in prisons, homes and how a blind man is blind no more!
Links ... The God's Story film can be found here in many different languages ... Simply the Story (STS) web site
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Today's show:
- Kingdom wonders as the Story of God is told among the unreached
- A church planter shares the strategy that God has given him to reach the lost
- Stories of God at work in exciting ways
Bryan gives his interviewer seat to Jennifer again this week and today we catch up with the church planter in Asia whom we introduced to you in December. We hear exciting stories as people who have never heard about Jesus believe on Him, had demons cast out, the sick healed and even a story about blind eyes opened!
Links ... Megavoice players here ... The God's Story Project here ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Linda Bemis, Int'l Director for Prayer in ION
- How prayer has been an integral part of the Orality Movement
- Mixing prayer and storytelling
story4all friend Jennifer interviews Linda Bemis, who is the International Director for Prayer in the International Orality Network (ION). Linda tells her own story about prayer and some of the wonderful things that have happened through intercession in the orality movement around the world.
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Today's show:
- How one man down under in Australia is impacted by story
- Taking story to the unreached and oral learners of Asia
- A lawyer on a plane hears a story about the Judge of all the earth
Bryan steps aside in his role as interviewer to let his friend Dan introduce us to Tony (another friend) from Australia, who tells his interesting story about how God took him to seeing the Holy Spirit touch lives through storytelling. Great stories, including how a man on a plane found himself in a Bible story!
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Today's show:
- Can oral learners be critical thinkers?
- Even in deepest, darkest Africa?
- A fun story from Kenya
Bryan raises the question as whether oral learners are able to citically think, study the Bible inductively and making rational deductions from the Scriptures. After some general comments and looking at biblical examples, Byran shares a remarkable story from a remote location in Kenya where the listeners to a local African storyteller begin to have their eyes opened to deep truths in the story.
The story comes from STS handbook, which you can read and download from here
Links ... STS (Simply the Story) web site
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Today's show:
- 3 storytellers tell 4 stories
- Genesis stories
Normally we do not have Bible stories themselves told on the show, but this week we thought we would share four stories from "the Beginning" for your listening pleasure this week. We trust that you will enjoy the different flavour of this podcast.
Links ... By Design Ministries International for resources, videos and more stories
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Today's show:
- Discussing what it is that makes truth stick
- The value of discussion
- The Joy of Discovery
Bryan opens the year on story4all podcast looking at what it is that makes truth stick - the point we like to remind our listeners about each week! He speaks about the value there is in discussion and also the ownership, accountability and joy there is in discussion and discovering truth for yourself (even in and through group conversation). Truth that sticks and is easy to recall when you wish to pass it on.
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Today's show:
- A seminary grad wanting to be professor gets a change of direction
- A pastor discovers the power of story in a country church
- Making disciples of oral learners who make disciples of others
As our last show of 2014 we have chosen a story from a man who was pastoring in the USA in a country church, and how, when faced by a wall of non-reading people, he discovered the power of storytelling to make disciples of oral learners who then disciple others with story.
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Today's show:
- How story4all got started
- Vision upon which we're founded
- Some fun stories
Bryan gets interviewed this week. Andrea, Simply the Story International Director, grabbed the mic from me one day recently and asked me to sit in the "interviewed" seat to tell some of the story4all story, so here we go ...
Links ... story4all web site ... Simply the Story web site ... The God's Story Project web site ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- A church planting team using story and seeing God move powerfully
- Unreached people, who have NEVER HEARD the Name of Jesus, find God
- Impacting an unreached people through story with discussion
Bryan meets with a church planter who has been using Bible stories with discussion to reach Asian unreached people groups. Listen to some gripping stories and fun content about people, who have never even heard the Name of Jesus, believing, being baptised and forming churches.
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Dorothy Miller, Executive Director for The God Story Project and Simply the Story, and dear friend of story4all passed into the presence of Jesus yesterday.
Bryan recorded a tribute in memory of her amazing life and legacy.
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Today's show:
- A young Muslim girl searching for God finds Jesus in W Africa
- Coming to understand the God who speaks her language
- Training others to tell God's message to oral learners
Bryan recently met up with a Simply the Story instructor from West Africa who told her wonderful story of coming to know Jesus and then how she has been seeing God impact other lives through story. A fun testimony of God revealing Himself to a Muslim girl and how she helps others find Him now.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Mercy Ships web site ... The God's Story Project web site ... Megavoice web site
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Today's show:
- Storytelling in November in restricted access nations
- Bryan reports on his recent workshop tour
- From lives impacted to skills learned
Bryan returned yesterday from a month on the road leading Simply the Story workshops in two creative access nations. From Western workers to national believers impacted by the Word of God to stories about storytelling among youth and children this trip into Africa and Central Asia was varied and quite an adventure.
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Today's show:
- God's assignments around the world
- Multiple ministry opportunities leading to current one ...
- Training others in storytelling
Bee, for a number of years, has been following the Lord, taking on assignments of His that have involved church planting, children's ministry, various technology projects, working with Megavoice and eventually connected with storytelling through The God's Story Project and Simply the Story. Bee now trains storytellers around the world in many remote and challenging situations.
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Today's show:
- Hostile mountain tribes, criminals and gangs reached by the Gospel through story
- A Filipino using storytelling, oral Bible Schools and radio to reach his nation
- The power of story with discussion to reach Filipinos for Jesus
Bryan met up with E.B. recently and caught up with him about what God is doing in mountains and cities in the Philippines. E.B. tells stories of hostile mountain dwellers and also city dwelling cult leaders bowing their knees to God as they hear and understand the Word of God delivered in story format.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Oral Bible Schools - what are they?
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Today's show:
- From brokenness to Christ to pastoring
- A Kentucky man finds a problem in Haiti
- Using storytelling at home and abroad
Bryan recently met up with Butch Vernon, a pastor in Kentucky who, out of a desire to make disciples in Haiti brought him face to face with a problem reaching non-readers. His subsequent search led him to storytelling and it has been a fun but wild ride ever since.
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Today's show:
- Special orders to be able to cross into Ebola territory
- Storytelling in Mercy Ships
- Storytelling and training storytellers in afflicted lands
Bockarie Conteh is a young man from Sierra Leone, who lives and ministers in W Africa. War and Ebola have been a threat to this man and his family. He talks in this episode about how God allowed him to minister to the needy through the super work of Mercy Ships and also how he has been using storytelling to disciple the lost and equip the saints.
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Today's show:
- How one girl, trapped in barbed wire, leads to story impact
- Remote Bible storytelling in northern Thailand
- The plan of God to impact us with His Story
Dr Larry Dinkins, Dallas Theological Seminary and BIOLA University grad and OMF missionary in Thailand for over 20 years, brings some wonderful and moving stories about ministry on a storytelling training trip in Northern Thailand.
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Today's show:
- A once Muslim jihadi shares of being transformed by Jesus
- Raised to be a significant Islamic teacher he now shares Jesus' Story globally
- How storytelling is such a foundational element to his life and work
Bryan recently caught up wuth a friend and colleague from W Africa, who tells his story today of once being a man who took lives, to being someone who wants everyone to know Jesus, the Life Giver, and tells everyone he meets about Jesus. A thrilling story of Jesus alive today and transforming a man who hated Him into a man now completely in love with Him.
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Today's show:
- Following Jesus desiring to bring Him glory ...
- ... down unexpected roads
- Stories from a storytelling instructor
Dan McDonough is often on the same docket with Bryan in different storytelling workshops round the world, and recently Bryan was able to catch him on a recording and get some of his story and some of his stories about storytelling round the world. Enjoy!
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... People International web site
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Today's show:
- Bill Bjoraker talks about storytelling training in Israel
- And how he and others are working to impact academia with story
- National Podcast Day today
Bill Bjoraker, who teaches part time in William Carey University and also is a missionary to Jewish people, joins us again on the show after his recent trip to Israel. Bill and colleagues taught storytelling to a group gathered in Tel Aviv and this is report on that trip. He also discusses his efforts to reach out with story in the halls of academia.
Links ... STS (Simply the Story) web site ... William Carey International University web site
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Today's show:
- Meet Sam Poe and Share the Story!
- The power of story in the Western context
- Planting neighbourhood churches with story
Bryan talks with Sam Poe, who heads up Share the Story. Linked to the New Frontiers Network of churches, Sam has discovered the power of using story in a Western/American context. He has used story in Mexico and Zimbabwe and found how he could reach Westerners also with Bible story. Share the Story also has videos and materials on their site to teach you this ministry.
Links ... Share the Story web site ... New Frontiers Network of churches online
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Today's show:
- A collection of organisations, sites and training opportunities
- A go-to resource for finding Bible storytelling training for your need
- Who is training who and for what?
This week we bring you a collection of organisations, among the many, who offer training events, workshops and other opportunities for learning how to do this thing called Bible storytelling or storying. Below you have some links to find more about some of the info given in the show.
Links ...
Simply the Story (STS) on the web ... upcoming events ... Oral Bible Schools what are they?
Contact STS
OneStory Partnership (YWAM, cru, Christian & Missionary Alliance, Pioneers, TWR, & Wycliffe)
YWAM OneStory training page and Redcliffe College training opportunity
ST4T on the web ... their manual ... Contact ST4T
Storyrunners on the web
e3Partners on the web
Living Water International on the web
Truth Sticks on the web ... Truth Sticks book ... Truth Sticks training
International Orality Network (ION) on the web ... ION posted training events
Share the Story on the web
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Today's show:
- She escaped Vietnam on a boat aged 8
- She struggled to reach her own people just over a decade later
- The story about how storytelling changed impact among an oral people
Bryan recently met a dear woman of God from Asia, who tells her remarkable story, beginning with her escape on a boat to coming to Jesus and then going back to tell her own people about Jesus. She ably communicates how storytelling brought impact where Western style literate communication was bringing a stumbling block. A fun, gripping story not to be missed.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Operation Mobilisation web site
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Today's show:
- Storytelling in all cultures and situations
- An update from Andrea, storytelling in the nations
- STS Int'l Director tells of the fun and impact from telling Bible stories
Bryan, recently on a trip to the STS HQ in California, had occasion to catch up with their International Director, Andrea, who tells some wonderful storytelling stories on this week's episode. Enjoy!
Links ... STS web site ... Oral Bible Schools info ... Mercy Ships on the web
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Today's show:
- A Kenyan missionary to the nations!
- John shares his story about cross-cultural missions in Africa
- How Oral Bible Schools are making disciples of oral learners
Bryan recently interviewed John from Kenya, who, together with his family has been ministering in Ethiopia for a number of years. He ran a test on evangelism, which he talks about on this week's show, and soon discovered the power of story to reach the lost and make disciples.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Oral Bible Schools news ... The God's Story Project web site ... Megavoice on the web
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Today's show:
- A dear saint who keeps going and "re-tiring" her life for mission
- An instructor takes storytelling outside the workshop
- Storytelling at a funeral
With the Irish weather taking a distinct nosedive, Bryan feels it is time to close the Summer Sessions. Real reason? He has some good interbiews to share. This week he interviews Carolyn Bailey, a Simply the Story instructor from California, who tells how she has used story with friends, family, on-the-fly and even at a funeral!
Links ... Simply the Story on the web ... Greater Europe Mission web site ... MAF web site
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Today's show:
- Q&A feedback to Bruce Kuhn's presentation
- Behind the scenes stuff about style and format
- Why communicatung through story is so powerful
Bruce Kuhn, who has been with us through these last few weeks of storytelling in Acts of the Apostles, answers questions from attendees at his presentation and covers some gems on presentation and style of delivery.
Links ... Bruce Kuhn's web site ... Word By Heart school ... ION web site
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions in Acts
- Bruce Kuhn tells the Acts of the Apostles
- Stories of the Apostles
Bruce Kuhn, once Broadway actor and who now tours the globe doing solo shows of the Gospel of Luke, the Acts of the Apostles and other books, joins us on story4all to present the Book of Acts. This presentation was delivered in the International Orality Network (ION) conference in USA last year.
Links ... Bruce Kuhn's web site ... Word By Heart school ... ION web site
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions in Acts
- Bruce Kuhn tells the Acts of the Apostles
- Stories of the early Church
Bruce Kuhn, once Broadway actor and who now tours the globe doing solo shows of the Gospel of Luke, the Acts of the Apostles and other books, joins us on story4all to present the Book of Acts. This presentation was delivered in the International Orality Network (ION) conference in USA last year.
Links ... Bruce Kuhn's web site ... Word By Heart school ... ION web site
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions in Acts
- Bruce Kuhn tells the Acts of the Apostles
- Stories of the early Church
Bruce Kuhn, once Broadway actor and who now tours the globe doing solo shows of the Gospel of Luke, the Acts of the Apostles and other books, joins us on story4all to present the Book of Acts. This presentation was delivered in the International Orality Network (ION) conference in USA last year.
Links ... Bruce Kuhn's web site ... Word By Heart school ... ION web site
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Today's show:
- Bruce Kuhn tells portions of a Gospel
- Luke's Gospel comes alive in the telling
- Get your coffee, sit down and relax while you listen!
Bruce Kuhn, storyteller, who has performed on Broadway (Les Miserables) and now tours the world telling Bible stories, joins us on Summer Sessions to present an impacting series of stories from Luke's Gospel. Enjoy!
Links ... Bruce Kuhn on the web ... Word By Heart school
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Today's show:
- Dr Jay Moon talks about digitoral learning
- Lots of cool questions from the audience
- Ways modern students like to learn
Our Summer Sssions for 2014 continue with Dr. Jay Moon, a teacher in Asbury Theological Seminary, discussing digitoral learning.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Walter Ong's book ... Lynne L Abney's Orality Assessment Tool pdf online
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Today's show:
- When literate methods don't seem to get across
- Dr Jay Moon talks about digitoral learning
- Seeing how college students and faculty assess in studies on orality
Our Summer Sssions for 2014 continue with Dr. Jay Moon, a teacher in Asbury Theological Seminary, discussing digitoral learning.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Walter Ong's book ... Lynne L Abney's Orality Assessment Tool pdf online
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Today's show:
- When literate methods don't seem to get across
- Dr Jay Moon talks about digitoral learning
- Looking at Jesus' methods of communication
Our Summer Sssions for 2014 continue with Dr. Jay Moon, a teacher in Asbury Theological Seminary, discussing digitoral learning.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Walter Ong's book ... Lynne L Abney's Orality Assessment Tool pdf online
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions kicking off
- Dr Jay Moon talks about digitoral learning
- ... or how chickens can help you share the Gospel!
Our Summer Sssions for 2014 begin this week with Dr. Jay Moon, a teacher in Asbury Theological Seminary, introducing us to digitoral learning. He begins by telling how his time in Ghana with SIM taught him powerful keys in the area of communicating the Gospel and making disciples of oral learners.
Links ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Storytelling with a non-story passage
- Dorothy Miller leads a bumper-show presentation from an epistle
- Diving into and learning from a non-story passge in the New Testament
Concluding our theme over the past month or so, on storytelling in non-story passages, Dorothy Miller and a group of three in California join Bryan today in a "live" storytelling session that Dorothy brings to us from an epistle.
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- A look at the scandal of biblical illiteracy
- How do we turn this tide?
- Can story have a role in this?
The June edition of story4all Magazine has just been released this past week on Apple's Newsstand. The subject of the month was biblical illiteracy and what can be done to turn the tide. This week Bryan brings some of the statistics to the show and discusses how storytelling and meditating on the Word can effect the way believers interact with the Word of God and thus turn the tide on biblical illiteracy.
Links ... Barna group web site ... Albert Mohler article ... David Nienhuis article
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Today's show:
- J.O. Terry on Biblical Illiteracy and its effect on society
- Looking at how to turn the tide on lack of Bible knowledge and understanding
- Links round the web to different articles on this subject
J.O. Terry, retired IMB missionary of many years service in Asia and orality movement authority and thinker, joins Bryan on this week's show to discuss the reality of biblical illiteracy and its impact on today's society, as well as looking at possible solutions through story use.
Links ... Dr. Albert Mohler article on Biblical Illiteracy ... Why Johnny can't read the Bible ... Dr Toby Jennings on Biblical Illiteracy and the Knowldge of God
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Today's show:
- Dorothy Miller joins us to do a story
- A demo of a story presentation using a non-story passage
- Some good discussion on Psalm 1
Dorothy Miller, Executive Director of The God's Story Project and Simply the Story, joins us this week on the show to do a non-story passage (Psalm 1) with Bryan. Dorothy begins by telling the "story", then leading Bryan through the story again and finally discussing it with him. Enjoy this demo of storytelling a non-story passage!
Links ... STS web site ... What about the Epistles? click here
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Today's show:
- Can you tell stories with the epistles and poetry in the Bible?
- What might be the ways one can use to minister expositional passages?
- Looking at oral communication for the WHOLE Bible
This week on story4all podcast we tackle that question that often surfaces in storytelling workshops, "What about the epistles?". How does one tackle non-story passages of Scripture and still communicate in an oral way for oral communicators to grasp? If you want to discuss further about this, send your questions in to story4all
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Two stories about telling 5-minute stories in ministry
- Stories from Central Asia and Germany
- Practical steps on how to take recent show content to the streets!
After the recent show emphasis on casual storytelling, Bryan brings a couple of stories from a training trip in Central Asia and Germany, and how he presented 5-minute stories there. Also included are a couple of practical ways that you can make casual storytelling a part of your life.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Simply the Story workshops coming up
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Today's show:
- Concluding our series on Casual Storytelling
- How to bring people into your story with questions
- Bryan shares ways to help people observe & apply truth in casual story telling
Bryan concludes the casual storytelling series with steps on how to bring people into a Bible story in casual conversation, using a story you have on your heart and bridging into it from your conversation opener. He discusses how to walk people through a story observing things happening and going on in it and then bringing it home with four practical application question ideas. This series has been an overview of Simply the Story training on 5-minute conversational storytelling.
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- More on casually sharing Bible stories
- Selecting stories ... what Bible stories do I share?
- Bryan shares Simply the Story principles for 5-minute story opportunities
Bryan continues this week with the topic of casual storytelling. Moving on from opening a conversation (the subject of last week's show) he discusses selection of stories to share with others whom you meet. How to connect with what God is doing in your life and take it to others. Join us next week too, for the concluding part in this series, looking at how to really connect your story with others.
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Casual storytelling on the bus, in a coffee shop, waiting in line, etc.
- But how do I kick things off with that person in front of me?
- Bryan shares some tips in starting conversations
Bryan share today about a style of storytelling he uses most and which he thoroughly enjoys ... the art of casually sharing a Bible story with someone you might meet on the street, in a bank, on public transportation or in a coffee shop. Today, using some of the training offered by Simply the Story, he suggests some ideas for starting conversations to help listeners brainstorm on how they might start conversations with people. Join us next week, for a second part in the series, as we discuss story selection.
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Today's show:
- How do I learn a Bible story if I cannot or don't like reading?
- Three quick ways to learn Bible stories quickly and accurately
- Bryan demos learning a Bible story in part two of the show
In recent weeks we have been looking at learning Bible stories. But what if you don't read or don't like to? Bryan looks at three ways you can learn a Bible story quickly and accurately, and includes two methods which non readers can use. In the second part of the show he walks listeners through learning a Bible story using one of those methods.
Links ... Megavoice players here ... STS (Simply the Story) workshops and story learning
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Today's show:
- Remembering the message for more than a minute
- Scene-izing the story, pictorizing it
- A story that you won't forget
Mark Getz concludes his talk, first given in the International Orality Network conference in 2012, on how to learn and tell a story that will be remembered by you and your listener(s). Mark continues discussing how to see the story and then works with the telling of the story. This is the final in our three-part series.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Bibletelling.org ... btstories.com
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Today's show:
- Practical steps to learn an unforgetable story
- The role of a designated listener
- Scene-ifying a story you want to learn
Using the story of the paralytic, lowered down through a roof to Jesus, Mark Getz continues his message today on how we can learn a story and also how we can use a designated listener to better learn stories and how to tell them.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Bibletelling.org ... btstories.com
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Today's show:
- Remembering the message for more than a minute
- Making storytelling a way of life
- How we can tell memorable Bible stories
Mark Getz, a layman from Illinois and friend of John Walsh, refines strategies for Bible storytelling and in this new series, taken from a talk given at a recent International Orality Network conference, he discusses how to tell memorable Bible stories. This week Mark talks about how important it is for storytelling to become a way of life!
Links ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Short stories of oral strategy in action
- Jim Bowman, Man of Peace
- Faith Comes By Hearing, Deaf Bible App, Shofar Audio Player, David Swarr, etc
From the 2012 International Orality Netowrk conference several men talked about some great ways they are reaching out to the lost through oral communication strategies. Hear from Jim Bowman, Faith Comes By Hearing and Davar among others, including some of the resources being used and what is happening as a result.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Scriptures in Use web site ... Man of Peace film ... Faith Comes By Hearing web site ... Deaf Bible App ... Shofar audio player
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Today's show:
- John Walsh tells us a Bible story
- A story crafted from the Old Testament
- And then interpreted again as John visits the location of that old story
John Walsh joins us today from the Old Testament in true John Walsh fashion, and then tells it from an angle of recently visiting the location where that story must have taken place. Enjoy this story interpreted by John a different kind of show this week. This story was told at a recent International Orality Network conference.
Links ... John Walsh on the web ... International Orality Network web site.
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Today's show:
- How discussion after storytelling can be powerful
- Allowing discussion to have its work with our hearts
- Dealing with characters in discussion times
Bryan walks us through thoughts on how discussion can be so powerful and vital in helping listeners to a story discover and own truth. He looks at three vital components to every discussion as well as to good participation, and then he thinks about the "characters" who could throw your discussion into turmoil and how to stop that happening.
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Resources, resources, resources!
- Get equipped with simple stuff to share the Gospel easily on mission trips or outreach!
- Cell phone ministry, films, solar-powered equipment and more!
Renew World Outreach is no stranger to story4all podcast! We have talked about their ministry before, but it has been a while since we have looked at the multiplicity of resources available now on their web site! Wow! On this week's show we look at a number of things that Renew World Outreach can offer you to take the Gospel to oral peoples in remote and not-so-remote places on earth. Everything from cell phone usage to solar-powered equipment and strategies for reaching the unreached are on this episode!
Links ... Renew World Outreach home ... Steve Saint tour of Renew World Outreach ... Cell phone ministry ... Mobile ministry in action in the Peruvian jungle ... Equipment here ... The Reach Strategy here ... Mission trip ideas here ... Available languages here ... Stories from the field
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Today's show:
- A story from cattle herders in Africa
- Oral newspapers
- Looking at OralityStrategies.org
This week we are bringing you two stories about storytelling from remote parts of the world. One from Africa and one from Asia. They are found on the OralityStrategies/org web site and together other stories and resources we encourage you to check this site out and dive into the goodies to be found there.
Links ... The OralityStrategies web site ... The story about cattlemen here ... and the story about Oral Newspapers here
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Today's show:
- Great storytelling resource this week
- Flannelgraph like your grandmother has never seen!
- Jon Melin and his flannelgraph in flannel and digital formats
Bryan talks about his friend Jon Melin's wonderful products and storytelling resources on this week's show. story4all may refer to stories "not just being for Sunday School", but we certainly do NOT want to leave those out who minister to and among children! Join us today to hear about some top notch products for your storytelling ministry whether you want to use flannel in a traditional flannelboard or right off your smartphone, tablet or computer to small and large groups.
Links ... By Design Visuals home page ... By Desgin Visuals store ... By Design Visuals Demo Videos ... Contact Jon here
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Today's show:
- A story from a Thai islander called Uu
- How Uu and other hidden peoples can be reached with the Good News
- The work of Global Recordings Network (GRN) and what they do
We have often had Global Recordings Network friends join us in the past. This week we hear a story about a man, who would have been cut off, ignorant about the Gospel had it not been for the work of GRN. Hear his story today and see how you can also be involved in the work of GRN to reach the world's rejected or hiddne peoples!
Links ... Global Recordings Network (GRN) web site ... Uu's Story video link ... Moken links ... Contact the GRN Language Hotline here ... Contact your local GRN office here
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Today's show:
- Science shows how we are wired for stories!
- How storytelling impacts our brains and physically how we engage with stories
- The plan of God to impact us with His Story
Bryan has been doing some research about storytelling and the impact it has on us physically, mentally and in other ways. He shares today from a couple of articles, with a scientific bent, on how we can be affected in our brains by the simple telling of a simple story. Check out the links to the two articles he references in this week's show.
Links ... Leo Widrich writes about What Storytelling Does to Our Brains and Annie Murphy Paul writes about Your Brain on Fiction
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Today's show:
- story4all Magazine is "live" on iTunes
- How to access and consume this magazine
- How to view the magazine on multiple devices
On Christmas morning 2013 the story4all Magazine "app" went "live" in the iTunes store and within days the first (January) issue of the magazine was also available for download and 'reading'.
In this episode of story4all podcast we show you where to go to get the (free) app and how you can get access to the magazine. Bryan walks you through a step-by-step process of the various ways you can subscribe to it, how you can view it on small screen sizes (text vs. "full" format), and also handles a frequently asked question about how to access the magazine on other/all your devices.
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Today's show:
- Old order Amish background man shares about his faith
- How this man discovers the power of storytelling
- Story in family, church and the work place!
Emmanuel Esh joins Bryan on story4all today and he discusses his "old order Amish" background and his coming to know Jesus. He also discusses how he discovered storytelling ministry and shares stories about how the Lord has given him opportunity to tell stories, with effect, in his family, his workplace and in church. Enjoy a great testimony and some wonderful stories stories impacting others in every day life situations.
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Happy New Year!
- A 4-year old storyteller on this week's show!
- The story of Jonah, chapters one and two
Daniel, the four-year old grandson of the founder of Simply the Story, tells the story of Jonah (chapters one and two - all 27 verses) on this week's podcast. Enjoy this short show that brings to an end our shows for 2013!
God bless you our listeners in 2014! Happy New Year!
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Out of Babe's Mouth here
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Today's show:
- Happy Christmas to all our listeners!
- Bryan shares some stories from storytelling experiences
Wishing all our listeners a very Happy Christmas and blessed Christmas season! A shorter one this week with a couple of storytelling experiences Bryan had in Europe.
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Today's show:
- More storytelling from the field
- Jackson and Andrea share a Bible story
- Int'l Orality Network conference storytelling session
Andrea and Jackson carry on from last week with a Bible story presentation and discussion as well as comments about how such story ministry has been used round the world. Join us this week for an episode with a "live" story model being shared with the conference workshop audience.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... The God's Story Project web site ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Storytellers tell their stories
- Jackson and Andrea at ION tell stories about storytelling
- Storytelling in action round the globe
A two-part series on storytellers telling their stories about storytelling. The event took place in the International Orality Network conference in 2012. Enjoy some of these testimonies from "the field"!
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... The God's Story Project web site ... International Orality Network site
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Today's show:
- Nigerian man learns storytelling from the Internet
- And then teaches others to use story
- A Nigerian church multiplication minstry through storytelling
Bryan talks this week to Daniel Ozoko from Nigeria. This is a remarkable young man who is a pastor and mission agency leader. He went on the Internet and read the Simply the Story handbook on how to use storytelling with discussion to reach and make disciples of the lost. First he taught himself and then he taught others! Hear his exciting story on this week's podcast!
Links ... Where Daniel learned about story: web site ... The "manual" Daniel used to learn storytelling here
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Today's show:
- Evangelism UNbelievers enjoy!
- Christine Dillon interview
- Church planting through story in Asia
Christine Dillon joins Bryan on this week's show, Skyped in from Australia. Christine grew up on the mission field and is fluent in Taiwanese and Mandarin and has been using storytelling to reach and make disciples of the lost in Asia. Christine is an author (see book links below) and she shares some stories about how she is using Bible stories in ministry.
Links ... Christine's book "Telling the Gospel Through Story" available here and on Kindle ... Contact Christine here ... Henna Stories show
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Today's show:
- Reaching a generation who are 'digitally native'
- Jay Moon on African proverbs, digital natives and oral learners
Jay Moon, Associate Professor at Asbury Theological Seminary teaching on church planting and evangelism. He has had 13 years missionary experience with SIM in Ghana (W Africa). Jay wrote the articles in Orality Journal Vol 2 No 1 on making disciples through ritual - see shows s4a363 and s4a364 and this episode of story4all podcast is a discussion Bryan had when he met Jay at the recent Int'l Orality Network conference in St Louis in the USA.
Links ... Asbury Theological Seminary web site ... Jay's book on African proverbs ... Born Digital book ... Seedbed web site
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Today's show:
- Training for children's workers to reach ORAL cultures
- Gary Strudler and Kids Around the World
- Resources too
Gary Strudler, Director for KIDStory for Kids Around the World, joins Bryan on this week's show. Gary shares about the ministry of Kids Around the World and the training that they bring to help children's workers minister in oral cultures. He shares some wonderful stories about ministry to children in oral cultures and also shares about training opportunities for those desiring to reah kids in oral cultures, as well as shares some resources that are available.
Links ... Kids Around the World web site ... KIDStory ministry in oral cultures ... Chronological Bible Storyboard resource
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Today's show:
- Bruce Kuhn, professional storyteller
- A unique ministry of storytelling
- Teaching others to learn stories as eye witnesses
Bruce Kuhn, a professional storyteller, performed as an actor on Broadway in Les Misérables, in the National Tours of Chess and Cotton Patch Gospel and in the resident company of the acclaimed Actor’s Theatre of Louisville in roles as diverse as D’Artagnan in The Three Musketeers and Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, as well as The Gospel of Luke. He now tours his one-man shows to universities and churches throughout North America and Europe. Bryan recently caught up with him at the International Orality Network conference in St Louis last month and recorded this conversation on this week's show.
Check out these links for more on Bruce's work and to see him in action ...
Bruce's web site ... Enjoy a 7-minute of Bruce telling from the Gospel of Luke ... YWAM school (2 Jan - 27 Mar 2014) Word by Heart School
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Today's show:
- Catching up with John ...
- A cool new place to hear and watch stories
- Free downloads of stories and more
Bryan always likes his catch up times with John Walsh in the International Orality Network conferecne. This year John chats with Bryan about the recent trip to Israel and some great resources that are now available for free and purchase - see links below - from his web site. An exciting new web site, a book called "All the Stories of the Bible" and an exciting re-release of his first book "The Art of Storytelling".
Links ... John Walsh's web site ... btstories.com new site ... The Art of Storytelling (FIRST) edition available here. ... All of the Stories of the Bible book available here ... John's video podcast on iTunes
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Today's show:
- World Gospel Mission-ary
- Using story in Uganda and Dem. Rep of Congo
- Stories that have people coming back for more!
Recently Bryan caught up with Scott Rambo, a storytelling practitioner currently working in Uganda and the D.R. Congo. His is an interesting story about his call to Africa and then how he ended up working there and using Simply the Story (STS).
Links ... World Gospel Mission web site ... Simply the Story web site ... Scott & Meg Rambo bio ... Bible storytelling in E Africa
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Today's show:
- Gilles Gravelle
- Oral discoveries in a literal context
- Going on from seeing text to understanding what it means!
This week Bryan interviews Gilles Gravelle, of The Seed Company, and he tells his story of discovery of oral communication methods and the need for change and adjustment in translation and outreach strategies as he reached out among an oral people.
Links ... The Seed Company web site
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Today's show:
- Providing clean water
- And quenching thirst for living water
- Multiplying disciples among oral learners
Jerry Wiles, President Emeritus of Living Water International joins us agan on the podcast to update us on what is happening in his unique approach of bring clean water to remote places on the planet and bringing Living Water to oral learners who are oral by preference or of necessity. On this week's episode he shares his overall strategy and some fun stories of God at work in different places.
Links ... Living Water International web site
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Today's show:
- Some stories about stoytelling
- Storying around the world
- Bryan brings story testimonies
Responding to requests from several story4all listeners, Bryan kicks off a new season by telling some stories from his workshop and storytelling experiences in different countries. Join us today for a show of stories about stories!
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Secrets revealed!
- Discover how to dig deeply for treasures in a Bible story
- Dorothy Miller concludes her workshop on how Bible stories can speak to our lives today
Join the fun as Dorothy Miller concludes her workshop on digging deeply into a Bible story. Today she shares her secret tools she uses for hunting for treasures in a Bible story. This workshop happened last year in the International Orality Network conference.
Links ... The God's Story Project web site ... Simply the Story web site ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Now we're going to apply this story to today!
- Continued demo on how to teach a Bible story and lead group discussion
- Dorothy Miller continues to lead us in a Bible story that shows up in our lives today
Not exactly the summer for most, but we are carrying on our Summer Sessions into the autumn this year so you can get the full fun of the workshop that Dorothy Miller brought last year in the International Orality Network conference. Join us today for the continuation of her seminar we have entitled God's stories are for all.
Links ... The God's Story Project web site ... Simply the Story web site ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Finishing our look at what is happening in this story
- A demo on teaching a Bible story and leading discussion
- Dorothy Miller continues to lead us into a Bible story that strikes us today
Not exactly the summer for most, but we are carrying on our Summer Sessions into the autumn this year so you can get the full fun of the workshop that Dorothy Miller brought last year in the International Orality Network conference. Join us today for the continuation of her seminar we have entitled God's stories are for all.
Links ... The God's Story Project web site ... Simply the Story web site ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Getting into a good old story about grumbling
- A demo on teaching a Bible story and leading discussion
- Dorothy Miller leads us into a Bible story that strikes us today
Not exactly the summer for most, but we are carrying on our Summer Sessions into the autumn this year so you can get the full fun of the workshop that Dorothy Miller brought last year in the International Orality Network conference. Join us today for the continuation of her seminar we have entitled God's stories are for all.
Links ... The God's Story Project web site ... Simply the Story web site ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Looking through the right glasses
- Are all the stories in God's Word suitable for all people?
- Dorothy Miller on being armed and ready for telling His story
Not exactly the summer for most, but we are carrying on our Summer Sessions into the autumn this year so you can get the full fun of the workshop that Dorothy Miller brought last year in the International Orality Network conference. Join us today for the kick off on her seminar we have entitled God's stories are for all.
Links ... The God's Story Project web site ... Simply the Story web site ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Learning from the Good Samaritan
- Moving from knowledge into application
- Summer Sessions
Chuck Madinger concludes his talk on the next step of learning. Chuck has spent twenty-seven years in congregational ministry, serving universities and seminaries teaching in the US and abroad. He has launched three mission and consulting organisations helping reach the world's oral majority with partners in over 20 countries. His experiences include designing oral strategies and instruction on content ranging from discipleship to widow empowerment, HIV/AIDS awareness in Africa to civil society programs in places like Iraq, Sudan, and Afghanistan. Chuck is now completing his PhD in communication.
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Information and registration details for the ION conference in September (16-19th) in St Louis, MO, USA
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Today's show:
- It's all in how you peel an orange!
- A recovering Missions Pastor talks about learning
- Summer Sessions
Continuing our Summer Sessions we are starting a two-part series this week on how people receive information and looking at how to bring people to the place of really learning. To help us in this task? Chuck Madinger. Chuck has spent twenty-seven years in congregational ministry, serving universities and seminaries teaching in the US and abroad. He has launched three mission and consulting organisations helping reach the world's oral majority with partners in over 20 countries. His experiences include designing oral strategies and instruction on content ranging from discipleship to widow empowerment, HIV/AIDS awareness in Africa to civil society programs in places like Iraq, Sudan, and Afghanistan. Chuck is now completing his PhD in communication.
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Today's show:
- Tips and techniques!
- Bob Hartman and stroytelling the Bible
- Summer Sessions
Bob Hartman concludes his seminar on Bible storytelling at the Thailand gathering of Global Children's Ministry workers in 2012. After telling a fun children's version of a Bible story, Bob delivers some tips and techniques for storytelling.
Links ... Bob Hartman's web site where you can also access his books ... Buy and download a story a week (Disclaimer: not necessarily a Bible story!) ... Global Children's Ministry web site
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Today's show:
- Not just for children!
- A fun seminar at a children's conference
- Summer Sessions have begun for 2013!
For our first Summer session this year we are going to take you to a very lively children's conference workshop that happened last year in Chiang Mai in Thailand. Bob Hartman is the speaker/storyteller, so buckle up and get ready for a fun ride! In amidst the tips for children's workers in his audience there are some wonderful tips and great teaching for any who would like to share the Story of Jesus with others. Part three this week.
Links ... Bob Hartman's web site ... Buy and download a story a week (Disclaimer: not necessarily a Bible story!) ... Global Children's Ministry web site
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Today's show:
- Not just for children!
- A fun seminar at a children's conference
- Summer Sessions have begun for 2013!
For our first Summer session this year we are going to take you to a very lively children's conference workshop that happened last year in Chiang Mai in Thailand. Bob Hartman is the speaker/storyteller, so buckle up and get ready for a fun ride! In amidst the tips for children's workers in his audience there are some wonderful tips and great teaching for any who would like to share the Story of Jesus with others. Part two this week.
Links ... Bob Hartman's web site ... Buy and download a story a week (Disclaimer: not necessarily a Bible story!) ... Global Children's Ministry web site
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Today's show:
- Not just for children!
- A fun seminar at a children's conference
- Summer Sessions have begun for 2013!
For our first Summer session this year we are going to take you to a very lively children's conference workshop that happened last year in Chiang Mai in Thailand. Bob Hartman is the speaker/storyteller, so buckle up and get ready for a fun ride! In amidst the tips for children's workers in his audience there are some wonderful tips and great teaching for any who would like to share the Story of Jesus with others. Part one this week.
Links ... Bob Hartman's web site ... Buy and download a story a week (Disclaimer: not necessarily a Bible story!) ... Global Children's Ministry web site
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Today's show:
- Making truth stick for literates in the West
- A curriculum for making disciples among Western literates
- Making storytelling interesting in the Western context
Bryan caught up this week with Mark Snowden, Director of Snowden Ministries, about an exciting project he is producing through his TruthSticks emphasis for oral learners. Mark is producing a quarterly collection of storying lessons as part of a Biblical Panorama curriculum for Bible studies and small groups. This curriculum is designed to minister in a Western context and has teaching pictures and activities that make Bible storytelling for Western literates (and non-literates) both memorable as well as engaging and fun. Check out today's show to learn more!
Links ... Request your own copy of the Sept-Nov 2013 curriculum by emailing Mark here ... TruthSticks website
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Today's show:
- A lamp with a story to tell!
- Light with sound and more
- Kulumi light, audio player, phone charger and more ...
It's a light! It's an audio player! It's an amplifier! It's a phone charger! And it's pretty incredible! Bryan meets and talks to Wilhelm Stoker, CEO of Hope Tech Global, about one of the most remarkable inventions that he has come across in a while! This is a solar-powered device and can also receive a charge from normal electrical outlets. Think remote and where a light might be needed to see, read, write, study, shine on your path or even as a way of sending a distress signal. Kulumi meets all these needs and much more. Check out the show for more detail and also the web site for promotional video and more information.
Links ... Hope Tech Global web site
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Today's show:
- Storytelling on the fly ...
- Discussng 5-minute conversational stories
- How to minister casually & winsomely wherever you go!
Larry Dinkins, an OMF missionary and STS instructor based in Thailand, talks to Bryan this week about casual storytelling in everyday situations. Often the models of storytelling that are discussed today have been 30-minute models or for presentations in public meeting settings. Listen in today to hear how storytelling can be both a winsome and powerful tool for effective ministry when you are out and about.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... YWAM Chiang Rai minstry centre ... YWAM Pattaya Tamar centre
"Meet me in St. Louis!" - An invitation to the International Orality Network annual conference. This year between 15th and 18th September in St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Today's show:
- Siblings get into storytelling
- One a missionary overseas
- And the other at home
A short while ago, while on a visit to Northern Thailand, Bryan met and interviewed a brother and sister team in Chiang Mai. Nathaniel and his family have been ministering in Thailand as missionaries for several years now and have planted a church there. His sister works with her home church in their native Singapore and also makes trips to Kenya. Both of them tell their story and how ministry has multiplied through their involvement in storytelling.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... God's Story web site ... Megavoice web site
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Today's show:
- J.O. Terry confesses his 10 storytelling mistakes
- Mistakes of a New Bible Storyteller
- Orality Journal Vol 2 No 1
This is the conclusion to the article, by J.O. Terry, in the current edition of the Orality Journal (Vol 2 No 1), which outlines his personal story of ten mistakes that he made as made that journey.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Download your own free copy of the latest Orality Journal
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Today's show:
- J.O. Terry share how got started with Bible Storying
- Ten Mistakes of a New Bible Storyteller
- Orality Journal Vol 2 No 1
In a two-part show we begin the concluding article in the current edition of the Orality Journal (Vol 2 No 1), an article by J.O. Terry, which outlines his personal story into Bible storytelling (this week) and the ten mistakes that he made as made that journey (next week's podcast).
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Download your own free copy of the latest Orality Journal ... New Tribes Mission web site
Download free Nepali Thangkas here ... Amazing Grace Bible survey video clips on You Tube ... Kids Around the World training or contact Gary here
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Today's show:
- The gap in understanding
- The power of story analyzed
- Orality Journal Vol 2 No 1
This week we hear from two authors in our continued look at the latest edition of the Orality Journal (Vol 2 No 1). Steven Evans goes first with "Mind the Gap - If this is your Land, then Where are your Stories?". Then we hear from Tara Rye as she reviews the book by Kendall Haven, entitled "Story Proof, the Science Behind the Startling Power of Story". Other resources in today's show can be found linked below:
Links ... International Orality Network NEW web site ... Download your own (free) copy of the Orality Journal ... Amazing Grace Bible visual surveys of the Old & New Testament can be found here ... Tara Rye: Cultivating Hearts podcast ... Story Proof: The Science Behind the Startling Power of Story by Kendall Haven here ... Telling the Gospel Through Story: Evangelism That Keeps Hearers Wanting More by Christine Dillon here ... Max Lucado's God's Story, Your Story: When His Becomes Yours here ... Preaching Re-Imagined: The Role of the Sermon in Communities of Faith by Doug Pagitt here ... John Walsh's The Art of Storytelling: Easy Steps to Presenting an Unforgettable Story here ... No Greater Joy: Sharing Your Faith Through Stories and Questions by Jerry Wiles here ... Thangka download for free here
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Today's show:
- Meeting the need for visual story in today's world
- How story affects people from the inside out
- Orality Journal Vol 2 No 1
This week we have a varied and packed show! An article by Clyde Taber, of the Visual Story Network, in the current edition of the Orality Journal, tackles the question of how to reach a visually stimulated generation. The second part of the show brings an interesting article by Marlene LeFever on how story affects people from the inside out.
Two resources not to be missed this week:
- The brand new International Orality Network web site is here
- FREE Thanka art available for you to download here! Remember Roger's story here and here?
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Today's show:
- Indigenous evangelistic films for your people group!
- Create International and Calvin Conkey
- A unique ministry providing unique resources
On a recent trip to Thailand, Bryan managed to catch up with Calvin Conkey, founder and leader of Create International. Calvin shares the history and vision of Create International and then shares some great stories about how the films they have 'created' have had some amazing effect on various unreached people groups. Learn about Indigitech and where you can obtain free films for use in people groups on your heart!
Links ... Create International web site ... Indigitech web site for downloads of films ... Get training in filming, videography and cartooning for Jesus here ... Hear Good news on God Network News podcast here or subscribe on iTunes here
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Today's show:
- Rituals that change lives
- How you can employ rituals to impact oral learners
- Orality Journal Vol 2 No 1
Using Rituals to Disciple Oral Learners is an article with some interesting takes on how oral learners can be impacted in their worldview and knowledge of God, even walk with God. This is the concluding part to the article from the Orality Journal (Vol 2 No 1) by Jay Moon, Professor of Intercultural Studies and Director of the Wesley House of Study at Sioux Falls Seminary. The content of the show is a broad reach from primary oral learner cultures to secondary oral learners in the West, and all sorts of situations and needs in between the two.
Links ... International Orality Network (ION) web site
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Today's show:
- How rituals can impact lives
- ... or bring defining moments
- Orality Journal Vol 2 No 1
Returning to the latest edition of the Orality Journal (Vol 2 No 1) in this week's show, Bryan brings an article by Jay Moon, Professor of Intercultural Studies and Director of the Wesley House of Study at Sioux Falls Seminary. This is a unique look at an aspect of orality that we have not covered so far on story4all. The content of this article are relevant for those in remote primary oral cultures as well as those working in secondary oral (Western) cultures, as well as facing challenging stages our own children go through. This is the first in a two-part series.
Links ... International Orality Network (ION) web site
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Today's show:
- From the mountains to the nations
- A Filipino is transformed by story
- Bible College, Church planting and Radio storytelling
A couple of weeks ago Bryan was at a conference in Thailand. There he met and talked with EB, who tells how he came to know Jesus in the remote mountains of his homeland and then how he was impacted by storytelling training. EB tells how story changed his career, released him into Bible College training, church planting, sending missionaries from his country to the nations and even how he is reaching far and wide now through storytelling on the radio!
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Great new resource for children, youth & adults
- Chronological story Bible
- Interview with Kurt Jarvis
In April 2009 Bryan and Yvette introduced story4all listeners to the work of Kurt Jarvis in show number 155. Kurt is the founder/director of CBS4Kids and has been serving and training those working among children for several decades. Today Bryan interviews Kurt about the newly published Storyteller's Bible and discusses all manner of goodies related to this project, which Kurt is championing with the help of Bible.org.
Links ... CBS4Kids web site ... Bible.org web site ... Storyteller's Bible available now here on Amazon and on main Amazon site and here for the Kindle and here on Barnes & Noble Nook.
It will also soon will be available on iTunes by searching for The Storyteller's Bible 60 Stories.
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Today's show:
- Art and the Gospel
- How henna can be used to help you share Jesus!
- An interview with Erica Logan
Bryan was able to recently record an interview that he has long had on his heart! He talked with Erica Logan of Operation Mobilisation (OM) and Heart Sounds International. As well as hearing some tremendous concepts from Erica about the role of art in our daily lives - no matter where we are in the world - it is clear we need to fully employ the arts in sharing Jesus with others. One of the things that got Bryan excited, and why he wanted to interview Erica, was discussion about the use of henna to tell Bible stories. Listen in on today's show to learn how and follow the links and goldmine of information below to learn how to get started and use henna in ministry with Bible stories!
Organisation links ... OM web site ... OM Arts Int'l web site ... Heart Sounds Int'l web site ... Mongolian throat singing Henna Stories web site
Links about henna, to learn about the plant, the cultural use of it in various places, the concept of storytelling, and how to use it in ministry. Check these links out:
- Drawing and stories
- Henna storytelling
- Henna and the Gospel
- Indigenous Jesus - henna
- Henna art and the visual Gospel
- Gospel paintings
- Henna in S Asia
- Gospel art
- An indea of Henna Traditions - the Henna page
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Today's show:
- Church planting movements (CPMs) among oral learners
- 2 stories of how stories can help speed and energise a movement
- Pam Arlund concludes her article
In the concluding part to the article begun last week from the latest edition of the Orality Journal (Vol 2 No 1), we hear two case studies from two different nations and religious blocs about how story held a vital role in speeding the movement of churches planting church planting churches. Pam Arlund, Director of Training for All Nations Family, Inc., and based in Kansas City, describes through stories how story impacts easily and widely.
Links ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Church planting movements (CPMs) among oral learners
- Vital ingredients of CPMs
- Pam Arlund shares her heart
Returning to the latest edition of the Orality Journal (Vol 2 No 1), we hear today the first (in a two-part) show about Church Planting Movements (CPMs) in the context of literacy and orality. Pam Arlund, Director of Training for All Nations Family, Inc., and based in Kansas City, argues how important it is for us to adjust perspective and practice so we include oral learners more readily to aid in the speed of CPMs. Join us next week to hear some stories about the use of story in CPMs in different parts of the world.
Links ... International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Michael Novelli update0
- Merge!
- Kids Around the World events
Michael Novelli is no stranger to story4all and today we get caught up to what he has been doing in his marvellous work among high school students and also training those who work with them, as well as developing curricula and training for people to reach these youth. Here also about the Merge event coming up in the summer and how you can join in the fun. Also hear from another story4all listener, Gary Strudler, who tells us about some exciting events that Kids Around the World have coming up between now and the end of the year.
Links ... Echo the Story/Sparkhouse web site ... Merge event coming to a city near you ... Kids Around the World web site
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Today's show:
- A dead church comes alive
- A church changed by story
- Great stories of God at work
Bryan was recently talking with some friends of his in a town near home, and he had to get this story recorded to share with you. Have you struggled with how this fits in your church ministry? Confused how to implement Bible story in your church? Listen to how a dead church experienced new life, has had to add another service on Sunday, and is busting at the seams with no room for people, ever since they adopted Bible story with discussion.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Simply the Story (STS) training events coming to a city near you
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Today's show:
- How the web can help speed distribution of the Gospel
- Orality Journal Vol 2 No. 1
- Literacy, Orality and the Web
In today's show, Bryan continues our look at the Orality Journal Vol. 2 No. 1, and finishes bringing us the final part of the article, entitled Literacy, Orality and the Web, by Gilles Gravelle, director of Research and Innovation with The Seed Company.
Links ... The Seed Company web site ... SIL International web site ... Faith Comes By Hearing web site
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Today's show:
- Michael Forestieri
- Orality Journal Vol 2 No. 1
- Literacy, Orality and the Web
Bryan brings the sad announcement, at the start of the show, of the death of Michael Forestieri. On Wednesday last (20th February), shortly before 5pm, the master storyteller finished his earthly pilgrimage, dying of pancreatic cancer. Please keep his wife Jodi and daughter Kathryn in your prayers. See the links below to see Michael in action telling Bible stories and also teaching others how to do so.
In today's show, we continue our look at the Orality Journal Vol. 2 No. 1, and begin going through the first half of an article by Gilles Gravelle, director of Research and Innovation with The Seed Company. Join us next week for part two.
Links ... Michael Forestieri tells the story of Samuel's call ... Michael Forestieri teaches and tells the Birth of Isaac ...
Links from today's show ... The Seed Company web site ... SIL International web site
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Today's show:
- Herbert in Uganda
- Crusades and orality
- Pray for Michael Forestieri
Herbert Buyondo founded a ministry in Uganda thirteen years ago, called Victory Covenant Ministries. It is focused on the Great Commission and bringing the Gospel to Kampala and out to the ends of the earth. Bryan interviews Herbert today and asks him how orality is involved in the ministry he leads and the churches he has planted. He tells a great wee story at the end about an illiterate woman who finds ministry opportunity.
Links ... Renew World Outreach web site ... Living Water International web site ... Victory Covenant Ministries web site
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Today's show:
- Pray for Michael Forestieri and family!
- Man of Peace ... now live!
- Orality Journal #2 - Editorial
Bryan starts the show with the news that Michael Forestieri is fighting for his life against pancreatic cancer and with an appeal for prayer for this man and his dear family. This week we look at the new Orality Journal - edition no. 2 - which is about to be released to the ION (International Orality Network) web site. The first piece from the journal is the editorial by Samuel Chiang.
Links ... ION web site ... 'Michael Forestieri show' (s4a317) in which he creates the memorable "bakery" story ... Man of Peace film (Scrolldown to click the green button and request access for a full viewing!)
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Today's show:
- MAF and its barrier removing ministry
- Stories in the outback
- An interview with Regina Manley
MAF (Mission Aviation Fellowship) has been helping many mission agencies and organisations breaking down walls and barriers to the Gospel going remotely on the planet. On this week's show we meet Regina Manley, Oral Communications Specialist with MAF and Senior Instructor with Simply the Story (STS). Regina served the Lord with her husband, an MAF pilot, and four children for 17 years in Ecuador. She tells about her life and how she got involved with bringing the message of Jesus to oral cultures who need to hear the Gospel orally to be able to understand it and respond to it.
Links ... MAF web site ... MAF Learning Technologies on the web ... Simply the Story web site ... Regina and colleague bring a workshop to Costa Rica (video clip)
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Today's show:
- The Bible for Natve Americans
- A church planted in three days of outreach!
- The use of story on short-term mission trips
This week we have a two-part show. In part one Bryan gives an update on Terry and Darlene Wildman and their current project to deliver a version of the Bible that phrases the narrative in a way that relates to English speaking First Nations people. In Part Two we pick up on something that Ray Neu said last week which is the use of story on short-term mission trips. Bryan tells the story of a 3-day missions trip to Mexico with 45 (non-Spanish speaking) teens and twenty-somethings, who end up planting a church of 60 people who numbered 100 a year later.
Links ... Rainsong Ministries web site ... Sample of the FNV text ... Donate to the FNV project here ... "Native" (Wildman interview) here
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Today's show:
- Ray Neu story from Belize
- A modern day Zacchaeus meets Jesus
- How 'story' can help your short-term mission trip
Bryan meets an old friend, Ray Neu, recently in the USA and Ray tells his story and how he ended up using stories to minister and make disciples in Belize. A tremendous story is told of a modern-day Zacchaeus who encounters Jesus. Ray also talks about how story can be so effective on short-term mission trips.
Links ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Tell it from the start!
- Story that ministers in a time of trauma and a story on an aeroplane
- SE Asia church planter, and now doctoral student, shares her story
Jennifer Jagerson joins Bryan on this week's episode. She is a young woman discussing how she began to understand the love of the Father first when she heard the Bible story from the beginning and in the context of a loving believing community. Jennifer worked for three years as a church planting missionary in SE Asia and latterly has been doing doctoral studies in S California. She tells Bryan, on today's show, a couple of thrilling stories on how story can minister so deeply and powerfully. Don't miss these stories!
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Simply the Story (STS) training events near you
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Today's show:
- Leaving business and stepping out
- Seeing lives transformed by oral communication of the Gospel
- Ed Weaver and T4Global
On this podcast we hear from Ed Weaver, President of T4Global, who talks about how he followed God to leave business and go global in ministry. Becoming president of T4Global in November 2005, Ed has led the organisation in its four-fold thrust, using truth, translation, trust and technology to see transformation in the nations. Hear about this story on this week's episode.
Links ... T4Global web site ... SIL web site
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Today's show:
- The best of 2012
- Memorable podcasts from last year
- A personal story of multiplication from Egypt
Bryan looks back today on some of the shows produced on story4all in the past year and shares memorable moments. Then, to finish the show, Bryan tells a story of personal blessing and fulfilment for him from his time in Egypt in 2012
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Today's show:
- Merry Christmas!
- Tony's story
- Remembering the persecuted
Today we pause to celebrate Christmas, and Bryan tells the story of "Tony" who will not be with his family this Christmas season, because of his decision to follow Jesus.
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Today's show:
- December 19 event in Washington DC
- Great Story from the Sacred Book
- Creation Speaks DVD release
In story4all podcast s4a124 we introduced our listeners to a couple doing a marvellous work among Native Americans. On this week's episode we catch up with Terry and Darlene Wildman and hear what the Lord has been doing through them in their travels of ministering through song, dance and storytelling throughout N America. Today we also announce the recent release of their wonderful DVD entitled "Creation Speaks", which is a delightful musical and visual journey experiencing the awe and wonder of Creator as revealed in the wildlife and landscape of Alaska.
Links ... Rainsong Music web site ... Mark Charles' "Grandmother's House" video clip ... Great Story from the Sacred Book here ... "Sign Language" book here ... Rainsong music CDS here
View a clip from and order your own copy of the brand new "Creation Speaks" DVD here
December 19th ... if you are in Washington DC, there is an event in front of the US Capitol, which will include the public reading of the US apology to Native peoples. If you are unable to attend, you can catch the event web streaming live at 11 AM (EST) here. Watch the video clip about it here.
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Today's show:
- A new children's resource
- The Bible in overview
- A discussion with Marlene of David C Cook
Bryan talks to Marlene LeFever, vice President of Global Mission with David C Cook, whom he first met in September when she deposited a brand new book in his lap! Marlene talks about this new resource for children entitled The Big, Amazing Story of the Whole Bible. It is a 12 session course overview of the story of the Bible. Marlene also discusses other David C Cook publications and makes a special offer (see next paragraph).
To obtain your own free copy of The Story of Jesus booklet (in English), please drop a line to Marlene requesting it, saying you heard about it here on story4ll and also include your mailing/postal ('Snail Mail') address!
Links ... David C Cook web site ... Write Marlene or call (800) 708-5550 or (719) 536-0100 to order your own copy of The Big, Amazing Story of the Whole Bible ... View/purchase The Action Bible (7-12 year olds) here
Also write Marlene if you would like to partner with the Children at Risk curriculum mentioned on this week's show!
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Today's show:
- Post persecution move to Christ in India
- Man of Peace - the film
- How storytelling the Gospel impacts an Indian state
Last week, we heard from Jim Bowman, founder/director of Scriptures in Use, and he told us about his journey into storytelling ministry. Today Jim tells us about an exciting project, the Man of Peace film, which documents the story of what Jesus has been doing in India (Orissa state) since the awful persecution of the Body of Christ there in 2008. You will want to not only hear what Jim has to say about this film, but also to sign up on the web site (link below) to be informed when you can see and purhcase the full-length feature film for yourself, and rejoice at God has done.
Links ... Man of Peace web site ... Sciriptures in Use web site ... Communication Bridges to Oral Cultures training ... Take the 10-hour Bridges course online
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Today's show:
- A journey
- Jim Bowman tells his story
- Tremendous church planter training for oral communicators
A man Bryan has long tried to get on the story4all podcast, but also a man who has been hard to find because he and his wife have been hard at work training grassroots church planters all over the globe! Jim Bowman, finally joins us on the show this week (and next!). Materials the Bowmans produced were some of the most practical helps to help Bryan get into storytelling and oral communication himself. We have covered some of those materials on previous shows and also reviewed an excellent DVD resource called The Ancient Path. Hear the story behind the storytelling training on this week's podcast.
Links ... Sciriptures in Use web site ... Communication Bridges to Oral Cultures training ... The Ancient Path DVD resources
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Today's show:
- A story from Bhutan
- Another from
- Orality Journal
Today we finish our series reading through the Orality Journal. Steve Evans writes a story about Bhutan and how it helps us to "mind the gap" in the world of oral communication. Janet Stahl, next, tells us about learning to do the twist!
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Orality Journal download your own FREE copy
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Today's show:
- The story of two young girls
- How Bible storytelliing shaped and changed their lives
- Orality Journal
Today we continue our series reading from the Orality Journal. Two women share two different stories from their ministries in different locations. One is about a couple of teen girls changed and impacted by Bible story. The second one tells of how some orphans' lives were transformed by stories of their loving Heavenly Father.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Orality Journal download your own FREE copy
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Today's show:
- JO Terry concludes his article with more stories
- Stories from around the world
- Orality Journal article
Today we hear the conclusion to the JO Terry article from the Orality Journal entitled "The Worldwide Spread of Bible Storying: A Look at Where We've Been". JO tells us more stories from a number of countries about the use of Bible storying and the results of its use in ministry.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Orality Journal download your own FREE copy ... Shaped by the Story (Michael Novelli's book) available here ... Sign up for Stories from Storytellers weekly email
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Today's show:
- JO Terry continues with stories about the global spread of Bible storytelling
- Stories from around the world
- Orality Journal article
Today we continue to listen to the JO Terry article from the Orality Journal entitled "The Worldwide Spread of Bible Storying: A Look at Where We've Been". JO brings us stories from a number of settings and countries around the world about the use of Bible storying and the results of its use in ministry.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Orality Journal download your own FREE copy ... Previous Orality Journal shows here ... Building Firm Foundations book series here ... EE-TAOW! films here
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Today's show:
- JO Terry on the global spread of story ministry
- Stories from long ago
- Orality Journal article
Today we return to the first issue of the Orality Journal, produced by the International Orality Network. In September we ran a series of shows on Grant Lovejoy's article (see link below). Today we hear JO Terry's article The Worldwide Spread of Bible Storying: A Look at Where We've Been. JO begins with a mixture of his personal pilgrimage in orality and also some of the first uses of Bible storying and the results.
Links ... International Orality Network web site ... Orality Journal download your own FREE copy ... Previous Orality Journal shows here
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Today's show:
- Going remote with storytelling and what happens
- Steve Sims of e3Partners tells stories from the far flung areas
- Reaching out through story in Africa
Steve Sims, a friend of story4all and the Director of Oral Communication Strategies for e3Partners, meets with Bryan to tell stories about his organisation's orality wing and how the Gospel is not only reaching and making disciples of people in remote places, but also training people in those areas to take the Story further! Learn about e3Partners' work on the frontiers and rejoice at how the Word is changing lives through their missionaries among the unreached and unevangelised.
Links ... e3Partners web site ... e3Partners videos about their work ... e3Partners training opportunities
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Today's show:
- One year later ...
- Jackson Atkins is back!
- Global stories about storytelling
Almost a year ago to the date of recording, Bryan interviewed a young Southern Baptist pastor from South Carolina, who told his story of hitting a wall of illiteracy in his pastorate. That interview can be heard here. The young man, Jackson Atkins, has been on a fast track learning experience of learning how to tell Bible stories accurately and in an engaging way, using discussion for deeper application and to make disciples of those who prefer to learn by oral means. Jackson has found storytelling, and training others to do it, has taken him round the world and he is still going! Hear some stories about his experiences in Africa and USA and more.
Links ... Simply the Story web site ... Simply the Story (STS) training events coming to a city near you ... "American pastor" podcast here
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Today' show:
- John Walsh from the Rockies!
- Israel storytelling trip report
- Free stories download and also by email
- Storytelloing training with John Walsh
Bryan, who is just back from the Int'l Orality Network conference in the Rocky Mountains, meets up with John Walsh in this week's show. John tells us about the wonderful trip to Israel where 130 Bible stories were told 'on location'. He also shares about the groups of stories that can be downloaded from his web site. Then there is news about the video story of the week podcast as well as a story-a-day by email! Jam-packed episode as you can tell!
Links ... Bibletelling.org web site ... Free story downloads here ... Subscribe to Bibletelling Story of the Week on iTunes ... Ask John for the 5-a-week story email
John is providing storytelling training in Bloomington, IL in the USA next month from 7th-9th November - details here
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Today's show:
- Grant Lovejoy's article on The Extent of Orality: 2012 update - final part
- The Orality Journal - The Word became fresh
- How statistics affect the way we do missions
The International Orality Network (ION) recently produced its first, brand spanking new journal. For the last two weeks we heard the start of the article that Dr. Grant Lovejoy, Director of Orality Strategies for the IMB, wrote, entitled "The Extent of Orality: 2012 update", which gives an overview on the global literacy and orality state and discusses how knowledge of the statistics can lead to effective disciple making and church planting strategy. This is an audio version of the Journal and Grant's article.
Follow the link below to request your own copy of the whole journal if you would like one. We shall have a direct download link set up when it becomes available.
Links ... ION web site ... where to get the journal for now ... Download Making Disciples of Oral Learners book here
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Today's show:
- Grant Lovejoy's article on The Extent of Orality: 2012 update - part 2
- Introducing Orality Journal - The Word became fresh
- A series of shows warming us up for the annual ION conference
The International Orality Network (ION) recently produced its first, brand spanking new journal. This week we continue hearing an article that Dr. Grant Lovejoy, Director of Orality Strategies for the IMB, wrote, entitled "The Extent of Orality: 2012 update", which gives an overview on the global literacy and orality state and discusses how knowledge of the statistics can lead to effective disciple making and church planting strategy. In the coming two weeks we shall walk through the other two parts of the article on our show. This is an audio version of the Journal and Grant's article.
Follow the link below to request your own copy of the whole journal if you would like one. We shall have a direct download link set up when it becomes available.
Links ... ION web site ... where to get the journal for now ... Download Making Disciples of Oral Learners book here
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Today's show:
- Introducing Orality Journal - The Word became fresh
- A series of shows warming us up for the annual ION conference
- Grant Lovejoy's article on The Extent of Orality: 2012 update - part 1
The International Orality Network (ION) recently produced its first, brand spanking new journal. Last week we heard about it, and this week we begin hearing the article that Dr. Grant Lovejoy, Director of Orality Strategies for the IMB, wrote, entitled "The Extent of Orality: 2012 update", which gives an overview on the global literacy and orality state and discusses how knowledge of the statistics can lead to effective disciple making and church planting strategy. In the coming two weeks we shall walk through the other two parts of the article on our show. This is an audio version of the Journal and Grant's article.
Follow the link below to request your own copy of the whole journal if you would like one. We shall have a direct download link set up when it becomes available.
Links ... ION web site ... ION conference (17-20th September in Estes Park, CO) details ... where to get the journal for now ... Download Making Disciples of Oral Learners book here
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Today's show:
- A new journal is launched
- Introducing Orality Journal - The Word became fresh
- A series of shows warming us up for the annual ION conference
The International Orality Network (ION) has just produced its first, brand spanking new journal, and this week we get a sneak peek at it. In subsequent weeks we shall walk through the various articles in audio format and give you a chance to enjoy the goodies therein. Meanwhile follow the link below to request your own copy if you would like one. We shall have a direct download link up, God willing, in the next couple of weeks or so.
Links ... ION web site ... ION conference (17-20th September in Estes Park, CO) details ... where to get the journal for now
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Today's show:
- A new training and strategy for story with translation
- An interview with Dr Grant Lovejoy
- Team work and story impact cross-culturally
Bryan managed to catch up with Dr Grant Lovejoy (of the IMB) this evening by Skype and recorded today's show about an exciting new development that the IMB and The Seed Company have created to improve story accuracy and training for reaching oral learners cross-culturally. Join us on this week's show to hear about this new venture, entitled Story Together, and learn how you can be a part of a taster or vision casting to experience it for yourself at the end of October. (Follow link below for more info).
Links ... International Mission Board web site ... The Seed Company web site ... Oral Strategies web site
Learn more about the Story Together "Taster" event in Richmond, VA in the USA from 28th October to 2nd November. Details here.
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Today's show:
- Cultural stories as a bridge to making disciples
- Getting orals to live and love the Story
Susie Brown, Director of Women's Programs for T4Global, concludes her workshop series on oral communication using various art forms on this week's show. Today, in response to a question raised by her audience, she discusses how cultural (or community) stories can impact and form a bridge for communicating biblical narrative. Susie, and her husband Tim, also field a number of practical questions about the use of dance, etc., among unreached peoples - something we believe our audience will find interesting and helpful.
Links ... T4Global web site ... Scriptures in Use (SIU) web site ... Storyrunners web site ... Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- The story in dance
- The story acted out
- The story in poetry
Susie Brown, Director of Women's Programs with T4Global, continues her workshop session on the use of arts in oral communication. Last week she told the story of Mary & Martha and then after some brief time spent teaching the audience the story, she led a short discussion on it. This week she moves on to show how dance, acting and poetry can be tools for added expression of the story. She plays video of the dance and drama with a good dose of verbal commentary, so we don't miss much by being an audio podcast!
Links ... T4Global web site ... Scriptures in Use (SIU) web site
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Today's show:
- Story plus
- Story and song to reach the oral learner
- Leading others to compose culturally relevant songs
Susie Brown, Director of Women's Programs for T4Global, takes us into the second part of this workshop on using various art forms to orally communicate the Gospel message. Susie begins by telling us a Bible story and then leads some discussion on that story. Then she share some songs that were written about this story and others by various people groups in India.
Links ... T4Global web site ... Scriptures in Use (SIU) web site
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Today's show:
- Something other than story
- Using music, art and dance in oral communication of Bible truth
- Looking at ways oral learners can be touched and reached beyond the use of story
Susie Brown, who is Director of Women's Programs for T4Global, kicks us off today with a new series on the use of art, dance and music in oral communication of the Gospel and biblical truth. Beginning with a little bit of her own personal journey and a couple of of her own stories of experiences in life in missions, she sets the scene for this workshop on Empowering the Oral Learner through Music and the Arts.
Links ... T4Global web site ... Scriptures in Use (SIU) web site ... Musicianaries web site
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Today's show:
- Jerry Wiles on discipleship vs. disciple making
- How to use a story set to make disciples
- Ways to reach out to those who have never heard
Jerry Wiles, President Emeritus of Living Water International concludes his session on how to make disciples of oral learners. This week he leads a discussion on making disciples and how to prepare a set of stories to chronologically reach out to those oral learners who have never heard.
Links ... Living Water International web site ... Living Water International and orality ... See and buy Jerry Wiles' book No Greater Joy here! CD series: Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Oral Learners. Visit the International Orality Network web site ... Next ION conference
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Today's show:
- Jerry Wiles tells stories about storytelling
- How to use the 5 stories and questions
- A basic plan for making disciples of oral learners while doing humanitarian work
Jerry Wiles, President Emeritus of Living Water International continues his session on how to make disciples of oral learners. This week he tells cool stories about how he has used his plan of 5 stories and questions to reach out in various settings round the world.
Links ... Living Water International web site ... Living Water International and orality ... See and buy Jerry Wiles' book No Greater Joy here! CD series: Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Oral Learners. Visit the International Orality Network web site ... Next ION conference
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Today's show:
- Jerry Wiles talks about his pilgrimage into storytelling
- Living water and storytelling
- 5 stories and questions to make disciples
Last week we began our Summer Sessions with a presentation led by Jerry Wiles, President Emeritus of Living Water International. This week he continues his personal journey into oral communication and shares how he uses five stories to make disciples of oral learners.
Links ... Living Water International web site ... Living Water International and orality ... See and buy Jerry Wiles' book No Greater Joy here! Visit the International Orality Network web site ... Next ION conference
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions begin
- Jerry Wiles with disciple making training
- A personal pilgrimage
It is July, and that only means one thing in story4all ... Time to launch the Summer Sessions! This week we hear from a man who appeared last on the podcast in November 2011. Jerry Wiles, President Emeritus of Living Water International, tells of his personal journey to Christ and then how he came in contact with the need for oral communication.
Links ... Living Water International web site ... Living Water International and orality ... See and buy Jerry Wiles' book No Greater Joy here! Visit the International Orality Network web site ... Next ION conference
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Today's show:
- Remote (Oral) Bible school training in Africa
- Bible school in an island on Lake Victoria
- How story impacts an island community
Bryan travels on today's show to interview some believers who live on a remote island on Lake Victoria in Kenya. They begin talking about their island, the hopelessness, AIDs and other sin related difficulties. Then we hear about the impact of Bible story as it has come to them in the form of Simply the Story (STS) training and Oral Bible schools. Here some fun and passionate Africans talk about the impact of story in their lives and others.
Links ... Simply the Story ... Oral Bible Schools
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Today's show:
- Two professional storytellers share their skills
- Q&A about skilled storytelling
- Learning how to tell an engaging story
In this last episode in our three-part series on storytelling skills, John Walsh makes various announcements and tells us how to obtain a free offer - see below - and, together with Michael Forestieri, he takes and answers various questions from those attending the ION conference workshop.
Links ... International Orality Network ... Next ION conference ... Bible Telling ... Christian Storytelling Network ... Tell It Like It Is, Inc
John Walsh's video podcast on iTunes!
SPECIAL GIFT for you!! John Walsh has five book series that presents all the stories of the Bible, written in an easy to understand conversational style. Click here to access and download those books now!
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Today's show:
- Professional storytellers share their skills
- Involving the senses in storytelling
- Putting life in your story
In a series begun last week on storytelling skills, professional storyteller Michael Forestieri, a founding member of the Christian Storytelling Network and oft-partner in workshops with John Walsh, gives a very lively, light-hearted and stirring presentation of how to use the senses in storytelling to get feeling in, and engagement with, the story.
Links ... International Orality Network ... Next ION conference ... Bible Telling ... Christian Storytelling Network ... Tell It Like It Is, Inc
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Today's show:
- Two professional storytellers share their skills
- How to begin and end a story
- Learning how to tell an engaging story
In a brand new series starting today two professional storytellers share some practical skills on telling a good tale. In this first episode John Walsh discusses the all-important first 3 seconds of attention that you have with your audience, and how to start well and finish correctly. Where some of these skills pertain to storytelling in general, and not particularly to Bible storytelling, there is significant overlap and the ponts will help us to prepare and present a Bible story.
Links ... International Orality Network ... Next ION conference ... Bible Telling ... Christian Storytelling Network ... Tell It Like It Is, Inc
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Today's show:
- Another story from the Bible!
- Learn about a cool tool for discovering treasures in a Bible story
- Opportunities for you to get trained in Bible storytelling
In this last episode of the Dig Deep series the executive driector of Simply the Story, Dorothy Miller, and staff, lead workshop attendees in how to dig deep for treasures in a Bible story. Everyone gets a chance to investigate with a cool tool for finding truth in Scripture. Learn today about The Path and how it will help you discover riches in God's Word for yourself!
Links ... Simply the Story ... Simply the Story training events calendar ... International Orality Network ...International Orality Network conference
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Today's show:
- Dorothy Miller continues exploring the "Bent Over Woman" story
- A demo of leading discussion in a group about a Bible story
- Finding observations in a story and leading people to apply ...
This week Bryan plays Dorothy Miller's story again to refresh our memories and then we hear Dorothy leading everyone in a time of discussion to find treasures that are in the Bible story. Time limits in her workshop did not allow for an exhaustive exploration but some fabulous insights arose in the conversation and some great truths were discovered and came to the surface. If you have not heard the first part of this series (last week's show) please listen to it now and it will set the tone and prepare the scene for today's episode. Next week we shall conclude this series with a further story demo, but in a different way to these past couple of weeks ...
Links ... The God's Story Project ... Simply the Story ... Simply the Story training events calendar ... International Orality Network ... International Orality Network conference
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Today's show:
- Preparing, sharing a story and digging deep
- Dorothy Miller models a story
- 'Live' demo of story model - part 1
Bryan begins a new series today on how to prepare, share and dig deep in a story. Far too many people think storytelling is for children and a simplistic form of ministry. Today we launch into this subject through a 'live' demo of a story presentation that Dorothy Miller gave at a recent International Orality Network conference in the USA. In this first episode we hear her start by bringing the story to us in three different ways as we learn it together.
Links ... The God's Story Project ... God's Story video ... Megavoice players ... Simply the Story ... Simply the Story training events calendar ... International Orality Network ... International Orality Network conference
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Today's show:
- A workshop on simple approach to story
- Part 2 of Mark Getz training on Bible storytelling
- The story itself and the student listener
Mark Getz, who began last week with training about Bible storytelling in an ION (Int'l Orality Network) conference workshop, and, after his story demo, continued with a focus on "the storyline", now concludes today with a focus on the story itself and on the student of the story. This two-part series by Mark is a practical simple approach to get you going in storytelling and gives several tips, which, as he says, he has "stolen" from several storytelling practitioners who have taught and contributed in ION.
Links from the show ... ION conference details for this year in Colorado ... ION web site ... John Walsh web site
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Today's show:
- Mark Getz
- Storytelling in small groups
- How to do storytelling in church, Bible studies and many other places
Mark Getz, a layman and self-confessed 'lab rat' to John Walsh, gives a talk to the ION (International Network) conference that took place last year in North Carolina. This is a practical workshop on how to storytell to small groups session, and today, after an introduction to set the scene for his story, Mark begins with a Bible story and then leads us in the first point in focusing on the "storyline". Join us today for the first of a two-part talk.
Links in the show ... ION conference details for this year in Colorado ... ION web site ... John Walsh web site
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Today's show:
- An interview with an Egyptian Christian leader
- Story and Egypt
- Response to storytelling training
Raafat, an Egyptian Christian leader and host to the recent Simply the Story (STS) workshop trainings in his nation, gives his thoughts about storytelling and his belief in the power of Bible story for evangelism and discipleship in the Arab World. He discusses the training received this month and how he feels it can be used for the glory of God in the region. We encourage our listeners to continue to pray for the hand of God on His Church in this land and region at this traumatic time of upheaval for so many who name the Name of Jesus there.
Links from today's episode ... Simply the Story ... God's Story ... ION (International Orality Network)
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Today's show:
- Testimonies from Egypt training part two
- Simply the Story training in the land of the Pharoahs
Bryan's 15-year old daughter, Vania, joins Bryan on today's show to discuss with him the recent Simply the Story training in Egypt. Visiting three cities and leading a team of international instructors, Bryan and company ran two full STS workshops for 80 people in Middle Egypt and 110 in Alexandria (on the north coast). Bryan and Vania tell stories and give impressions from that trip from everything to the hunger of the people to characters who attended and some of the beautiful things the Lord did during the 3-week trip to the nation earlier this month.
Links from today's podcast ... Simply the Story ... God's Story
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Today's show:
- John Walsh and training in Egypt
- Exciting stuff up ahead in Israel
- Free downloads from John's web site
Fresh back from a trip to Egypt himself, Bryan catches up with John Walsh and hears about John's training ministry trip to that land. John shares some cool stories about his visit there and then discusses with Bryan about the Israel trip coming up next month with a group of professional storytellers who will be telling Bible stories on location where they took place geographically. Also discussed toay are some resources available for download from John's web site - see the link below.
Links ... John's web site ... Free downloads mentioned on today's show
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Today's show:
- Stories from a workshop 'junkie'!
- Larry tells Bryan about several months of training in Asia
- Things learned about oral cultures and peoples
Bryan catches up with Larry Dinkins, who has been going, going, going running various workshops in SE Asia and seeing the Lord touching many lives through the training sessions. Larry gives an overview on the workshops he has led in these recent months and then discusses some observations he has made about oral ministry and the need for it.
Link ... Simply the Story
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Today' show:
- A man who shares Jesus in the hills
- How story has been a powerful tool for him
- One of God's jewels in the Himalayas
It is a blessing in this ministry to meet some very special people who are doing some wonderful jobs in the harvest fields of the world. Tinu is an Indian man who has been reaching out with great effect in the Himalayan region of his homeland. He has seen remarkable response among his target unreached people and has also seen a large number of churches planted. Hear his story today on the podcast and enjoy this testimony of one of God's humble and mighty saints in the vineyard.
Links ... Simply the Story ... The God's Story Project
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Today's show:
- An interview in India with a Kenyan working in Ethiopia
- Reaching the old and young with story
- Raising missionaries from the harvest
John Nderitu is a man with a mission. Originally from Kenya, he and his family have been living in Ethiopia for twelve years and they have been reaching out to many of the unreached and oral learners in that land from north to south. He has also been training the reached to go as ministers and missionaries of the Gospel. This week we hear his story and passion and some of the stories of how he uses story to impact and reach the lost.
Links ... The God's Story Project ... Simply the Story ... Megavoice
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Today's show:
- Storytelling is for literates too
- Interview with Fuller graduate and William Carey University professor
Bryan, fresh back from a training ministry trip to India, shares an interview that he recorded this past week with Bill Bjoraker, who teaches part time in William Carey University and also is a missionary to Jewish people. Bill tells some of his story and discusses various ways in which story is reaching literates and literate focused cultures.
Links ... William Carey University ... Bill's profile ... Ezekiel Network ... Perspectives course ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- A special school for the ladies!
- How a fight in the kitchen led to an Oral Bible School
- Inspired by story and saved by God from the point of a sword!
Bryan chats with a group of women warriors and students of a Western Kenya Oral Bible School, who show so much commitment to pursuing learning the Bible through story by their lives and stories. Listen today to this remarkable group of women who have so much to tell of God's grace and power at work, including a stunning story about a woman who was saved from death by sword in her own home!
Links ... Simply the Story ... Oral Bible School
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Today's show:
- OBS Director Zachary
- Stories from Kenya
- Testimonies of OBS graduates
Zachary Muendu joins Bryan on this week's podcast, telling his own story and then how the Oral Bible Sschool he directs has impacted lives of people in the E Kenya. This is the second part in our three-part series on Oral Bible Schools. Last week we heard from the students in Zachary's school and today he shares what STS OBS means means for him.
Links ... Simply the Story ... Oral Bible School
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Today's show:
- Oral Bible Schools
- What are they? How do they work?
- Testimonies of OBS students from Kenya
- First in 3-part series
How does someone who doesn't (or can hardly) read and write prepare for ministry and where can they go to learn more of the Word in preparation for that ministry? This is a real problem. This week we learn about Simply the Story Oral Bible Schools (STS OBS), set up to meet these needs and we hear how they work, hear reports from those who checked the students' study activities, and lastly, we hear from a cross-section of students from different churches and denominations givng testimony about their OBS.
Links ... Simply the Story ... More about Oral Bible Schools ... Megavoice
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Today's show:
- From Success to Significance ... the story of Rick Brekelbaum
- History of and heart for ION (Int'l Orality Network)
- Conferences that promote reaching the oral learner
This week we meet Rick Brekelbaum, retired Executive manager with Exxon, who came to realise there was more to life than "success" in the world's eyes, and seeing the shallowness of his lifestyle, came to Jesus and now lives significantly to see the last of the lost reached. Rick gives us an idea of what he does now, what ION (Int'l Orality Network) is all about and tells about an exciting conference coming up in September.
Links ... Success to Significance ... ION web site ... Samuel Chiang show link ... Next ION conference details here
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Today's show:
- Meet an unsung hero!
- Salvation, healing and raised from the dead
- How story is reaching some of the world's darkest spots
It is our privilege in story4all to meet some incredible servants of the Lord doing some mighty Kingdom exploits. Today we want to introduce you to a young man whom God is using in his homeland at risk to his own life, and, for us is very much an unsung hero of the faith. Listen today to hear a man's story from Asia ... Jesus saving the unlikely, healing the unlovely and even raising rebels from the dead! Translating the God's Story film into 17 languages this man has caused the Story and fame of Jesus to spread in many remote places. Don't miss today's show!
Links ... The God's Story Project ... God's Story film ... Megavoice ... Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- ... of oral learners
- Mark Snowden
- where all are on the same team!
Mark Snowden, who is no stranger to story4all, works with the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, has a role and ministry in training and equipping teams. Mark discusses discipleship with Bryan and shares various web site locations which are packed with resources about disciple making among oral learners. As Mark points out though, it is interesting how in today's world story is bringing missionaries, Sunday school teachers, church staff and the man in the pew together for training. In light of the need to 'go oral' with the Message of the Bible, this training is for everyone who is serious about advancing the Kingdom of God in today's world.
Links from today's show ... Truth Sticks (where story and discussion meet!) ... Truth That Sticks book ... Mark's presentations on Bible storying ... Oral Strategies site ... ST4T site ... DNA 21 site
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Today's show:
- One Story partner Storyrunners
- Interview with Galen Miller
- Campus Crusade for Christ International's oral ministry wing
Galen Miller, Mobilization Director and Member Care Coach for Storyrunners, talks with Bryan via Skype on this week's show. Hear about the training Storyrunners offer, the challenge and blessing in their ministry, as well as some personal stories Galen shares from his travels. Discover also how Storyrunners partner with churches to reach the (oral) unreached, and what training is available for you and your ministry/church.
Links ... OneStory site ... Storyrunners web site ... February training with Storyrunners ... International Orality Network Events site
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Today's show:
- A Kenyan colporteur uses story
- Reaching non-readers in Kenya with the Word
- Seeing the Word of God spread ... like a bush fire!
Jackson Muya of The God's Story Project in Kenya joins Bryan on today's show to discuss his story of colporteur ministry turned into story and oral strategy to reach the unreached oral learners of his country. Discovering that taking books and Bibles to remote villages where people mostly do not read was not the best strategy to reach the lost, God led Jackson on a journey that led him to using Bible story and inductive Bible study oral style to reach the lost. His passion is to see the spread of God's Word in the land like a bush fire and he feels that the use of story is key to seeing this happen.
Links ... The God's Story Project ... Simply the Story (STS) workshops ... Oral Bible Schools in Kenya
Don't forget to register for the Israel storyteller trip! 29th April to 10th May. More details here. Registration info here.
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Today's show:
- Not just audio, but oral!
- Global Recordings has your language!
- Meet two leaders within the mission this week!
Guy Piersall, Partnership Development Director for GRN, and Dale Rickards, USA Director, join us on today's show to share their heart and passion for story and reaching the often overlooked 'small people groups' of the world. They tell of their organisation's outstanding resources that are available through their web site and from their ministry centre. They explain about how over 5,000 languages are available for free download from their site, and how they are being accessed from all over the world.
Links today ... GRN main site ... GRN (flash-based) USA site ... Saber player ... GRN & story ... Find a language or find by country
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Today's show:
- David Palusky and cool resources!
- Kitting your short-term team out for the remote outreach
- Equipment and gadgets for short- and long-term ministry
David Palusky, Founder and Director of Renew World Outreach, is back with us today, sharing some of the marvellous tools that God has given him to produce and make available to the Body of Christ so that ministers of the Gospel can better tell "the Story". Discover how you can uniquely equip your short-term outreach or your long-term missionaries with powerful, durable devices that help communicate the Word of God in places with or without electricity.
Links ... Renew World Outreach web site ... Testimonies from Renew World Outreach ... Renew's Vista systems ... David Garrison's book "Church Planting Movements"
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Today's show:
- Andrea is back with more stories
- Stories about story from seminaries, universities, colleges, conferences and airports!
- USA, India, Philippines, Kenya ...
No stranger to story4all, Andrea, International Director of The God's Story Project, is back on today's show and brings our year of shows to a close with stories from around the world about storytelling ministry and the ompact that is occurring. From seminaries to airports to different nations round the world, Andrea passionately shares from her heart about what Jesus is doing in a multiplicity of contexts.
Links ... The God's Story Project ... Simply the Story ... Clouds without rain video ... Africa Bush Fire video ... "Anna" testimony video
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Today's show:
- Happy Christmas
- One family impacts their village ...
- ... and other villages around
Darrel Templeton, of Megavoice, shares a story today about how one family that believes in Jesus through the Megavoice player impacts their village and then how that village impacted other villages in the region. Enjoy this cool testimony of how oral communication impacts far and wide!
Links ... Megavoice ... Naxalites ... Storyteller trip to Israel (29 April to 10 May)
SPECIAL OFFER until 31st December 2011 ... FREE DOWNLOAD of "Painting Revelation" - a delightful, professionally produced film about Debby Topliff, her story and painted story from the book of Revelation in the Bible! Follow this link to access instructions at the bottom of the page on how you can get your personal copy of this lovely video!
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS from story4all!
Today's show:
- Writer, Speaker, Teacher, Radio minister Tara Rye
- Discipleship via radio and oral communication
- Reaching hearts through ministry that connects
Tara Rye, is an author, speaker and Bible teacher, as well as a minister on the radio. She has been at two International Orality conferences and has discovered the power of story to reach the oral communicator. Now she uses Bible story with discussion on the radio and You Tube to reach and 'cultivate' hearts. She tells her story and journey about how to reach those who just didn't 'get' her Bible teaching.
Links ... Tara's homepage ... Tara's books ... Tara on facebook ... Tara on You Tube ... Storyteller trip to Israel (29th April to 10 May)
SPECIAL OFFER until 31st December 2011 ... FREE DOWNLOAD of "Painting Revelation" - a delightful, professionally produced film about Debby Topliff, her story and painted story from the book of Revelation in the Bible! Follow this link to access instructions at the bottom of the page on how you can get your personal copy of this lovely video!
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Today's show:
- An American pastor discovers the power of story
- Reaching the oral learner in rural communities
- Discovering the power of God's Word released through story
Jackson Atkins has been a keen listener to story4all podcasts for a while now. He discovered the show while struggling to find the answer on how to reach non-readers with the Gospel, people who clearly were 'not getting it' before he started to use Bible story in ministry. Jackson tells his story from childhood and into adulthood and his call into ministry and placement in a South Carolina pastorate. Join us today for a slightly longer show, that tells a thrilling story of personal pilgrimage and God at work!
Links ... Simply the Story ... ST4T ... Storyrunners ... STS handbook
SPECIAL OFFER until 31st December 2011 ... FREE DOWNLOAD of "Painting Revelation" - a delightful, professionally produced film about Debby Topliff, her story and painted story from the book of Revelation in the Bible! Follow this link to access instructions at the bottom of the page on how you can get your personal copy of this lovely video!
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Today's show:
- Providing for a target of 884 million people
- Water that quenches the real thirst inside
- Opportunities to serve with hands and mouth ... orally
- Meet Jerry Wiles of Living Water Int'l
With the world population just rolling over into 7 billion, there are 884 million people alive today who do not have access to safe, clean drinking water. For the past twenty-one years Living Water International has been working with the local church to bring healthy drinking water to thousands of people round the world. Not only this by they seek to bring the Gospel (of "living water") to all whom they reach with natural water. Jerry Wiles, President Emeritus of LWI, speaks today on the show about the work of his organisation and the opportunities for people to get involved and make a difference in today's needy world.
Links ... Living Water International web site ... Living Water International and orality ... Next training offered in Stafford, TX ("Contextual Bible Storying") is 3rd December with more information and registration details here ... See bottom of this page for details on how to contact LWI by facebook, email, twitter, etc. ... See and buy Jerry Wiles' book No Greater Joy here!
SPECIAL OFFER UNTIL 31st December!! Debby Topliff, who has been on our show (Remember "Painting the Story"?) is offering a FREE DOWNLOAD of her Painting Revelation video story. This is a professionally produced video of background to her personal story, her work and tells the story of the book of Revelation through art. GO TO THIS PAGE and follow the instructions on the bottom right of the page to get your free download before the end of the year!
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Today's show:
- One family in Uganda
- Ministry before and after 'story'
- Literates and non-literates impacted
Meet Billy Coppedge, his wife Joanna and their young family, serving for several years now with World Gospel Mission in northern Uganda on the Congolese and Southern Sudanese borders. Billy tells his story from studying, with a very academic background, and serving Jesus in Kentucky, and how he ends up in Uganda and begins serving there using story. It is a testimony of how storytelling impacted his own life, and subsequently, his ministry in Africa. Billy tells several stories of how God is using story to minister deeply to literates and non-literates alike in the area where he lives.
Links ... Keep up with Billy and family via their blog ... World Gospel Mission
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Today's show:
- John Walsh has a new book coming out
- ... and some unique Bible story resources
- ... and a very exciting trip
Old friend of story4all is John Walsh, a professional storyteller, who joins us today with news about a new book, a new story project and about a trip with professional storytellers round Israel. Dates: 29 April to 10 May 2012. For more details on these things check out this week's episode - see link below.
Links ... brochure with more details about the 2012 trip to Israel ... register here ... contact John to request a "story schedule" for the trip
Keep an eye on John's web site for a soon and coming link to download the book stories John mentions on the show today!
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Today's show:
- An Australian flavour
- Graydon Colville is back
- Global Recordings stories and news
Graydon Colville, now International Director for Global Recordings Network, shares themes, dream and stories from around the world of GRN ministry. He also tells us of some exciting and wonderful resources that are mentioned throughout the web site. See links below.
Links ... Global Recordings Network ~ Global Recordings Australia ~ Saber player
Audio visuals ... Good News ~ Look Listen & Live ~ The Living Christ
Online audio library ... find a language!
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Today's show:
- A humble servant, world changer from West Africa
- Meet William!
- A burden for his region and storytelling ministry
This week we meet a very humble fellow, whom God has used mightily in his homeland and in the region of W Africa. He has accomplished so much already and yet he has such a heart for the oral learners in W Africa. He has sought our training in storytelling and oral communication through the ministry of Simply the Story and today he has a desire to bring this training and oral ministry into Muslim lands. Here his wonderful story on today's podcast.
Check out Simply the Story's web site and also check to see the upcoming STS training events and workshops being held around the world.
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Today's show:
- Paul & Teresa are back!
- Multiplying Storytellers
- A new resource for you!
Paul & Teresa, who minister in Asia, are back on the show telling us stories about how God is using storytelling to change lives and communitites! They also tell us about how storytellers are multiplying through the training they offer, and have several stories to tell about that too. Finally we remind you about a couple of their resources (see links below) and one new resource that is "hot off the press".
Links from the show ... Sign up for the Stories from Storytellers weekly email ~ Get Paul and Teresa's book Telling God's Stories with Power ~ A brand new resource: on DVD - Undertanding Biblical Storytelling
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Today's show:
- What is ION?
- Meet Samuel Chiang
- An interview with ION's Executive Director
The International Orality Network (ION) is a grouping of 500 organisations worldwide, who seek to partner and ride the wave of the global orality movement in the service of Jesus and the Kingdom. This week we meet Samuel Chiang, ION's Executive Director, and hear his heart for the ION-osphere, the orality movement and what three principles are guiding him personally as he leads.
Links ... Check out the ION web site ~ and sign up for the ION email blast Samuel mentions today
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Today's show:
- Hindu cult leader comes to Jesus through God's Story
- Story impacting a nation
- Sex trafficked girls saved and now planting churches
This week we continue our interview with Ramesh, from Nepal, who is the director of The God's Story Project and Simply the Story for the Buddhist world. He begins with the dramatic story of the conversion of his Hindu cult priestess mother-in-law to Jesus and continues to tell stories about the work of story ministry in Nepal and finally about girls saved out of sex trafficking to a new life of hope and fulfilment.
Links ... The God's Story Project - Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- A pastor who has been impacted by story
- A church employs story in ministry
Nick Serb, pastor of Mt Zion Community Church, in Lisburn in Northern Ireland, joins us this week on story4all to tell us about his personal pilgrimage, then how he came in contact wth biblical storytelling and finally the impact it has had in his local church. From the pulpit to disciple making to working with the old and young and to outreach, hear Nick tell the story of a church deeply affected by the power of Bible story.
Links ... Simply the Story - Mt Zion Community Church
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Today's show:
- A man on a mission to impact his nation
- Personal story from Hinduism to Christ
- Story impacts the non-literate
Ramesh, from Nepal, and The God's Story Project director for the Buddhist world as well as director for Simply the Story in his part of the world. This is the first of a two-part show about a man whom God is using powerfully in Nepal to impact his nation. Meet a man who daily risks his life to pastor many people, oversee hundreds of churches, make disciples of oral learners, rescue (sexually) trafficked girls and much more! Today Ramesh tells his own personal story and how he discovered the Lord and the truth of God through hearing the overview of the Bible via the God's Story video.
Links ... The God's Story Project - Simply the Story - Operation Mobilisation
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Today's show:
- A Kenyan reaching the unreached of his nation
- A story of faith, challenge and love sown in the extreme places
Eaten by crocodiles, a young believing family in danger of being chased out of their village by fanatical Muslims, showing practical love and reaching the lost through Bible story, this podcast has it all! Meet Peter and Lydia, who with their son, are living in a remote part of northern Kenya, reaching out to several unreached Muslim people groups. Using loving acts of service and story they are impacting a people who have been without hope, maligned and forgotten.
Links ... Simply the Story - The God's Story Project - Jesus film - Megavoice
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Stephen Stringer continues with his personal story
- Applying the story of the demon-possessed man
Stephen Stringer, having told his personal story of how he came into story, and the application of the demon-possessed man story to his own personal pilgrimage, begins by showing how we all can take the story (and other stories in the Word) to illustrate what Jesus has done for us personally in our lives. This session concludes our Summer Sessions this year and also concludes our discussion on effective communication.
Links ... International Orality Network
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Steve Evans discusses the use of story for ministry & discipleship
- First in a two-part series
Beginning with a question on how we take what we're learning about story and how to apply it to preaching and other ministry within the context of the local church, Steve starts his tale on how he discovered story to be so liberating, not only to him but to others. He is aided in the workshop by Stephen Stringer.
Links ... International Orality Network
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Stephen Stringer and the Story Arc
- Steve Evans concludes this series
Stephen Stringer kicks off today's concluding show in our series on Effective Communication by discussing the "story arc", and then Steve Evans joins him to bring the workshop session to a close with further looks at ways for communicating effectively with oral learners.
Links in the show:
- International Orality Network
- Oral Strategies
- Chronological Bible Storying
- ST4T
- Scriptures in Use (SIU)
- Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- The two Steves
- Nuts & bolts
Steve Evans and Stephen Stringer carry on the controversial discussion they started last week on story crafting. This and other nuts & bolts issues of story ministry in today's episode.
Links: International Orality Network (ION)
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Steve & Stephen on story ministry
- Nuts & bolts
Steve Evans is joined again today by Stephen Stringer as they get into the nuts and bolts of leading a Bible story presentation. Having told some wonderful stories about story telling round the world, and then led us through the story of the Gadarene demoniac, Steve and Stephen discuss today several issues behind effective communication through story.
Links from today:
- International Orality Network (ION)
- ION conference - more info
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Steve tells a Bible story
- Steve models a Bible story presentation
Steve Evans, of the IMB, has been with us in the past two shows, and today he tells a story from the New Testament and then leads a discussion on the story.
Links to this week's podcast:
- IMB (International Mission Board)
- ION (International Orality Network)
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Steve Evans on discovering effective communication
- EXCITING stories of reaching the unreached through stories
Steve Evans, missionary with the Southern Baptists overseas since 1982, tells story after story today about people from all over the world discovering Jesus, truth and significance in God to serve Him through the power of Bible story. This is the second in our current series of sessions from a talk given by Steve in a recent International Orality Network conference in the USA.
Links from today ... International Mission Board web site ... International Orality Network web site ... e3partners web site
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Steve Evans tells about his journey
- Discovering effective communication overseas
Steve Evans, Director for Global Communications for the continent of Africa in the International Mission Board (IMB), tells of his story and journey into pursuing what is effective communication with emphasis in bringing the Gospel to other peoples who are not like us. Hear some fun stories and anecdotes from Steve's broad experience on the mission field.
Links today ... IMB web site ... Master Life course
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Today's show:
- Summer Session
- Michael Novelli on impacting youth through story
- Michael Novelli's story behind Echo the Story
A long time friend of the story4all ministry and podcast, Michael Novelli, author of several books from Illinois in the USA, tells his story today about how God brought him from the place of frustrated N American youth minister to a fruitful place of impacting young people through chronological Bible story.
Links in today's show ... Echo the Story web site ... Michael's books ... the International Orality Network web site
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Avery Willis on eagles and learning to soar
- Concluding talk in series on soaring, eagles and story
Avery Willis, who began this talk last week on the podcast, continues and concludes his thoughts and challenge to the Body of Christ to see the power of your God and to follow Him into the exploits He has for us.
Links today ... International Orality Network conference: you're invited! ... Learning to Soar book
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Learning to Soar - what the eagles do!
- Learning to Soar - a book by Avery Willis
- Avery Willis on where this connects with orality
Avery Willis, mentor and inspiration to many of us in the orality movement, spoke in 2009 at the International Orality Network conference, several months before he died in July 2010. This message will inspire and encourage you a lot in the greatness and majesty and power of our God. Join this week and next as we hear Avery share some beautiful thoughts from the life of the eagle, as mentioned in Scripture, and applies it to our lives concerning story.
Links in the podcast:
- Learning to Soar book
- International Orality Network
- Global Recordings Network
- Simply the Story and The God's Story Project
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Mark Getz concludes the look at Big Picture of the Bible
- Conclusion on thoughts about storylines
This week's show concludes the series on Big Picture of the Bible and Mark Getz give us another look at some elements of mixing various parts to a storyline and then discusses, among other things, with one of the audience the Storying Scarf used by the IMB.
This talk comes from a workshop at a recent International Orality Network conference.
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Mark Getz talks about the Big Picture of the Bible
- Learning more about storylines
Continuing our "Summer Sessions" with Mark Getz and the Big Picture of the Bible. Why storyline is important and what various aspects make up a storyline.
This talk was given at an International Orality Network conference. Consider joining us this year in Asheville, North Carolina.
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Mark Getz on the Big Picture of the Bible
- Storylines
Join us this week as we begin our "Summer Sessions". Firstly a workshop talk given by Mark Getz, called The Big Picture. Mark is a lay Bible teacher from central Illinois, who, for the past several years, has been working with professional storyteller John Walsh. They have been refining strategies to communicate the stories of the Bible within the basic storyline of Scripture.
Linked from the show ... More details on the International Orality Network conference coming up in September (12-15th) in North Carolina.
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Today's show:
- International Orality Network & conference
- Events on the ION page
- Events on the STS web site
- Stories from Storytellers
As we bridge into the summer Bryan brings a pointer to where you can find out about events coming up round the world, including conferences and training workshops, etc. The sites where these events are kept current are listed below.
Also today, Bryan points listeners to Stories from Storytellers, a weekly email story about the use of story in Asia. This is a tremendous encouragement that we want to bring to your attention if you are not already subscribed. It is free. Drop an email request to sign up for your own copy delivered each week to your In Box here.
Links in this episode:
- International Orality Network (ION) site
- ION conference info & registration
- ION events
- Simply the Story (STS) events
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With apologies for any inconvenience caused, but, owing to a family bereavement we are unable to bring you this week's story4all podcast. Your prayers appreciated for Bryan and his family.
God willing, normal services should resume next week.
Today's show:
- Final show in our series from Western Kenya
- Oral Bible School (OBS) graduates tell their stories
- Conferences and training opportunities coming up
Last in our series on the Kenyan Oral Bible Schools. For now. In this last of the three shows we hear from the men who graduated last month about the effect on their lives personally from being in OBS, and, also what effect there was on their churches and community.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Storytelling in Ministry conference/training in Georgetown, KY (USA)
- Merge Experience (conference/training) in Grand Rapids, MI (USA)
- Simply the Story (STS) training workshops in the USA
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Today's show:
- More stories from Western Kenya
- Stories of lives changed and community impacted
- Students from Africa's first Oral Bible School tell their story
This is the second in our series on Kenyan Oral Bible Schools (OBS). Today the men discuss how the stories first impacted them individually, then as a group of students, their loved ones and finally, their community. Heartening testimonies here showing how this plunge into God's Word, oral style, has had such a far-reaching effect.
Links from today's show:
- Kenya Oral Bible Schools
- Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Stories from remote Western Kenya
- Students from the first Oral Bible School to graduate share their stories
In the first of several interviews Bryan did with Oral Bible School (OBS) students on his recent trip to Kenya, we hear today from a group of men who graduated from the first OBS to be held in the country. This show is in memory of one of those students who was taken ill in the week of the graduation last month and subsequently died. Do please pray for the family of Pastor Albert who survive him.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Africa bush fire
- Oral Bible Schools
- Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Slovakia trip stories
- Kenya trip stories
- An uneducated woman tells story
After the 'double trip', to Slovakia and Kenya, Bryan takes time this week to tell some stories from both places, and brings some news on what the Lord was doing throughout the trip(s). In the first half of the programme today we hear about the interest from several nations represented at a conference he attended in the Tatra Mountains in Slovakia. Then, in the second part of the show, we hear an exciting testimony and Bible story from an uneducated woman, currently attending an Oral Bible School, from a village near Mombasa. Enjoy!
Links from today's podcast:
- International Messengers
- STS workshops
- Video clip of Ann Kavuo's testimony
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Today's show:
- Dorothy Miller on why we need storytelling for reaching the lost/making disciples
- Concluding part of the talk today
Dorothy Miller, Executive Director of The God's Story Project, delivers the concluding part of her talk, entitled Innovative Delivery of Scripture. If you are new to storytelling and want to know what the fuss is about, today's podcast (and last week's!) is a good place to start. Dorothy continues with her action-packed presentation that will get you thinking whether you are new to this subject or a veteran storytelling practitioner. Enjoy!
Links in today's show:
- The God Story Project
- Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Dorothy Miller shares about the need for oral communication
- And why we need to be involved in story
- First part of a talk delivered in a Nevada missions conference
Dorothy Miller, Executive Director of The God's Story Project, brings us a fast-paced, goodies jam-packed talk about storytelling and why we need to be doing it today to reach the lost and make disciples. Not sure how it all fits together and what storytelling is all about? This is a good talk to hear! Whether you're new to storytelling, or a veteran practitioner, you will find this talk (continued next week) very helpful indeed.
Links in today's show:
- The God Story Project
- Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Concluding stories from our series in India
- Yashwant Paul fields some questions from the audience
- Call, commitment, cost to see the Kingdom advance in India
Yashwant Paul brings his presentation about oral communication to a close this week in this third of our three-part series. He begins today mentioning other forms of oral communication that is not specifically story. He also discusses training, the powerful role of women, and asks for prayer for the Gospel to continue to spread in a land where there is much opposition and persecution.
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Today's show:
- More stories about storytelling in India
- Yashwant tells more about oral ministry in his country
- Church multiplication with story & other oral methods of communication
Yashwant Paul continues in this second show in our series on oral communication ministry in India. He tells more fascinating stories about reaching out in multiple situations, in multiple languages and different religious blocs. Some stories about cultural relevance and religious relevance which may be of interest particularly for those working with Indians or in India.
Link mentioned in the show:
- SIU - Scriptures in Use
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Today's show:
- Stories about storytelling in India
- Yashwant Paul - his story and training methods
- Church multiplication with story & other oral methods of communication
Yashwant Paul, who was on our show in 2008, joins us again today by telling of his background and then about his use of story to reach multiple people from various linguistic and ethnic groups. This is the first in a series on India.
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This is to say that due to family reasons Bryan is unable to host and post a show this week. God willing we shall be back with show number 253 next week at this time.
With apologies to our faithful listeners for any inconvenience or disappointment caused.
Today's show:
- New resource from ST4T
- Especially for teachers of English as a Second Language
- And more resources too
Stephen Stringer, founder of ST4T (Story Training for Trainers), was introduced to us in show number 239 in November last year. A recent update on the ST4T web site announced this new resource which we have chosen to share with you today - a curriculum for teaching English as a Second Language using story.
Links of interest:
- God Loves the Outcast ESL training document
- ST4T web site
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Today's show:
- Keeping on keeping on
- The 4 levels of learning
- Helping others 'arrive'
This week's podcast focuses continuing through the 'wall' of finding transfer over to using oral communication plain difficult to being comfortable in not only using story with discussion well, but helping others learn how to do it too. In the first part of the show Bryan discusses four levels of learning, and then in Part 2 Dorothy Miller discusses with a group of instructors how to help others discover what they now know!
For further research: Design of STS
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Today's show:
- A cool resource on your phone and the web
- The Bible in (almost) any language ... with you
- The Bible by text, twitter and on facebook
- All one source ... Bible.is
Bryan gives listeners a quick tour of the new web site Bible.is and discusses a new app that is available for iPhone, iPad, Android and other devices. Join in the fun by engaging with the Word during the day or evening (or on a sleepless night) by listening on your phone or iPod/mp3 player. Choose your language to hear, or read, or read and hear from Chinese to Arabic to Japanese to Koonzime! The Bible.is App is also available in Spanish on iTunes.
Links from the show:
- Faith Comes By Hearing
- Bible.is
- iTunes link to free Bible podcasts in multiple languages
- Follow Bible.is on Twitter to get Scripture daily
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Today's show:
- Audio Players
- An article review of various players
- Choosing an audio player that is right for you, your ministry or teams
Richard Margetts has written a comprehensive article entitled "Which Audio Player?", that gives a great overview of the audio players on the market today that can be employed for multiple and diverse evangelistic or ministry settings. Check out today's podcast to hear how you can use these players to "share the story" and to find out why security, ease of use, cost, size, volume capability, types of content, ease of content transfer, etc., are some things you need to take into consideration when using audio players.
This show, and the article it discusses, is a vital resource for anyone thinking about choice of audio player for outreach and/or ministry!
The article mentioned in the show can be found here: Which Audio Player?
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Today's show:
- 4 ingredients to sharing with others
- Steve Douglass on the power of story
- Secondary Orality and what it is
Steve Douglass, President of Campus Crusade for Christ International, concludes his talk on secondary orality, or, in more layman's terms, how to reach out among those who can read, but prefer not to, when it comes to receiving and processing information. He speaks of four steps to communicating meaningfully and lovingly with people about God's Story. Join us today for the last in a 2-part series.
- Campus Crusade's web site
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Today's show:
- Bringing a relevant message to today's world
- Steve Douglass on the power of story
- Secondary Orality and what it is
Steve Douglass, President of Campus Crusade for Christ International, shares today about secondary orality, or, in more layman's terms, how to reach out among those who can read, but prefer not to, when it comes to receiving and processing information. Using a number of poignant stories from his own experience, and that of others, he tells how we can winsomely share Jesus with those around us. Join us today for the first in a 2-part series.
Links from the show:
- This Is Who I Am video clip
- Campus Crusade's web site
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Today's show:
- How do I find out what's going on?
- Where can I find training in storytelling/storying?
- The THREE sites to bookmark
Ever since we shut down story4all's "Calendar of Events", some of our listeners are unsure as to where to go to find out what's going on, where they might find training, etc. We closed down the Calendar of Events page due to the fact that there was no longer a dearth of sites or locations on the Internet where information about events could be found. Today Bryan points out the three main sites where you can readily access what is going on at any given time, worldwide. These are they:
- ION (International Orality Network) Events page
- Oral Strategies Events page
- Simply the Story Upcoming Events
Other sites to check out (mentioned in today's podcast):
- Merge conference
- Africa Bush Fire
Not sure what's happening? Want to know what events might be happening in your country? Your city not listed? Please contact us here.
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Today's show:
- An unlikely choice from Georgia, USA impacts West African peoples
- A story of a journey of obedience that leads to God blessing nations
- How one man takes one film about the Story of God and touches millions
Jesse Walters, from Georgia in the United States, tells his story today about how God took him, an ordinary man following Jesus in the city of Augusta, on a journey of obedience that ends up with many people groups having the ability to hear the story of God in their own tongue for the first time. Be inspired by today's show and this testimony of how following God can change not only the destiny of individuals but whole nations!
Links from the show:
- The God's Story Project / "God's Story: From Creation to Eternity" web site
- Contact The God's Story Project
- The new Simply the Story web site
- Seed Company
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Today's show:
- Meet PAT - a new resource from Simply the Story
- Interview with Dorothy Miller
- Final report on Oral Bible Schools
- Also stories from storytelling workshops
Dorothy Miller, Executive Director of The God's Story Project, talks with Bryan about a potpourri of subjects, but mainly about the exciting new resource from Simply the Story called PAT (Practitioner Audio Training). PAT is a collection of three interactive stories from the Old and New Testaments with questions for people to use in discussion groups as they dig into these stories. There is also a full model of a "live" Bible story presentation where you can head what an STS story presentation sounds like. Dorothy also shares a little about the Oral Bible Schools we mention in two previous shows recently. Finally, a little piece to encourage those who have been in ministry for years, but have just discovered the power of story.
Links from today's podcast:
- Get a copy of P.A.T. here
- Simply the Story site
- Megavoice players here
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Today's show:
- Telling the story visually
- A network of visual story world changers
- Clyde Taber and the vision and need today for visual story
Clyde Taber, of the Visual Story Network, leads a workshop and discussion on this week's podcast. The obvious need today for visual communication of the story demands a response from the Body of Christ, and Clyde invites participation in communicating the Story of God visually in this flat world. Listen in today to hear some exciting stories like the church in Albany, Georgia (USA), which is impacting the world, main stage, through feature films made by members of their congregation!
Links from today's show:
- Visual Story Network
- Sign up on the Network!
- A church in Albany impacting nations
- Sherwood Pictures
- The next movie by the church: Courageous
- JESUS film
- The Book of Hope
- The End of the Spear
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Todays' show:
- Christmas greetings from story4all!
- Two clips to check out
The podcast for this week is a brief little interlude at Christmas in what is a busy and full season for lots of us. Bryan mentions two video clips on the show and encourages you to check them out as you take time to unwind and reflect on Jesus' advent and first coming. They are:
- Charlie Brown's Christmas
- When God was Born
Enjoy!
Wishing you a very happy/merry Christmas to you and yours wherever you may be this week!
Today's show:
- Using story to disciple and reach people on the sports field
- An interview with Nick Strong
Bryan interviews Nick Strong and discusses his use of story to reach non-believers in Africa as well as how he trained Ugandans to be excellent sports players who won a major regional football (soccer!) tournament! Interested in sports and ministry? This is a must-hear!
Links mentioned on the podcast:
- Simply the Story
- The God's Story Project
- Events and Calendar for training in the use of story for ministry
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Today's show:
- Storying Training for Trainers (ST4T)
- Interview with founder Stephen Stringer
Bryan talks with Stephen Stringer, founder of ST4T, a ministry that seeks to see churches planted using oral communication. Stephen tells a little about his journey into storying and how he has used this strategy of training in Asia and Africa, as well as tells a delightful story about a "tea girl" who was used to plant several churches in a remote mountainous location in Asia.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- ST4T web site
- ST4T new manual
- Storyrunners
- e3Partners
N.B. The new and improved Simply the Story site is live! Check it out now.
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Today's show:
- Bible Schools ... oral style
- Simply the Story launching a new & improved web site
Bryan interviews The God's Story Project International Director, Andrea - no stranger to our show! - in today's podcast and they discuss the now burgeoning movement within Simply the Story towards raising up Bible Schools for the non-literate or semi-literate. Join us today to hear what this all means and what is happening in Africa and India in particular. This is the first show in which we will discuss Oral Bible Schools. Watch this space for further interviews from the Africa and Executive Directors The God's Story Project.
Links mentioned on today's show:
- The God's Story Project
- Simply the Story new-soon-to-be-launched web site
- Megavoice
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Today's show:
- Debby Topliff discusses her latest art project
- Putting the story of Mark's Gospel into a painting
Bryan recently managed to interview Debby Topliff, who has been on this show before when we discussed her painting the book of Revelation. Debby discusses her work, including painting the book of Acts, and latterly, the Gospel of Mark. Do check out the links below to view other aspects of her work, to connect with her on YouTube and other places.
Links in today's podcast:
- Painting the story- the previous show with Debby
- Debby's main web site
- Debby's channel on YouTube
- Other work by Debby
- Merge Experience conference (Grand Rapids July 11-16, 2011)
- OneStory site to check for training opportunities with YWAM, Wycliffe, etc.
- Simply the Story workshops coming up in the USA in December, January and February
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Today's show:
- John Walsh is back with a new book in the pipeline
- Video podcast, Taiwan and other news
John Walsh, a professional storyteller and no stranger to this show, is back in this lively interview with Bryan. Meeting at the recent International Orality Network conference in Georgia, John tells Bryan about his current book project and some things he has been up to 'locally' in the United States and in far flung places like Taiwan. Keep an eye out here for news of the pending book release - possibly around the Spring of 2011.
Links mentioned in this show:
- John's main web site
- John's other web site linked to the video podcast
- Subscribe to John's Story of the Week video podcast in iTunes
- Follow John on Twitter
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Today's show:
- Storytelling update from N Ireland
- Bryan talks with his daughter Vania about a meeting last night
Bryan has brought a number of interviews from the recent International Orality Network conference in the last few shows. Today we are taking a break to tell you about a couple of events in N Ireland that took place last night as we began a storytelling workshop and from a story presentation that happened right afterwards in an international gathering in the same place.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Oral Strategies
- Simply the Story
- One Story
- YWAM One Story
- Storyrunners
- ION
- Echo the Story
- Merge Experience
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Today's show:
- Brand new resource!
- Interview with Paul & Teresa
- story4all wins an award!
Bryan catches up with Paul & Teresa, veteran missionaries in Asia, who talks about their long-awaited, finally published, new book, "Telling God's Stories with Power". Listen to Paul and Teresa tell about this great print resource about storytelling and hear great stories on the show today about how stories have changed lives as the Gospel of Jesus transforms people by His Holy Spirit and the proclamation of the Word of God.
Links from today's show:
- Buy the book here: Telling God's Stories with Power
- Sign up for Stories from Storytellers by sending an email request here
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Today's show:
- Storytelling to 100 teens - update!
- Interview with Isac Silvano from Angola
With the Lausanne III congress happening this week in Cape Town this week (Listen/Watch/Participate here!), we are focusing on Africa today with a recent interview with an Angolan worker with Trans World Radio in Africa. Bryan met Isac Silvano, who spent more than 20 years in Swaziland, and Isac tells a story of a Muslim professor who met Jesus and now teaches believers in Jesus.
Also on the show - in the first half - is a story about Bryan's storytelling to 100 teens and how he thought (at the time!) it "bombed". Listen in to hear what God did ...
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Today's show:
- A new book: Truth That Sticks
- Interview with the co-author: Mark Snowden
Recorded at the recent International Orality Network conference, Mark Snowden, Lead Storying Trainer at the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, talks with Bryan about his recent project with the late Avery Willis ... the publication of "Truth That Sticks", a book about communicating truth in a modern way to the modern world. Listen to hear all about the book itself and to find out where you can get your own copy!
Also on today's show are details on training events coming up planned by two organisations for later this year and in early 2011.
Links from today's show:
- International Orality Network site
- Get "Truth That Sticks" here
- Join the Truth Sticks website / social network
- Simply the Story training coming up
- Register early for the Merge experience!
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Today's show:
- Report from Bryan's trip to USA
- News from ION conference and STS workshops
This week Bryan is 'back in the seat', after nearly three weeks away on a pretty gruelling trip to three states of the USA. Listen to a report from the International Orality Network conference in Rome, GA, and to stories from the Simply the Story workshops in Acworth, GA and Grand Rapids, MI.
Links from today's show:
- International Orality Network site
- Simply the Story site
- The God's Story Project site
- Storyrunners site
- WinShape Retreat on the web
- Chick-fil-A story
- Berry College site
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Today's show:
- Reports from storyteller practitioners from around the world
- Doug Armstrong, director of Global Recordings Network, tells the GRN story and of their work among oral learners
In the last of this "Stories from the Field" series, Doug Armstrong, International Co-ordinator for the Global Recordings Network, tells the history of his agency and about the multi-faceted approach they have to working among those who cannot or do not read. He tells of early beginnings for the ministry and of his own missionary career in Africa, and also tells of technology (old and new) that has been and is being used to reach oral learners. He also demonstrates some of that technology.
Links from today's show:
- Global Recordings Network
- Saber player
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Today's show:
- Reports from storyteller practitioners from around the world
- Larry Dinkins with much humour describes his journey into storytelling
Larry Dinkins, no stranger to storyall, and a representative for OMF with years of experience in Thailand, tells of his struggles to reach non-readers in the developing world and how, through a path of humility for a well-trained academic, he learned tools he needed to reach oral learners. Listen for the fun banter between him and Dorothy Miller in this presentation!
Links in today's show:
- Simply the Story
- The God's Story Project
- Simply the Story Handbook
- Upcoming Simply the Story workshops
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Today's show:
- Bryan shares about storytelling ministry in Northern Ireland
By request, Bryan takes some time today to tell about various opportunities to minister through story in the open air and in church and house settings. Hear about graduates from a recent Simply the Story workshop who told stories and led discussion in a park at a Fun Day organised in a Co. Armagh village. Hear about an international fellowship that has Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and atheists (!) meeting in a Northern Irish city and where the story of Mary & Martha went over so well.
Links from today's show:
- International Orality Network
- Simply the Story
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Today's show:
- Reports from storyteller practitioners from around the world
- Michael Novelli of Echo the Story
Our third in the Stories from the Field series brings us a tremendous testimony from one of our listeners, and director of Echo the Story, Michael Novelli. Michael is a youth worker and leader among High School students in the United States, as well as a practitioner in the use of Chronological Bible Storying. This story will encourage you.
Link from today's show:
- Echo the Story
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Today's show:
- Reports from storyteller practitioners from around the world
- Tom Treseder of Megavoice
This is the second in our series on Stories from the Field. Tom Treseder, of Megavoice, eloquently describes the situation and predicament of oral learners today, the need for a paradigm shift and how Megavoice has been led of God to meet a huge need.
Links from today's show:
- Megavoice web site
- Global Recordings Network web site
- Talking Bibles web site
- The God's Story Project web site
- JESUS film web site
- Hosanna! web site
- Megavoice Ambassador page
- Megavoice Scribe field programmer page
Conference and training links from today's show:
- Sign up for the International Orality Network conference (20-23 Sept in Georgia, USA)
- STS workshops coming up
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Today's show:
- Reports from storyteller practitioners from around the world
- Jack Day about Brazil and USA
- Dorothy Miller about India, Nepal, Kenya & other lands
This week we are beginning a three-part series, to conclude our "Summer Sessions", in which we hear reports from various ministry heads and storytellers telling us about the impact of Bible storytelling in various parts of the world (West and non-West).
Links from today's show:
- Jack & Doris Day's web site
- The God's Story Project web site
- Simply the Story (STS) web site
- STS workshops coming up
- International Orality Network (ION) web site
- Sign up for the ION conference this September
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Today's show:
- Truth That Sticks Part 2 - conclusion to Avery's talk
Avery Willis, who passed away on 30th July, and who was the Executive Director of the International Orality Network, gave a passionate talk in 2008, entitled "Truth That Sticks". In tribute to Avery's marvellous work for the Orality Movement and the legacy he leaves behind in so many fields around the globe, we are taking this week and the last to play that talk to you. We trust that you will be encouraged, blessed and inspired by this message.
Links from today's show:
- Avery Willis' web site
- International Orality Network web site
- Order Avery's book: Truth That Sticks
- Simply the Story training in Acworth, GA (24-29th September): more info
- Simply the Story training in Grand Rapids, GA (27th Sept - 1 Oct AND 8-12th Nov): more info
HURRY! Sign up for September's (20th-23rd) International Orality Conference in Rome, Georgia in the USA
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Today's show:
- Truth that Sticks Part 1
Avery Willis, who passed away on 30th July, and who was the Executive Director of the International Orality Network, gave a passionate talk in 2008, entitled "Truth That Sticks". In tribute to Avery's marvellous work for the Orality Movement and the legacy he leaves behind in so many fields around the globe, we are taking this week and next to play that talk to you. We trust that you will be encouraged, blessed and inspired by this message.
Links from today's show:
Avery Willis personal website
International Orality Network website
Order Avery's book by the same name: Truth that Sticks
HURRY! Sign up for September's (20th-23rd) International Orality Conference in Rome, Georgia in the USA
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Today's show:
- A tribute to the life and work of Avery Willis
On Friday last, 30th July, Avery Willis died after quite a struggle with a rare form of leukemia. In today's show Bryan focuses on the life and ministry of this father of the orality movement and share tributes from others as well as offers some of his own and tells stories of some of his times with Avery.
Links mentioned in today's show:
Avery Willis personal website
International Orality Network website
Caringbridge site with Guest Book
Link to show #126 where Avery talks about Truth That Sticks in an interview with Bryan
Order the Navpress book Truth That Sticks now
Following Jesus CD series
Call2All website
Where donations can be made in lieu of flowers.
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Today's show:
- Mark Snowden and a set of stories from Acts for new believers/churches
Mark Snowden wraps up the workshop on story in church planting by continuing with his series of stories from Acts of the Apostles that help new believers grasp the Great Commission and mission of the Church on earth and their part in it. Also stories that help develop disciplines that enrich a relationship with God and with "body life".
A link mentioned in today's show:
Following Jesus CD series
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Today's show:
- J.O. Terry on stories that meet people on all levels and draw them in
- Mark Snowden introduces a series of stories from Acts that help new believers
As we continue our workshop on the use of story in church planting, J.O. Terry, shares how stories reach into cultures and make disciples. How to deal with non-respondents when "drawing the net". Meeting people at certain stages or levels in their spiritual understanding and drawing them in. Mark then comes back with a series of stories from Acts of the Apostles that help new believers get a grasp on the Great Commission and their part in the mission of the Church.
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Please be in prayer for AVERY WILLIS who has discovered this past weekend that his leukemia has returned. Please take some time to pray for him, his wife Shirley and family, now! Thank you.
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Mark Snowden continues leading the storying & CP workshop
- Great story about church planting on the side of a Guatemala volcano
- Daniel Sanchez on not missing the CP opportunity
Mark Snowden continues leading this workshop on the use of story for church planting by moving us this week into the importance of oral discipleship with oral learners. He then takes us into "drawing the net" - gathering the responsive into churches. A story from the sides of a Guatemalan volcano effectively illustrates how story can lead to churches. Dr. Daniel Sanchez, Professor of Missions at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, discusses how we can easily miss church planting opportunities through a heavy focus on method in storying and not seeing the receptivity of our target audience.
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Today's show:
- Summer Sessions
- Mark Snowden on the use of story in church planting
Mark Snowden, trainer in Chronological Bible Storying and a co-ordinator for Mission Education in Special Projects of the Church Planting Group of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, opens a new series today on the use of story for church planting. He begins this session by telling a Bible story from Mark's Gospel and then discusses "drawing the net" as a movement of God multiplies opportunities for church planting among oral learners.
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Today's show:
- J.O. Terry concludes his story about his journey into storytelling
J.O. Terry, IMB missionary in Asia, retired, and formative thinker and authority in the orality movement, tells his story today on his journey into orality and what areas he feels in oral communication are vital. This is the concluding part to his talk, continuing with interesting life stories of impact from his time in various Asian countries and his encounter with oral learners and cultures there.
Important Announcement:
For some time now we have had a blog, a stories page and forum, among other things. These areas of the site have all served their purpose, and, due to a recent external supplier 'tech' hitch, adjustments to keep these areas in the site are going to be time consuming. After prayer we have felt we need to remove these pages for reasons of lack of activity and use. Apart from that spammers are having a hey-day on the forum! We feel we need to streamline the site and return to our original vision of podcast and pointing people to other ministries involved in storytelling and oral communication. In the course of the summer we shall be adjusting the site accordingly and would appreciate your patience as we move into how we feel story4all can effectively continue to serve the Body of Christ and the orality movement through its podcast and web site. Thanks for your understanding.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA (20th-23rd September
- STS in Atlanta, GA from Sept 24th-29th - Info and registration details
- STS in Grand Rapids, MI from Sept 27th to Oct 1st - Info and registration details
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Today's show:
- J.O. Terry continues his story about his journey into storytelling
J.O. Terry, IMB missionary in Asia, retired, and formative thinker and authority in the orality movement, tells his story today on his journey into orality and what areas he feels in oral communication are vital. This is the second part of the talk and he tells a number of stories from his time in the Philippines and his encounter with oral learners and cultures there.
Important Announcement:
For some time now we have had a blog, a stories page and forum, among other things. These areas of the site have all served their purpose, and, due to a recent external supplier 'tech' hitch, adjustments to keep these areas in the site are going to be time consuming. After prayer we have felt we need to remove these pages for reasons of lack of activity and use. Apart from that spammers are having a hey-day on the forum! We feel we need to streamline the site and return to our original vision of podcast and pointing people to other ministries involved in storytelling and oral communication. In the course of the summer we shall be adjusting the site accordingly and would appreciate your patience as we move into how we feel story4all can effectively continue to serve the Body of Christ and the orality movement through its podcast and web site. Thanks for your understanding.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA (20th-23rd September
- STS in Atlanta, GA from Sept 24th-29th - Info and registration details
- STS in Grand Rapids, MI from Sept 27th to Oct 1st - Info and registration details
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Today's show:
- Bryan updates listeners on changes coming to the web site
- J.O. Terry talks about his journey into storytelling
Important Announcement:
Bryan begins today's show with some updates about plans for the web site. For some time now we have had a blog, a stories page and forum, among other things. These areas of the site have all served their purpose, and, due to a recent external supplier 'tech' hitch, adjustments to keep these areas in the site are going to be time consuming. After prayer we have felt we need to remove these pages for reasons of lack of activity and use. Apart from that spammers are having a hey-day on the forum! We feel we need to streamline the site and return to our original vision of podcast and pointing people to other ministries involved in storytelling and oral communication. In the course of the summer we shall be adjusting the site accordingly and would appreciate your patience as we move into how we feel story4all can effectively continue to serve the Body of Christ and the orality movement through its podcast and web site. Thanks for your understanding.
In the second part of the show J.O. Terry, IMB missionary in Asia, retired, and formative thinker and authority in the orality movement, tells his story today on his journey into orality and what areas he feels in oral communication are vital. Join us today in Part 1 of a 3-part series.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA (20th-23rd September
- STS in Atlanta, GA from Sept 24th-29th - Info and registration details
- STS in Grand Rapids, MI from Sept 27th to Oct 1st - Info and registration details
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Today's show:
- Bryan reports on his time running a workshop in Panama
- Things coming up in next few months
Bryan is just back from Panama and leading a Simply the Story workshop in the YWAM base there. He talks about the training and responses from it among the attendees, some of whom were from four different indigenous Panamanian tribes.
Links mentioned in the show:
- YWAM Panama web site
- YWAM School of Missions / Ethno-Arts Focus
- Sign up now for the MERGE conference in Grand Rapids, MI (June 27th to July 2nd)
- Sign up for the leaders collaborative at the MERGE conference in Michigan
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA (20th-23rd September
- STS in Atlanta, GA from Sept 24th-29th - Info and registration details
- STS in Grand Rapids, MI from Sept 27th to Oct 1st - Info and registration details
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Today's show:
- Sarah Ridenour concludes her story about the OneStory project in India!
- Some of the inner workings of a OneStory project
Sarah Ridenour, whose husband Jeff was on our show in April 2007, concludes her story about what happened to her, and what happens in a OneStory ministry and training experience.
Links mentioned in the show:
- OneStory partnership web site
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA (20th-23rd September)
* Sign up now for MERGE conference (June 27th to July 2nd in Michigan) * Sign up now for the leaders collaborative at the MERGE conference in Michigan Keep an eye on our calendar for Bible storytelling training and other events coming to a place near you!
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Today's show:
- Sarah Ridenour continues her story about OneStory in India!
- Some friends come to Jesus and help with the stories
- Hear from an insider about what happens in a OneStory project
Sarah Ridenour, whose husband Jeff was on our show in April 2007, continues this week with her story about what happened to her, and what happens in a OneStory ministry and training experience.
Links mentioned in the show:
- OneStory partnership web site
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA (20th-23rd September)
* Sign up now for MERGE conference (June 27th to July 2nd in Michigan) * Sign up now for the leaders collaborative at the MERGE conference in Michigan Keep an eye on our calendar for Bible storytelling training and other events coming to a place near you!
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Today's show:
- Sarah Ridenour shares her OneStory story!
- Remote in Kashmir
- Hear from an insider about what happens in a OneStory project
Sarah Ridenour, whose husband Jeff was on our show in April 2007, tells her story about what happened to her and what happens in a OneStory ministry and training experience. Join us today for the first part in a new series!
Links mentioned in the show:
- OneStory partnership web site
- Contact YWAM Panama re the Simply the Story workshop next week!
- Simply the Story web site
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA (20th-23rd September)
* Sign up now for MERGE conference (June 27th to July 2nd in Michigan) * Sign up now for the leaders collaborative at the MERGE conference in Michigan Keep an eye on our calendar for Bible storytelling training and other events coming to a place near you!
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Today's show:
- Biblefresh - an initiative helping people re-discover the riches of God's Word
- Interview with Krish Kandiah of Evangelical Alliance
- 2011 - a significant anniversary that is to be marked
- A chance for you and your church/fellowship to reach out
Bryan interviews Krish Kandiah, a director with the Evangelical Alliance (EA) in the UK. Krish talks about the EA initiative called Biblefresh, which seeks to help the Church re-discover and re-engage with the Bible through a variety of innovative ways and ideas throughout 2011. Krish tells how you can be involved to help people connect with and experience the Word for themselves and then apply it to their lives.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Register now with Biblefresh!
- Download the Biblefresh Leader's Guide
- Evangelical Alliance's Biblefresh partners
- Krish Kandiah: What Every Church Leader Needs to Know about Biblefresh
- UCCF & IFES
- Square Mile
- Slipstream
- Slipstream podcast
- Bible Experience
- Michael Novelli's Echo the Story
- Story Nory
Don't forget ... * Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA (20th-23rd September) * Sign up now for MERGE conference (June 27th to July 2nd in Michigan) * Sign up now for the leaders collaborative at the MERGE conference in Michigan Keep an eye on our calendar for Bible storytelling training and other events coming to a place near you!
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Today's show:
- Testimony from storytelling training workshops in the U.K.
- Upcoming events and conferences not to be missed
Bryan brings news and testimony from the Simply the Story training workshops held last month in the U.K. Hear too about some exciting post-training application ideas that are happening in N Ireland!
Links mentioned in the show:
- The "Panama show" link
- Simply the Story web site
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA.
- Sign up now for MERGE conference (June 27th to July 2nd in Michigan)
- Sign up now for the leaders collaborative at the MERGE conference in Michigan
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Today's show:
- Pig farmer becomes nationwide audio evangelist
- FCBH partnering with Wycliffe Bible Translators
Morgan Jackson, International Director of Faith Comes By Hearing, tells a heart warming story about a Missouri pig farmer who becomes a key distributor of multiple language audio Bible recordings in the nation of the Philippines. In the second part of the programme Morgan talks about the partnership with Wycliffe Bible Translators to reach unreached peoples and see churches planted.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Faith Comes By Hearing web site
- Faith Comes By Hearing's Proclaimer
- Wycliffe Bible Translators web site
- Show #163 - The Panama Story
- Simply the Story web site
- Sign up now for MERGE conference (June 27th to July 2nd in Michigan) - EARLY BIRD deadline finishes TOMORROW!
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA.
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Today's show:
- Morgan Jackson is back!
- The Proclaimer
- You've got the time!
Morgan Jackson, International Director of Faith Comes By Hearing, discusses stories about The Proclaimer, and an exciting project for reaching oral learners in the USA (& beyond!).
Links mentioned in the show:
- Faith Comes By Hearing web site
- Faith Comes By Hearing's Proclaimer
- YWAM Haiti's web site
- God's Story web site
- Ambassador player
- Faith Comes By Hearing Haiti story
- You've Got the Time! site
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Today's show:
- Steve Douglass on spreading movements to Christ everywhere
- Steve Douglass on the use of story for world evangelism
Steve Douglass, CEO & President of Campus Crusade for Christ International, concludes his talk with a call for us to 'make this viral', a call to harness the harvest to see church planting movements take place.
Links mentioned in the show:
- NEW site for International Orality Network
- Campus Crusade for Christ International's web site
- Sign up now for MERGE conference (June 27th to July 2nd in Michigan) - EARLY BIRD deadline finishes TOMORROW!
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA.
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Today's show:
- Steve Douglass
- Use of personal testimony
Steve Douglass, CEO & President of Campus Crusade for Christ International, speaks today in the first in a two-part series on seeing movements of people to Christ everywhere. Join us today as he discusses the use of testimony - your personal story - as a vital part in connecting with your oral audience.
Links mentioned in the show:
- NEW site for International Orality Network
- Campus Crusade for Christ International's web site
- YWAM web site
- Simply the Story web site
- Sign up now for MERGE conference (June 27th to July 2nd in Michigan) - EARLY BIRD deadline finishes TOMORROW!
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Today's show:
- Bryan in Haiti
- Storytelling among the hurting and traumatised
Bryan has been to Haiti. He just came back at the weekend and brings a report on his time there, working as part of Youth With A Mission (YWAM)'s ministry in the country. Join us today to hear about how YWAM is helping bring this nation into long-term recovery and to hear reports on Bryan's storytelling in prison, school, a clinic and on construction sites.
Links mentioned in the show:
- YWAM Haiti's web site
- Terry Snow's book: "Taking the High Places"
- YWAM Dominican Republic web site about Misión Rescate
- YWAM Dominican Republic partner story about the Misión Rescate work
- Hoop tents for Haiti
- YWAM school where Bryan did some storytelling - Liberty Academy
- Megavoice God Story players
- Sign up now for MERGE conference (June 27th to July 2nd in Michigan) - EARLY BIRD deadline finishes TOMORROW!
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA.
- Lisburn (U.K.) STS (8-10 April) registration and details available. Contact " target="_blank">Andy to sign up!
- Panama STS (19-23 April) - contact " target="_blank">John to sign up or get more info!
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Today's show:
- A pastor's journey into story
- Joel Hunter from Florida
Concluding our series from International Orality Network conference recordings on "What Next?" we hear from Pastor Joel Hunter from Northland Church in Longwood, FL and how he has been taking the adults (as well as the children) into the story of the Bible.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Sign up now for the September International Orality Network conference in Georgia
- For info on the 8th-10th April Simply the Story workshop in N Ireland contact Andrew
- Keep up with Avery Willis' journalling
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Today's show:
- Personal journeys into orality and Bible story
- Avery Willis & Jim Slack
Continuing our series from International Orality Network conference recordings on "What Next?" we enjoy the personal story of Avery Willis and Jim Slack into orality.
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- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA.
- For info on the 8th-10th April Simply the Story workshop in N Ireland contact Andrew
- Keep up with Avery Willis' journalling
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Today's show:
- New series
- Mark Getz & John Walsh
Over the next few weeks we are going to be running a series from International Orality Network conference recordings. We do this for several reasons, among which we like to expose our listeners to the breadth and variety of experience, training, resources and fun in the orality movement worldwide. Another reason is that Bryan will be ministering in Haiti, DV, until the end of the month and will be separate from his recording studio and equipment as he does so. We trust that you will enjoy today's fun interview with Mark Getz and John Walsh on "What Next?"
Links mentioned in the show:
- Sign up now for the next International Orality Network conference in Georgia, USA.
- The Art of Storytelling - a book by John Walsh
- Keep up with Avery Willis' journalling
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Today's show:
- Knowing your motivation
- Forming a habitual mindset
- Avery update
We continue our mini-series ways to overcome story blockages, things that kill our best intentions for storytelling use. Today we look at the need to understand our foundational motivation for ministry or sharing Jesus and ways to form good story habits.
Link mentioned in the show:
- Keep up with Avery Willis' journalling
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Today's show:
- Getting over the humps in storytelling
- Things that kill great intentions
- Releasing a storytelling lifestyle
- Avery update
- Listener (audio) feedback
We begin a mini-series today on things that can impede storytelling in our lives - what stops us doing it! Today Bryan looks at "keeping on keeping on" and discovering a passion for storytelling.
Also on today's show an update on Avery Willis, and a very moving story from listener Keith, who shares how his storytelling training and meditation in a Bible passage brought about a step of faith that leads to a healing of a family member!
Link mentioned in the show:
- Keep up with Avery Willis' journalling
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Today's show:
- Avery update
- One family's journey in storytelling
- Bryan talks to Vania
Today we begin a journey. By popular request we will look at "one family's journey in storytelling". story4all listeners have asked that we explore various topics, but also wanted to hear the story of how Bryan's family has been employing story in their family, lives and ministry. Today we begin that journey as Bryan talks to Vania, the youngest family member, about her earliest childhood storytelling memories, and then how she has told Bible stories publicly and on the Internet!
Links mentioned in the show:
- Keep up with Avery Willis' journalling
- DNA 21 page
- Story of God booklet
- New Tribes Mission website
- EE-Taow! DVDs online
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Today's show:
- Avery Willis' health update
- Training opportunities coming up
- MERGE conference
Links mentioned in the show:
- Keep up with Avery Willis' journalling
- Avery Willis' homepage
- International Orality Network web site
- Tell the Story CBS training book
- STS training schedule
- 16-20 & 18-20 Simply the Story training in Boise, ID, USA sign up
- MERGE conference information
- Imago site
- Cornerstone University site
- Echo the Story site
- Shaped by the Story book
- Simply the Story training in Lisburn Contact us!
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Today's show:
- What happens when your storytelling 'goes south'?!?
- Bryan tells some stories of mishap and blank mind moments in storytelling and discusses how to continue
Links mentioned in the show:
- The God's Story Project web site
- Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Yvette's retirement - end of an era!
- What next? What's on the cards for 2010?
- Family on a journey ...
Yvette Wilkinson has been a loved co-host with us since the outset in May 2006. Sadly today she announces her "retirement" from story4all due to increased family, work and church leadership commitments. Today she reflects on her favourite shows, and Bryan discusses some of the ideas sent in as to where story4all plans to go next.
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Today's show:
- Meet John & Cheryl Fornelli
- Stories about storytelling in Papua New Guinea, Peru, Nicaragua, Botswana & more
Bryan recently interviewed John and Cheryl Fornelli of ReachGlobal, and hear stories from how the Lord is using them to reach oral cultures across the globe through story.
Links mentioned in the show:
- John & Cheryl's great blog
- Their ministry web site
- Scriptures in Useweb site
- Simply the Story web site
- Campus Crusade orality web site
- John Walsh's web site
- Story scarf online
- Megavoice web site
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Today's show:
- Stories that flow out of the overflow!
- Stories that teach us
Dorothy Miller continues on from last week, discussing with Bryan from a multitude of life experiences about how we can allow our witness for Jesus flow out of our lives naturally. Enjoy!
Links mentioned in the show:
- Youth With A Mission (YWAM)'s web site
- David & Stephanie Palusky's ministry Renew World Outreach
- God's Story web site
- CBS4Kids Story panel
- Heroes of Today web site
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Today's show:
- Dorothy gives examples from her experience of ways to use stories
- The universality of God's Word
Bryan catches up with Dorothy Miller and gets some testimonies of storytelling 'on the way'. Testimonies of the universality of God's Word meeting people as we come across them in our daily lives in short encounters.
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- Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Campus Crusade's Storyrunners
- Bryan talks to Jon about his training and consulting role in S Asia
Links mentioned in the show:
- OneStory web site
- Storyrunner web site
- Campus Crusade for Christ International web site
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Today's show:
- Christmas wackiness
- The balloon guy at ION
- Not just stories, but proverbs!
- Bryan tries to beat Dorothy Miller in storytelling!
Despite our light-hearted show today, we sincerely wish all our listeners a very happy/merry Christmas and pray that 2010 will be a year filled with His presence in your life, family and ministry!
Links mentioned in the show:
- Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics web site
- Pete Unseth's 'How to collect 1000 proverbs' article
- The Bible Translator article
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Today's show:
- From abuse to Glory - the story of John Affleck
- Bryan talks to John a little about his life and the amazing story of The Glory Story
John Affleck, from England, with an angry, violent, hopeless past, tells how God took hold of him and brought him to the place of getting deeply into the Bible and the Story of God. This is the story behind The Glory Story - an overview of the Bible in just over 2 hours on 2 DVDs (Old Testament and New Testament) - teaching the Bible as one Story.
Links mentioned in the show:
- The Glory Story web site
- John's story and book can be purchased here
- Bible Pictures for download
- Others' glory stories: listen here
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Today's show:
- Morgan Jackson is back
- Exciting stories from around the world
Morgan Jackson tells about how Faith Comes By Hearing in partnership with other organisations and mission agencies are seeing the Gospel reach the remote and non-literate peoples of the world in ever-increasing speed. Encouraging stuff about Kingdom partnerships impacting the lost!
Links mentioned in the show:
- Faith Comes By Hearing web site
- The Proclaimer product
- Campus Crusade & JESUS film partners to FCBH
- Wycliffe Bible Translators partners to FCBH
- TWR FCBH partners
- Scripture Union FCBH partners
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Today's show:
- Stories that release healing power
- Dorothy Miller shares about people who believe the stories they learn and what happens as a result
- Bryan and Yvette discuss forming a mindset of expectancy
A shorter show this week, but one that encourages us to REALLY apply God's Word to our lives today! Join us as Dorothy Miller, of the The God's Story Project, discusses with Bryan testimonies of God's power working alongside story in the training workshops taking place all round the world.
Links mentioned in the show:
- The God's Story Project web site
- Sign up for Stories from Storytellers weekly email
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Today's show:
- The Bible story in art
- Bryan interviews Debby Topliff about her work and ministry through painting, including the Book of Revelation story told through art
Join us today to hear about what the American Library Association has called one of the "Top Ten Religion Videos of the Year"! Debby Topliff, who makes her home by Lake Michigan, tells her story, describes her work and what God has been doing through her artwork, painting some of the books of the Bible.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Debby's web site
- Debby's blog
- Revelation DVD for sale here
- Other artwork by Debby
- Thanka podcast #1 Show #53
- Thanka podcast #2 Show #57
- Francis Schaeffer web site
- Kay Arthur's Precept Ministries
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Today's show:
- Stories and this generation
- Bryan catches up with Jonathan and Ben at a recent STS training
Jonathan and Ben, two young men new to the orality movement and Bible storytelling, discuss with Bryan what they feel has become a "major component in (their) ministry" after attending the International Orality Network conference and a Simply the Story training recently in the USA. Ben & Jonathan are convinced this is vital to reaching this generation which is hungry for community and they describe what storytelling looks like for them.
Links mentioned in the show:
- International Orality Network web site
- Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Special training for women
- Bryan interviews Susie Brown about the work of Scriptures in Use Bridges for Women
Susie (& Tim) Brown, Scriptures in Use leaders based out of Tucson, Arizona, talk about the work of SIU (Scriptures in Use) particularly in India and the creation of a special course for training women to tell Bible stories. Susie also tells about a new training she has been crafting for Western women.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Scriptures in Use (SIU)'s web site
- Previous SIU show with reference to The Ancient Path
- Bridges for Women brochure
- 2.5 min video clip about Bridges for Women training that can be found at the bottom of the page
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Today's show:
- Fascinating story of the founding of Megavoice
- Interview with the founder of Megavoice
Tom Treseder, founder of Megavoice, discusses the story behind the Megavoice players, its unique position today as a flexible, durable, intuitive device being used mightily worldwide to place the Word of God in the hands of those who cannot read.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Megavoice web site
- Player & Programming devices
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Today's show:
- Stories and more from Ethiopia
- Bryan talks to Steve Sims about e3 Partners Ministry
Steve Sims, director of Oral Communication Strategies with e3 Partners Ministry, talks with Bryan on today's show about his journey into orality and the exciting things that have been going on within his organisation as oral strategy has been applied in unreached and restricted areas within NE Africa.
Links mentioned in the show:
- e3 Partners Ministry web site
- I am second site
- OneStory site
- Story Runners site
- For more info about orality training with e3 Partners Ministry write: Steve
Last minute opportunity to sign up for the November "Training the Trainer" (Bible storyteller's training)!. The dates ... 9-13th November 2009! For more details check the web site
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Today's show:
- See it on video!
- Bryan & Yvette discuss Professional Storyteller John Walsh's new weekly vodcast
- An interview with John Walsh with exciting ministry updates!
Some of our listeners have asked to SEE storytelling. Being an audio ministry we cannot provide that, but John Walsh has just launched a new project that does exactly that: shows Bible storytelling in video. At the recent International Orality Network conference in Minnesota, Bryan caught up with John, and discussed his new "Bibletelling Story of the Week" vodcast (video podcast). Apart from this new resource that John is making available free of charge, he has several other resources on hand and in the pipeline. Join us listening to today's show to hear more!
Links mentioned in the show:
- Subscribe to Bibletelling Story of the Week in iTunes
- Bibletelling Story of the Week web site
- Learn more about John's work here
Last minute opportunity to sign up for the November "Training the Trainer" (Bible storyteller's training)!. The dates ... 9-13th November 2009! For more details check the web site
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Today's show:
- Leaven in YWAM
- Interview with Debbie Lundberg
- Making YWAMers aware of the need for story
- What "Star Wars" looks like in YWAM!
Debbie Lundberg, of YWAM OneStory in Texas, shares her heart about raising awareness of the need for oral communication as YWAM heads towards 50% non-Western, mostly oral preference membership. She tells her dream for Oral DTS (Discipleship Training School) courses and of seeing YWAMers, like Founder Loren Cunningham's vision of waves covering the nations, going where no one has gone before!/p>
Links mentioned in the show:
- YWAM OneStory web site
- YWAM Turner Valley site
- Wycliffe OneStory opportunities
- YWAM OneStory training worldwide
- YWAM Panama show
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Today's show:
- J.O. Terry on stories for different needs and life situations
- Great resources for short-term teams and how to use Bible stories on outreach
- Food stories, Water stories, Grief stories, Hope Stories, Death stories - themes for a target need or audience
Bryan interviews J.O. Terry, who has served under the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention as a media missionary to the Philippines beginning in 1968 and later serving as the Asia-Pacific Region media consultant until retirement in 2003. Experience with Chronological Bible Teaching in early 1988 soon led to a need for greater emphasis on teaching the Bible stories along with appropriate learning activities for nonliterate peoples. In an effort to supply this need, Terry developed a number of widely used Bible story sets and led workshops and conferences in many countries. He is convinced that Bible storying methods can be effective in winning the lost to Christ, in developing the saved in Christ, in starting new churches among the peoples of the world, and in training their oral leaders. Presently J. O. Terry serves as publisher of the Bible Storying Newsletter and the Journal of Bible Storying. He continues to teach Bible storying and shares his experience with others in the ministry. Terry has authored and co-authored several books, some of which we mention on today's show.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Where to get books mentioned on today's show: Story booklets
- Church Starting Network web site
- BibleStorying.com web site
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Today's show:
- Brand new book for learning biblical storytelling!
- Bryan interviews Paul & Teresa about Paul's latest project
"Telling God's Stories with Power" is a book that is about to hit the book stores any day now. It is written by a man with years of experience successfully training others to reach oral learners through Bible storytelling. The result of years of research and field testing, this book is a product of the author's own journey as he confronted the challenges of teaching the Bible in parts of the world where people are unaccustomed to a Western style of learning. Full of innovative and groundbreaking insights, this study is packed with ideas, explanations, and constructive suggestions stated in clear and simple language, easy to understand. Paul has decades of experience planting churches and equipping leaders in both Latin America and South Asia. His life work demonstrates his passion for finding effective ways to communicate the gospel across cultures. He has shown a unique ability to distill complex information into understandable methods for training leaders, church-planters and now biblical storytellers. His training in missiology, cultural anthropology and Christian communication inform this project.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Get your pre-publication discount (BEFORE end OCTOBER!) for Telling God's Stories with Power now!
- Annotated table of contents to Paul's book
- Previous show with Paul & Teresa on Multiplying Storytellers
- Oral Bible training DVD resource
- Sign up for Paul & Teresa's free weekly email called "Stories from Storytellers" here
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Today's show:
- Super new web site about storytelling and orality!
- Bryan talks to Brian about his work of art and what is available on the new site.
Brian, who works with oral strategies and web design with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, talks to story4all about a dial-up friendly site for missionaries and others in remote situations. Also coming through is Brian's passion for the deaf and the wonder of storytelling among them.
Links mentioned in the show:
- The new site: Orality Strategies
- And the brand new sister page: CBStorying
- Link to "Beginner's Guide to RSS" video clip
- Diane Smith's article Visual Art & Orality
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Today's show:
- Part Two of Bryan's family ministry trip to S America
- Stories from "Simply the Story" training among Amazon river peoples
Bryan and Yvette continue the story about the Peru trip Bryan and family made this summer, and get into tales from the Amazon jungle and storytelling training they did there among the Urarina tribe and Mestizos in the region.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Peru web site
- David & Stephanie Palusky's ministry Renew World Outreach
- Simply the Story web site
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Today's show:
- Stories from the summer
- Bryan reports on his family mission trip to Peru
After a marathon trip to S America with his family, Bryan chats with Yvette about the events and happenings of the 6 weeks 'on the road' and tells stories from the 'summer ministry trip of a lifetime'. This is the first part of the trip.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Youth With A Mission (YWAM)'s web site
- David & Stephanie Palusky's ministry Renew World Outreach
- God's Story web site
- CBS4Kids Story panel
- Heroes of Today web site
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Today's show:
Dr. Grant Lovejoy concludes in a 3-part series on how to train oral communicators and raise up church leaders for the churches being multiplied in the nations.
Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Following Jesus CD series
- Or from the IMB site the same series
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Today's show:
Dr. Grant Lovejoy continues in a 3-part series on how to train oral communicators and raise up church leaders for the churches being multiplied in the nations.
Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
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Today's show:
Dr. Grant Lovejoy begins a 3-part series on how to train oral communicators and raise up church leaders for the churches being multiplied in the nations.
Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
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Today's show:
LaNette Thompson, West Africa Apprentice Programs Director for the IMB, concludes this 2-part series entitled, "Communicating effectively with Oral Communicators".
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Today's show:
LaNette Thompson, West Africa Apprentice Programs Director for the IMB, begins a short series entitled, "Communicating effectively with Oral Communicators".
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Today's show:
John Witte, IMB missionary to Africa, concludes his talk today, discussing the importance of appropriate communication for God's Word to "run" in a nation.
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Today's show:
John Witte, IMB missionary to Africa, speaks today on a fundamental part of God's Word "running" in a nation. This is the first in a 2-part series with John.
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Today's show:
Avery Willis, President of the International Orality Network, gave a stirring talk on multiplication and oral communication, entitled "Back to the Future". Today we share it with you for your encouragement and inspiration.
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Today's show:
- Conclusion of the first of our Summer sessions
- Storying and Church Planting
- J.O. Terry opens the session with comments on knowing when to harvest and also dealing with no response to the stories
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Mark Snowden concludes with a story set from Acts that teach church planting and what is healthy church 'body life'
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Following Jesus CD series
- Training for Trainers (T4T) - search for T4T on the IMB site
This summer, as Bryan and Yvette take ministry and family breaks, we shall be looking at various current subjects of interest and importance through the eyes of several leaders in the field of the orality movement.
Our presenters for the topic of Storying and Church Planting are ... Mark Snowden, co-ordinator for the Missions Education Special Projects Church Planting Group of the North American Mission Board, SBC, Daniel Sanchez, Director, Scarborough Institute for Church Planting and Growth, and J.O. Terry, Bible Storying Consultant and Trainer.
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Today's show:
- Continuing our Summer sessions
- Storying and Church Planting
- Going from decisions to gathering as churches - Mark Snowden
- Daniel Sanchez discusses how we see from Acts the story of how churches were planted
This summer, as Bryan and Yvette take ministry and family breaks, we shall be looking at various current subjects of interest and importance through the eyes of several leaders in the field of the orality movement.
Our presenters for the topic of Storying and Church Planting are ... Mark Snowden, co-ordinator for the Missions Education Special Projects Church Planting Group of the North American Mission Board, SBC, Daniel Sanchez, Director, Scarborough Institute for Church Planting and Growth, and J.O. Terry, Bible Storying Consultant and Trainer.
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Today's show:
- The first of our Summer sessions
- Storying and Church Planting
- Mark Snowden kicks off with a discussion on "Drawing the net" - decision making
This summer, as Bryan and Yvette take ministry and family breaks, we shall be looking at various current subjects of interest and importance through the eyes of several leaders in the field of the orality movement.
Our presenters for the topic of Storying and Church Planting are ... Mark Snowden, co-ordinator for the Missions Education Special Projects Church Planting Group of the North American Mission Board, SBC, Daniel Sanchez, Director, Scarborough Institute for Church Planting and Growth, and J.O. Terry, Bible Storying Consultant and Trainer.
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Today:
- YWAM (Youth With A Mission) is doing it too!
- Meet the Henrys in YWAM Panama, leaders of a new and unique training school
- Bryan interviews John & Kristina talk about their new 'baby' - the School of Gospel Contextualization - a training school that reflects their heart for redeeming cultures, dance, drama, contextualization of arts, indigenous worship as well as orality training.
The School of Gospel Contextualization runs from 2nd September this year until 27th November (lecture phase) and then has an optional outreach in the place of your choice from 30th November to 4th February next year (2010). YWAM DTS (Discipleship Training School) is a pre-requisite and the school has University of the Nations accreditation
Links mentioned in today's show:
- School of Gospel Contextualization temporary web site
- YWAM Panama web site
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Today:
- Part 2 of Storytelling and Bible translation - how they connect
- Bryan concludes his interview with Joshua
- The second in a 2-part series on how storytelling and translation can facilitate church planting among Bible-less unreached peoples of the world
Training opportunities this summer:
Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Allen, Texas * STS Training in Aberdeem, Washington * STS Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois * Other Simply the Story training opportunities worldwide * An Introduction to Orality and Storying Hosted by Youth With A Mission in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii * OneStory Seminar, Waxhaw, N Carolina * SIU Communications Bridges to Oral Cultures for Western Folks Carmel, Indiana
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Today:
- Storytelling to reach the lost ... does that exclude the need for Bible translation?
- Bryan talks to Joshua who lives in South East Asia
- The first in a 2-part show on how storytelling and translation can facilitate church planting among Bible-less unreached peoples of the world
Training opportunities:
Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Allen, Texas * STS Training in Aberdeem, Washington * STS Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois * Other Simply the Story training opportunities worldwide * An Introduction to Orality and Storying Hosted by Youth With A Mission in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii * OneStory Seminar, Waxhaw, N Carolina
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Today:
- Kosovo ...
- Rep of Ireland ...
- Simply the Story instructors do one last round of stories from recently finished tour in Europe
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Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Boise, Idaho * STS Training in Allen, Texas * STS Training in Aberdeem, Washington * STS Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois * Other Simply the Story training opportunities worldwide
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Today:
- Meet Tony from Down Under
- Bryan talks with Simply the Story instructor Tony about his life and passions and storytelling
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Today:
- Simply the Story instructors talk about STS events in various places in the UK
- Event attendees from various countries tell about how STS has impacted them
Training opportunities:
Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Boise, Idaho * STS Training in Allen, Texas * STS Training in Aberdeem, Washington * STS Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado * OneStory Training in Thailand * OneStory Training in Holland * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois * Other Simply the Story training opportunities worldwide
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Today:
- A team of Simply the Story instructors tell stories about storytelling
- Bryan meets with Caryl, Sally, Andrea, Henry and Tony to hear about the storytelling experiences from around the world
- This is the first in a short series of programmes from the STS training tour in Europe
Training opportunities:
Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Boise, Idaho * STS Training in Allen, Texas * STS Training in Aberdeem, Washington * STS Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado * OneStory Training in Thailand * OneStory Training in Holland * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois * Other Simply the Story training opportunities worldwide
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Today:
- Martins Atanda from Muslim Northern Nigeria tells his story
- Bryan discovers how Martins has always had a heart for the most unreached in the hardest places
- Martins shares how moving to 'story' has been vital and dynamic in reaching the difficult places
Training opportunities:
Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Belfast & Lisburn, N. Ireland * STS Training in Lake Charles, Louisiana * STS Training in Kosovo * STS Training in Boise, Idaho * STS Training in Allen, Texas * STS Training in Aberdeem, Washington * STS Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado * OneStory Training in Thailand * OneStory Training in Holland * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois * Other Simply the Story training opportunities worldwide
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Today's show:
- Fabulous resources for Chronological Bible Storying with children
- Bryan & Yvette discuss the "storying quilt" and the heap of resources available for you to order today
- Kurt Jarvis offers these resources on the CBS4Kids website
Training opportunities:
Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Belfast & Lisburn, N. Ireland * STS Training in Lake Charles, Louisiana * STS Training in Kosovo * STS Training in Boise, Idaho * STS Training in Allen, Texas * STS Training in Aberdeem, Washington * STS Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado * OneStory Training in Thailand * OneStory Training in Holland * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois * Other Simply the Story training opportunities worldwide
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Today's show:
- Teachers discover inductive Bible study - oral style!
- Jo-An Mayes, Junior High teacher, talks with Bryan about her STS training experience
- From Texas, Kellie Merrick, Bible teacher of 30 years, tells her story and the joy of her discovery of storytelling
Training opportunities:
Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Belfast & Lisburn, N. Ireland * STS Training in Lake Charles, Louisiana * STS Training in Kosovo * STS Training in Boise, Idaho * STS Training in Allen, Texas * STS Training in Aberdeem, Washington * STS Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado * OneStory Training in Thailand * OneStory Training in Holland * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois * Other Simply the Story training opportunities worldwide
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Today's show:
- Bryan meets veteran missionary to Asia, Johnny Norwood
- Multiplying churches through storying
- Multiplying Ministries
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Johnny Norwood has a pending website at Multiplying Ministries that should be up and running in a short while for ordering the books mentioned in today's show.
- Meantime, please contact Johnny Norwood with your order here.
Training opportunities:
Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Belfast & Lisburn, N. Ireland * STS Training in Lake Charles, Louisiana * STS Training in Kosovo * STS Training in Boise, Idaho * STS Training in Allen, Texas * STS Training in Aberdeem, Washington * STS Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado * OneStory Training in Thailand * OneStory Training in Holland * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois
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Today's show:
- Bryan gives a report about his time in Manhattan
- St Patrick's Day in New York
- STS & other training coming up
Training opportunities:
Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Belfast & Lisburn, N. Ireland * STS Training in Lake Charles, Louisiana * STS Training in Allen, Texas * STS Training in Aberdeem, Washington * STS Training in Colorado Springs, Colorado * OneStory Training in Thailand * OneStory Training in Holland * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois
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Today's show:
- A young couple ministering in Senegal
- Meet Aaron and Rhianon Taylor
- STS training coming to Europe
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Taylor blog
- Operation World online
- STS website
- God's Story website
- Global Recordings Network website
- Wolof people in Senegal
Training opportunities:
Keep an eye on our calendar for some exciting training events coming to a place near you! * STS Training in Belfast & Lisburn, N. Ireland * STS Training in Allen, Texas * OneStory Training in Thailand * OneStory Training in Holland * 2009 Int'l Christian Storytelling Conference in Normal, Illinois
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Today's show:
- A century and a half on the road!
- St Patrick's shamrock and other types of oral communication!
- Jane reaching out to international students through story
Happy St. Patrick's Day from us all here in story4all!
Links mentioned in today's show:
- St. Patrick and the shamrock
- Jack & Doris Day's website
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Today's show:
- Feedback: Joshua Wu from Thailand
- Training opportunities
- Carrie & China
Links mentioned in today's show:
- OneStory website
- Simply the Story site
- Carrie's organisation's website
Training opportunities:
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Today's show:
- Still learning at 84!
- Meet David & Helen, veteran missionaries in Guatemala
- Reaching oral Indians in Central America
Meet the Ekstroms! 57 years working in Guatemala, doing translation work 50 miles from the Mexican border. David has been reading the Bible through from cover to cover annually for 75 years and admits he is still learning! Discover how taking a storytelling training has helped them in ministry.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- CAM International website
- A short article about the Ekstroms' ministry in Guatemala
- Simply the Storysite>
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Today's show:
- Bryan & Yvette discuss how to evaluate your storytelling presentations
- Listener feedback from Keith
- A story from India
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Bryan's choice of journal MacJournal
- A journal for Windows users: The Journal
- Floyd McClung's website
- All Nations CPx website
- Talking Bibles International website
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Today's show:
- Bringing the Story to Muslims in Africa
- After 17 years and one convert, 30 come to Jesus after two hours of story!
- Listen to Richard's story among a people hostile to the Gospel
Larry Dinkins (see Show #139) told me about his friend Richard and the result is today's show, in which Richard tells about his exciting pilgrimage, learning to reach out through story in a hostile setting.
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Today's show:
- Discussing how to do pre- and post-story dialogue
- Second part in our two-part series
Yvette and Bryan return to the discussion on how you do pre- and post-story dialogue. This was one of the questions from the mailbag, sent in from listeners to the show. Today they discuss important "bringing it home" technique, and questions for discussion after the telling of a Bible story. How do we lead people to discover the treasures in a Bible story?
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Today's show:
- Storytelling in the jungles of the Philippines
- Veteran missionary Marianne Chiong tells her story
- What happened next
Bryan meets Marianne Chiong and hears how this experienced Wycliffe Bible Translator has ministered with her family in the Philippines jungle for 27 years and how God has multiplied the process of the Gospel being spread there through storytelling. Bryan then gives an update to Yvette of things that have happened in the time that has passed since the interview
February 4th is Marianne's birthday and story4all would like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY Marianne! and wish her and her family a special today tomorrow!
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Today's show:
- Yvette is back!
- Pre- and Post story dialogue
- A story from Nepal
Yvette is back on the show after her hiatus and joins Bryan to discuss one of the questions from our mailbag: How do you do pre- and post-story dialogue? This is the first in a two-part show and today they discuss vital ingredients for summary or an introduction to telling a Bible story. Yvette also shares a testimony of God's moving among brickmakers in Nepal through the power of story.
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Links mentioned in today's show:
- The God's Story Project website
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Today's show:
- John Witte last part
- How do we do this in the West?
- Larry Dinkins Skyped in
Link mentioned in today's show:
- Echo the Story website
- Texas OneStory February training calendar info
- Communicating for a Change book
- New ION website
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Today's show:
- John Witte's back
- Cool application of Abraham & Sarah story
- What else do you do to get a listening ear in remote settings?
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- Echo the Story website
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Today's show:
- A great story about how a missionary "gets it"
- ... and how he then helped others "get it"
- First part of a cool 3-part story from John Witte, missionary to Africa and USA
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- Echo the Story website
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story4all would like to wish our listeners a very happy New Year! Today's show:
- A testimony of determination to take ministry to oral learners
- Larry Dinkins tells his story of discovering the need for oral communication ...
- ... and how hard it was for him personally
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- Simply the Story website
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We all at story4all would like to wish our listeners and web site visitors a very Happy Christmas! Today's show:
- Church Planting Multiplication through storytelling!
- Morgan Jackson is back with exciting stories on how God is discipling oral learners through His Word
- The Bible by text message!
- Where you can get multiple language versions of the Audio Drama Bible in mp3 format for FREE!
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH) main site
- Proclaimer
- Bible Stick
- FCBH podcasts
- FCBH FREE Audio Bible downloads in various languages
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Today's show:
- Out & About - Stories about storytelling
- Training opportunities coming up locally (for some!)
- A little matter of a pink elephant!
Continuing our theme about discussing the how-to of storytelling techniques, Bryan shares about some recent experiences from the past month. An enthusiastic house group in Belfast discovers how fun Bible study can be - the storytelling way. A family with 5 small children discover how everyone can enjoy a story with discussion for an hour! A YWAM DTS discovers how they can take storytelling overseas on outreach to make disciples in a foreign land.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Simply the Story website
- YWAM Ireland website
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Bryan's daughter Alexandra joins him on the show today due to Yvette's absence. We hope you enjoy her "pink elephant"!
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Today's show:
- Getting into technique
- Learning a 10-verse Bible story in 10 minutes
- ... Even when you don't read!
Going on some of your feedback Bryan & Yvette get into some of the "how tos" of storytelling. Today they discuss possible new directions for the show in the coming year and then discuss how you can learn Bible stories in a short space of time. Discussion also moves to how non-readers can learn Bible stories
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Simply the Story website
- Timothy Church Planter Training website
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Today's show:
- Part two of the interview with Andrea
- More practical stories about the use of stories to disciple and reach others
Part two of our interview with Andrea from Simply the Story. This week she concludes with more exciting stories about how she has used storytelling to reach others and how the Lord uses storytelling round the globe!
Links mentioned in today's show:
- The God's Story Project website
- Simply the Story website
Pick of the Week:
Simply the Story Handbook. The "guts" of the STS training in printed format! This resource is the practical step by step walk-through of the STS technique. Discover the vital ingredients of this unique and innovative programme. Learn how to find treasures in Bible stories and how to lead others in practical, deep discussion about what is happening in the story as well as how to vividly apply the truth in the story to your and others' lives.
Don't miss this STS training opportunity in the USA in December! Between 9th and 13th December in Portland, Oregon, Simply the Story is offering a training that you will not want to miss if you have any opportunity to attend! Details about this training (cost, exact location, etc.) can be found by contacting Carrie by email or by phone: 503 995 6793 (in the USA).
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Today's show:
- Fabulous personal experience stories of a Bible storyteller telling stories!
Listen to Andrea of Simply the Story tell Bryan some great reports about STS and The God's Story Project. She tells of some cool things Jesus is doing round the globe through Bible storytelling, as well as shares some exciting times when she told Bible stories recently in varied contexts and situations.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- The God's Story Project website
- Listen to "God's Story" here
- Simply the Story website
- Chronicle of USA pastor using STS
- Free downloads here
- What & why of STS
- Simply the Story training calendar
Owing to the full content of this week's show there is no Pick of the Week this week
Don't miss this STS training opportunity in the USA in December! Between 9th and 13th December in Portland, Oregon, Simply the Story is offering a training that you will not want to miss if you have any opportunity to attend! Details about this training (cost, exact location, etc.) can be found by contacting Carrie by email or by phone: 503 995 6793 (in the USA).
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Today's show:
- Meet Michael Novelli - a man who has been doing a remarkable work among today's students in the USA
- His work, website and ministry is packed with resources for those looking for easy to use methods of storying which make the Bible come alive for young people
- Watch this space for a review on Michael's new book Shaped by Story ... coming up soon!
Michael Novelli, from the Chicago area of the USA, spent 13 years leading student and youth ministries in various churches. He now develops interactive resources, curriculum, experiences and events to help students, educators and youth workers learn in new ways, particularly through 'Storying', a sequential telling of Bible stories followed by a time of creative retelling and in-depth dialogue.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Michael Novelli bio
- SOMA Communities' website http://www.echothestory.com/about/contact/* Echo the Story website
- Show with Caesar Kalinowski here
- Free narrative from Michael's site
- Wisdom Works here
- Planet Wisdom youth website
- Zondervan's Youth Specialities site
- Zondervan's Youth Specialities2009 DCLA event
Owing to the full content of this week's show there is no Pick of the Week this week
Don't miss this STS training opportunity in the USA in December! Between 9th and 13th December in Portland, Oregon, Simply the Story is offering a training that you will not want to miss if you have any opportunity to attend! Details about this training (cost, exact location, etc.) can be found by contacting Carrie by email or by phone: 503 995 6793 (in the USA).
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Today's show:
- Bryan & Yvette discuss the recent Simply the Story (STS) training in Manila
- Stories from and resulting from that training
- December STS training in the USA
Bryan is just back from a trip to Manila as part of the Simply the Story instructor team and tells some of the news and stories from that experience.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Simply the Story website
- Firm Foundations materials
- story4all calendar
Pick of the Week:
Simply the Story Handbook. The "guts" of the STS training in printed format! This resource is the practical step by step walk-through of the STS technique. Discover the vital ingredients of this unique and innovative programme. Learn how to find treasures in Bible stories and how to lead others in practical, deep discussion about what is happening in the story as well as how to vividly apply the truth in the story to your and others' lives.
Don't miss this STS training opportunity in the USA in December! Between 9th and 13th December in Portland, Oregon, Simply the Story is offering a training that you will not want to miss if you have any opportunity to attend! Details about this training (cost, exact location, etc.) can be found by contacting Carrie by email or by phone: 503 995 6793 (in the USA).
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Today's show:
- News from Yashwant Paul after his recent prison experience
- GRN has some radical and exciting Intern opportunities for you, your kids or youth group!
A show today in two parts:
- Firstly Bryan interviews Yashwant Paul, who was imprisoned for his faith earlier this year. Yash shares about his experience, his family and gets us current on their work with Indian national orality networking.
- In the second part of the show, Guy Piersall, a Mobilizer with Global Recordings Network, shares about some cool and amazing opportunities for people to take an internship with GRN that will put people groups and languages on the map ... literally
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Global Recordings Network (GRN) website
- Internship opportunity with GRN
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Today's show:
- A brand new mp3 player for missions
- Doug talks about and demos the Saber for Bryan
- An audio device that does not run out of juice in any location
Doug Armstrong, International Co-ordinator for Global Recordings Network (GRN), talks with Bryan about the new innovative product, the Saber. Maintaining the pace of keeping up with technology in missions, GRN has produced this device, which is as helpful as the hand-wound cassette tape player was before it, and the famous cardboard ("Card Talk") gramophone record player was before that!
For playing in the market place or teaching in a village, this high volume player can be heard by scores of people at once, as today's show demonstrates.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Global Recordings Network website
- Check out the GRN site for more details on the Saber
For ordering details and full pricing on the Saber, please contact:
- Global Recordings Network, 41823 Enterprise Circle North, Ste 200, Temecula, CA 92590-5682, USA
- Phone: +1 888 444 7872
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Today's show:
- New storytelling resources hot off the press from John Walsh
- 36 Life of Christ storytelling lessons available now
Bryan catches up with John Walsh recently in Dallas and hears about the new resources for training in New Testament "Life of Christ" stories available for Christian schools, home schools or for the individual who wants to learn some storytelling skills using stories of Jesus.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- John Walsh's website
- Check out John's site for details on the upcoming November training in Bloomington, IL
Don't miss your special discount!
John Walsh is offering his new resource at a special discount for our listeners! The "Life of Christ" booklets (12), CDs (4) and DVD are available by contacting John directlyhere and by requesting your discount price of $40 at the time of order! A great resource for you and for training others!
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Today's show:
- Bryan continues telling Yvette about his recent Texas trip
- Report on the September Simply the Story training
- Stories of the how the Lord is using the podcast
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Simply the Story online
- Future STS seminars offered here
- "There's a Sheep in My Bathtub book" available for purchase here
- Listen to the podcast version of "There's a Sheep in My Bathtub" by subscribing in iTunes here
- Keep an eye on our calendar for upcoming events here
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Today's show:
- Bryan & Yvette discuss the the news and events from the International Orality Network conference last month in Texas
Links mentioned in today's show:
- International Orality Network website
- Keep an eye on this site to find out where and how you can order a CD of the conference talks and workshops
- Visual Story Network blog report on the Dallas gathering.
A new web site is being created for the International Orality Network with all the task forces mentioned on today's show on it as interactive groups. There will be lots of resources there for you to explore and study, as well as opportunity to engage with the network, download resources and much more. Please keep an eye on our blog for announcements about when the site is "public"!
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Today's show:
- Avery Willis on "truth that sticks"
- Velcro Truth in a Teflon World
Bryan has the privilege and pleasure to catch up with Avery Willis at the recent International Orality Conference in Dallas, Texas. Avery discusses why he likens God's Truth and the way God has created us to Velcro! Join us today for a vivid illustration and a cool explanation of what Avery means!
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Learn all about Velcro!
- Avery Willis' home page
Pick of the Week:
On Mission with God. Avery Willis' book, co-authored with Henry T Blackaby, which discusses how God has called every believer to be on mission with Him in this world. The lives of seven people in the Bible show us how ... and how we can partner with God to see His glory reach the nations.
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Today's show:
- Interview with Karin Morrow, who led Bryan to the Lord
- Youth from Bryan's church lead a storytelling session
- story4all is on Twitter
This week the graduating group of young people from the Summer story4all Bible storytelling course lead us in a storytelling session about The Widow's Mite story. 14-yr old Matthew leads his peers (14-17 yrs) in a story, and some questions to discuss the message in the story.
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Today's show:
- Reaching Native Americans with story!
- Storytelling in Native American style
- Ojibwe Indian Terry Wildman tells his story and talks about Rain Song's ministry among Native Americans
- Terry and his wife Darlene sing their beautiful 2008 Native American song, nominated Nammy Award Single of the Year, called "All Colors Together"
Bryan is super excited about this week's show and the wonderful opportunity he had to meet Terry & Darlene Wildman recently in Ireland! This episode is a keeper - packed with great testimonies, Bible story and song! We hope you will check out the Wildmans' web site and their products and resources. (See below for details).
If you know of anyone working with Native Americans please tell them about this week's podcast and these resources on the Wildman site!
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Terry & Darlene Wildman's Rain Song site here
- Indian flutes for sale here
- Keep checking the Rain Song website for details of the Native American Bible story set entitled "Great Story from the Sacred Book" available soon on CD and later streamed from the site!!
Pick of the Week:
We choose the beautiful CDs of the Wildmans' music and storytelling this week! Check out their online store where the discs can be bought ... here. Their music is folk/rock style with acoustic guitar, hand-drums, rattles and wood flutes. Terry plays guitar, Darlene plays the flute and they both sing.
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Today's show:
- Second (and final) part of the Leper Story
- Dorothy Miller tells the story from the New Testament
- And leads Bryan in a post-story dialogue
Don't miss the second part of this storytelling session between Dorothy Miller and Bryan! If you missed the first part, feel free to scroll down to hear it now before you hear today's episode.
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Pick of the Week:
Evangelist Backpack. Last week we promoted the movie "God's Story: From Creation to Eternity". This backpack is only 20 pounds in weight, and yet is packed with an 8.5 inch screen DVD player, a light, power source and a solar panel as well as the movie itself. Portable PA system and other accessories also available via the web link above.
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Today's show:
- An example of biblical storytelling this week ... Part 1
- Dorothy Miller tells the story of the leper from the New Testament
- And leads Bryan in a post-story dialogue
Bryan humbles himself before our listeners again as he submits himself to a storytelling session with Dorothy Miller! Want another example of digging for treasures in a Bible story? Download this week's podcast or click below to hear this training session in progress!
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- Sign up for the International Orality Network conference in Dallas here and join us all for a special time of networking, learning and fellowship between 15th & 18th of this month! A discount for anyone signing up before Sept 5th is available!!
- Right afterwards take the opportunity of a lifetime to get specialist training in biblical storytelling and how to lead others on a fascinating inductive Bible study through story! Simply the Story is holding a training in Dallas from 19th to 24th September Details here!
Pick of the Week:
God's Story: From Creation to Eternity. This movie, available in 210 languages, is an 80-minute powerful panorama of the Bible Story from beginnings in creation to the return of Jesus. You can purchase it in DVD, video, audio and VCD! Do you have people from another language living nearby or across town or at work? Do you want to orally present the Story of God in a format that God is using today in wonderful ways across the globe? Check out this resource today!
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On today's episode we conclude our time with Timothy Olonade, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association, as he discusses "The Dynamics of Reaching People Groups in Africa".
Pick of the Week:
This week we choose a film, based on the JESUS film but with a focus on women. Magdalena: Released from Shame is a moving story about women caught in adultery, rejected for their lifestyles or because of disease, and what happens when they meet Jesus. This DVD contains English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Korean, Arabic, Portuguese and Russian versions of the movie - a great resource for multiple showings among varied language groups. Read more here and also find the links from there to purchasing your own copy!
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Today's show:
Timothy Olonade, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association, continues discussing the challenge of reaching people groups in Africa, and he gets into why storytelling plays such a vital role in this.
Other things Timothy touches on in today's show:
- What is blocking the African Church from storytelling?
- How to turn the Church back to storytelling?
- How storytelling can bring Africans closer to Bible times
- Why repetition is a part of orality
- An endearing story on how storying impacted and discipled his own non literate mother, and another story, about how God used the 80-minute God's Story video to reach some Fulani people.
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On today's episode of story4all Timothy Olonade, Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Evangelical Missions Association, gives us some outside-of-the-box and inspiring teaching that is peppered with stories from his experiences in, and the cultures of, Africa.
A different show this week as we continue our Summer Sessions of talks from recent International Orality Network conferences. The original title of this message is "The Dynamics of Reaching People Groups in Africa".
Pick of the Week:
Continuing the theme of presenting The Story of God to others in our recent picks of the week Bible Pictures CD is a compact disc with 105 chronological Bible teaching pictures - both colour and black and white line drawings - PC and Mac compatible, which can be used for electronic presentations to groups.
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Today's show:
- Concluding session with Jim Bowman
- Nitty gritty of SIU's training
- "Cycles of church planting" with stories
Jim Bowman ends his talk from the International Orality Conference on Training Grass Roots Workers in the Use of Oral Strategies. He focuses today on what Scriptures in Use (SIU) actually do in their workshop training, what happens as a result of this training as normal practice, and finally, how the training is helping get the Gospel out and churches planted in unreached areas.
Links from today's show:
- Scriptures in Use website
- SIU training in 3 languages mentioned at the very end of the show, also called The Ancient Path
Pick of the Week:
105 pictures used for telling The Story of God in laminated or non-laminated format. In our last pick of the week we mentioned the tremendous resource called The Story of God, a small pocket size booklet that can be used to share God's Story with others. This week we want to tell you about the same pictures in that book that were also used in the famous EE-TAOW! story. Get your own set to help you tell the Story of God to whole groups of people at a time.
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Today's show:
- Jim Bowman continues
- Why is narrative theology important?
- Reaching groups or family units over individuals only
- A Hindu man comes to faith through personal healing/storying
Jim Bowman, from SIU, continues his talk on storying, and storying training, by looking at the importance of connecting with oral learners on their level. He also discusses SIU's training model and shares a cool testimony about a man healed of cancer after hearing a story.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Scriptures in Use website
- Sign up now for the ION conference in September (15th-18th)
- STS training right after it too! Details here
No pick of the week this week, due to length of content from Jim Bowman's great talk
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Today's show:
- Storytelling by accident!
- Jim Bowman tells his story
- Reaching remote non-literates with the Gospel
Jim Bowman, director of Scriptures in Use, in the first of our International Orality Network conference addresses, tells the story of how he and his wife, Carla, began reaching out to the Tarahumara people in N Mexico. How do you reach a remote non-literate group who do not have a value for reading and education like you? How do people discover the message of the Bible without reading? How do we stop stories being distorted over time? These and more questions are in Jim's story today.
Links from today's show:
- Scriptures in Use site
- Scriptures in Use 20th Anniversary special newsletter
- Wikipedia write up about the Tarahumara people
Training this week with Scriptures in Use near Louisville, Kentucky!!*. Check out our Calendar for details on training this month or click here for specifics on how to register. Hurry!***
**Pick of the Week:
The Story of God booklet - see picture. This little resource is a handy tool to have nearby when you're stuck in the doctor's office or waiting for a bus somewhere. 105 drawings in a wonderful little 3" x 4" booklet allow you to chronologically story through the Bible in one or more easy sittings. Check it out! This wonderful evangelistic picture book can help even the most shy among us share the Good News of Jesus with the lost!
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Today's show:
- Bryan talks to John Ragsdale
- Stories about Trans World Radio reaching orals in Africa
- "The Way of Righteousness" reaching Muslim peoples
John Ragsdale, of Trans World Radio, meets with Bryan to discuss the exciting work that TWR are doing in southern Africa, and how The Way of Righteousness programming has been used to reach out in areas previously identified as 'hardened' towards the Gospel. Hear how the Lord is causing "listening groups" to form where Muslims can discuss with followers of Jesus all about the Message of the Bible! Hear also how they are responding and coming to know Jesus!
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Trans World Radio in Africa
- Main TWR site
- See details about The Way of Righteousness programmes (in Benin) here
- Get The Way of Righteousness book here
Pick of the Week:
"The Non-Literate Messengers" is a story on DVD about storytellers telling the Story of God in one of the driest places on earth spiritually ... North Africa. Travel inside the world of oral culture with "Yussef", a Christian indigenous storyteller, as he journeys through his country bringing the Good News to his people through stories and parables directly from the Bible. Get your own copy by writing to us here.
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Today's show:
- Bryan talks to David Palusky
- Audio & Visual Media resource for reaching oral people in remote places without running out of power!
- People impacted by God in Peru and Atlanta
Meet David Palusky, an engineer who has used his gifts to produce innovative audio and visual equipment to solve a problem on the field ... many missionaries hitting a wall in regards to getting tech tools to show and play media found their answers with David's solution. Links below to what he tells us on today's show.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Renew Trading Company (Renew World Outreach) website
- Hope video here
- The Well, a community that began in a barn
Pick of the Week:
Audio & Visual resource equipment. A ministry dedicated to assist missionaries and mission organizations with portable audio/visual tools to help reach the unreached nations of the world. Equipment that is portable, lightweight, durable, solar-powered, and highly useful for presenting the Gospel to small or large groups of people in remote locations.
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Today's show:
Bryan talks to storyteller, storytelling coach, workshop leader, actor, and locksmith, Don Falkos.
Join us today and hear a poignant story Don tells about church. He also talks about his life, calling and a workshop he developed to train others in the "8 levels of developing a Bible story presentation".
Links today:
- Don Falkos' site
- Don's CDs can be seen here
- Email contact details on where to purchase the CDs also on the same site
Pick of the Week:
Don Falkos' two CDs entitles "The 1956 Chevy Bel Air and Other Chilling Stories" and "In the Beginning - A Chronology of Stories from the Opening Chapters of Genesis" can be purchased here.
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Today's show:
Meet the man whose inspiration gave story4all its name! Veteran missionary, storying practitioner and Research Analyst for the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Dr Jim Slack discusses with Bryan some of his journey into orality, the role of literacy and orality on the mission field, post-modernism in the West and much more. Join us today for a rich feast from one of the greatest thinkers in the orality movement.
"Pick of the Week":
Illiterate America by Jonathan Kozol Please review us in iTunes by clicking on our iTunes show page and then "write a review". Places to vote for us:
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Today's show:
Dorothy Miller shares with Bryan about how Simply the Story training is resulting in rapid and exponential growth in numbers of people coming to Jesus and churches being multiplied. Hear some exciting stuff about how God is growing His church among the world's non-literate and unreached peoples!
Links:
- Read more about what God is doing through Simply the Story here.
- Keep an eye out here for Simply the Story training events coming up!
There is no "Pick of the Week" this week due to the time taken for Dorothy's report
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Today's show:
- Feedback show
- Update on Yash's imprisonment
- Stephen's hearing
- And more ...
This week we tackle some of the "mailbag". Emails, messages, etc., sent in to story4all with news and updates on subjects we have covered in previous shows.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Yashwant & Monica Paul imprisonment update
- Globalcast vodcast with Avery Willis here
*Pick of the Week:
Bible Telling. A great series of training resources by John Walsh designed to equip believers with a 21st century version of the oldest method of teaching the Bible - Bible storytelling. John's fun and engaging teaching methods come to life as you watch him train church groups how to story tell the Bible and interact with the story through drama, song and other oral methods.
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Today's show:
- Interview with Indian national church planters Yashwant and Monika Paul
- Stories about storying throughout the whole sub-continent
- Making Disciples of Oral Learners - audio version
Meet a young couple from India who passionately love their country and want to reach the whole nation for Jesus! Yash & Monika Paul join Bryan today talking about the ways God is moving in India through storying, and how training is such a vital key to harvest.
Please note: Yash and Monika were arrested on false charges by Hindu extremists shortly after recording this interview! We are trying to find out an update on their situation and will post it via the podcast and website (blog or on next week's Show Notes). Meantime, please be in prayer for their safe keeping and continuing ministry in their land of India.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Victor Choudhrie's book Greet the church in thy House
- Scriptures in Use website
- Avery Willis' website
Pick of the Week:
Making Disciples of Oral Learners - audio version. This audio book is a nice companion piece to the Making Disciples of Oral Learners paperback book. The audio book includes the contents of the entire print version of the book, plus some additional resources: video footage about oral strategies being used around the world, video from the "Finishing the Task" conference, an audio testimony from Steve Douglass, the president of Campus Crusade, International, and other audio resources.
Did you miss the links to the outstanding free storying resources mentioned last week?!? There are manuals in English and French on how-to story, etc., and some 11 storying sessions all laid out ready to use! Check the links in Show Notes 108 ...
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Today's show:
- Interview with veteran IMB missionary LaNette Thompson
- Stories about storying in West Africa
- The Ancient Path
- Cool download materials for you!
LaNette Thompson joins Bryan today in discussion about her work in W Africa. LaNette and her husband, Marvin, are Apprentice Program Coordinators in W Africa for the International Mission Board. Hear about their journey as experienced missionaries into Bible storying. Listen to a story illustrating a natural way to story in everyday life!
And don't miss the fabulous links below to some outstanding free storying resources! There are manuals in English and French on how-to story, etc., and some 11 storying sessions all laid out ready to use! Check the links now ...
Links from today's show:
- LaNette's Storying Manual Sharing the Message through Storying in English
- LaNette's French Storying Manual Annoncer La Bonne Nouvelle A Travers La Presentation Orale De La Bible
- LaNette's What Jesus wants His Disciples to Know and Do in English
- LaNette's What Jesus wants His Disciples to Know and Do in French Ce Que Jésus Veut Que Ses Disciples Sachent et Fassent**
- Chronological Bible Storying site
*Pick of the Week:
The Ancient Path A cool DVD set in English, French and Spanish that demonstrates how oral learners learn and a CD in three languages jam-packed with training resources on orality and storying.
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Today's show:
- Bryan & Yvette discuss recent podcasts and a training weekend in England
- A word about conferences coming up
- Update from the "nomads" in Asia
- A question for YOU!
Links from the show:
- East Africa Orality Conference in Nairobi, Kenya
- Simply The Story training in Nairobi, Kenya
- Simply The Story training in Lubbock, TX, USA
- Simply The Story training in Sandpoint, ID, USA
- International Orality Conference in Dallas, TX, USA
- Simply The Story training in Dallas, TX, USA Pick of the Week:
EE-TAOW! and The Next Chapter - a story of storying that will move you to tears! Great introduction to storying for you to share with others.
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Today's show:
We conclude our series on Orality with questions and answers. Grant Lovejoy takes questions at the end of his seminar. He discusses everything from orality in medieval church construction, to modern day storying in churches and even discusses the old game of Chinese Whispers, or Telephone, in relation to accuracy and faithfulness in the passing on of Scripture.
Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
Links:
International Orality Network.
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Today's show:
Grant Lovejoy on Orality.
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Grant concludes his seminar called "Introduction to Orality"
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How do you present the need for oral communication to people who don't read without them feeling stupid?
Join us today to hear Grant's thoughts on this question and to hear a very practical way of presenting oral teaching styles to non-readers.
Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
Links:
International Orality Network.
There is no Pick of the Week during this series to allow maximum time for Grant to speak on the show! We'll be back soon with our weekly picks!
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Today's show:
Grant Lovejoy on Orality.
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Grant continues his seminar called "Introduction to Orality" and today assesses literacy around the world. Listen (with surprise!) to information from the West and developing nations.
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He looks at reading rates in our Western younger, emerging generation.
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Finally he concludes by discussing how we might introduce this important topic of discussion to others ... without causing offense.
Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
Links:
International Orality Network.
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Today's show:
Continues the series on the basics of orality and why we need to be thinking "oral communication" to reach and disciple people in today's world. The second show in which Grant Lovejoy teaches on the subject "An Introduction to Orality".
Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
Links:
- Walter Ong's book"Orality and Literacy".
- Tex Sample's book on Oral cultures.
- International Orality Network.
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Today's show:
We begin a new series to refresh our minds and hearts on the basics of orality and why we need to be thinking "oral communication" to reach and disciple people in today's world. This is the first show of several in which Grant Lovejoy kicks off a 3-hour seminar on the subject "An Introduction to Orality". This talk was given in Florida at the recent International Orality Conference there.
Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
Links:
- International Orality Network.
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We trust that you enjoy this first show in the series!
Today's show:
- Bryan interviews Bill Perry
- Pick of the week: Storyteller's Bible Study
Links:
- Bill's book Storyteller's Bible Study can be viewed here. Order from +1 717-738-0582 (in the USA).
- Bill works with Interface
- McIlwain materials available from here
Pick of the Week:
Go to this site to find details on how to order a copy of Bill Perry's book Storyteller's Bible Study. This unique tool will enable you to tell the Story of God from Creation to Christ in 12 lessons. It continues to be one of the most effective cross-cultural evangelistic Bible study series currently available. It comes with high recommendation from many Bible storytellers storying worldwide.
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Welcome to our Centenary Show!
Today's show:
Bryan & Yvette take time to reflect on their favourite shows among our first hundred and then talk of some upcoming treats and plans ... * An update on Stephen Young's hearing * Yvette discusses her favourite shows about story 'journals' * Bryan talks about his favourites: MegaVoice and Dorothy Miller on storying * Pick of the week: MegaVoice players
Links:
- Yvette's "favourite show" links Stephen Young (#81)
- AndRuth (#97) (Part 1)
- AndRuth (#98) (Part 2)
- Bryan's: MegaVoice (Part 1 - #12)
- MegaVoice (Part 2 - #13)
- And Telling a Good Story (Part 1 - #45)
- Part 2 Telling a Good Story (#46)
- Part 3 Telling a Good Story (#56)
Pick of the Week:
MegaVoice with the Messenger and Ambassador players.
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Today's show:
Dorothy Miller joins Bryan to discuss Simply the Story training, what it offers, the unique preparation it provides for anyone in any situation of ministry or service for the Lord.
Links:
- Visit the Simply the Story site for more details on what it is
- Check out current training opportunities offered globally for Simply the Story training
- Visit the parent website here
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Today's show:
- Yvette reads the final part of Ruth's journal
Last week we began to read the journal of a YWAMer (Ruth), who is living in a remote location in E Europe and hard at work on a OneStory project among an unevangelised people group there. Yvette finishes reading from the journal as we have it up until today. Keep subscribed to the show to hear more in the future from Ruth!
Link from today's podcast:
- YWAM's OneStory site can be found here
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Today's show:
- John Walsh tells how to use his book
- Yvette reads the journal of a girl serving with YWAM OneStory
- Bryan shares about Momentum
There are several parts to today's show, opening with John Walsh discussing with Bryan the recommended ways to study his book. Yvette is up next reading Ruth's journal from E Europe about her OneStory project there in a remote unevangelised people group. Finally Bryan talks about Momentum magazine an informative resource that has just uploaded its latest edition to the web - and it's nearly all about storying.
Also mentioned on the show:
- The story4all interview with Jeff Ridenour of OneStory
- Justin Long's Strategic Networksite
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Today's show:
Yvette is back. And we're discussing the seminar shows (91-94) about storytelling skills (John Walsh). Join us as we talk about the importance of listening before storying and check out the clip (see link below) of some intrepid women storying in the African bush!
Links from the show:
- Visit John Walsh's site here
- Get a copy of John's book here
- Check out the OneStory video of women in the African bush here
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Today's show:
In April 2007 we covered the ministry of The Bible Storytelling Project. Today Bryan interviews Jack Day who gives us an update about the work he and his wife Doris do. Jack also talks about some of the materials, training and resources they offer.
Links from today's episode:
- For materials, training offered and other information check out The Days' website: BibleStorytelling.Org
- For the books mentioned on the show today click here
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Today's show:
John Walsh concludes his seminar on Storytelling skills by discussing, firstly, issues of accuracy, and then matters relating to passing on the story, or teaching it, to others.
Links from today's show:
- Visit John Walsh's site here
- John's book available here
- Get your copy of the Orlando conference CDs here
- Or, order them here and then by clicking on the "Contact" button to access USA toll-free numbers, etc.
- Keep an eye on the International Orality Network page for resources and other goodies
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Today's show:
This week John Walsh discusses differences between written and told stories. He tells a story about Abraham to illustrate issues of accuracy and embellishment.
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- Visit John Walsh's site here
- Check out the International Orality Network page for tools and other goodies
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We hope you enjoy the show today! Join us next week for the conclusion to this series wit John Walsh!
Today's show:
We continue this week sitting in on a John Walsh seminar given in Florida recently. Today he shares some stories that illustrate more ways you can hone your storytelling skills.
Links from today's show:
- Visit John Walsh's site here
- Get a copy of John's book here
- Get your copy of the Orlando conference CDs here
- Or, order them here and then by clicking on the "Contact" button to access USA toll-free numbers, etc.
- Keep an eye on the International Orality Network page for resources and other goodies
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Today's show:
Bryan has just received his conference CDs from the Orality conference in Florida last month. He shares a clip from one of the teaching and training goodies from that gathering: John Walsh sharing Storytelling skills with attendees at his seminar by the same name.
Follow the links below to some of the things mentioned in today's show as well as where you can get a copy of these conference recordings:
- Visit John Walsh's site here
- Get a copy of John's book here
- Get your copy of the Orlando conference CDs here
- Or, order them here and then by clicking on the "Contact" button to access USA toll-free numbers, etc.
- Keep an eye on the International Orality Network page for resources and other goodies
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Today's show:
Bryan meets up with Nathan Anderson of Trans World Radio Switzerland. They discuss radio and oral communication as well as a cool DVD that takes you right into a closed land where you can connect with an indigenous storyteller as he tells the Story of God in his culture and land.
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- Check out Trans World Radio's site here
- Write to us to get your own copy of the DVD mentioned in today's show
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Today's show:
Bryan & Yvette start the year with a bang as they introduce an exciting ministry and some resources offered by Paul & Teresa.
For some time we have wanted to catch up with this remarkable pair of storyteller trainers and missionaries. Bryan finally tracked them down last month in Orlando. Join us today as Paul & Teresa tell stories from their exciting ministry to illustrate their marvellous training courses and experience. (See links below for ways to connect with the blessing this couple offer the Body of Christ).
Links from today's episode:
- Sign up for Paul & Teresa's free weekly email called "Stories from Storytellers" here
- Great double DVD workshop training for you to watch and digest. Get it here.
Don't miss this wonderful DVD set! The first DVD is focused in the West and entitled "Telling God's Stories". The second DVD is based in Asia and entitled "Multiplying Storytellers". Get them here!
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A Happy/Merry Christmas to all our listeners
Today we take a break from the normal full content of our weekly show and allow Bill Perry to share a story called "A little boy's lunch".
Bill Perry is Chief of Staff and Director of Training Materials of Interface. Interface has its website here
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Today's show:
Yvette is back with Bryan again today and they discuss the pile of new resources fresh in from the recent conference on orality in Orlando. Bryan also shares some great stories and news flowing from the week in Florida.
Links from today's episode:
- Simply the Story document online here
- Talking Bibles site here
- Details on the African and Indian orality training conferences will be posted here on our calendar
Please note: Audio version of the book Making Disicples of Oral Learners is available here. This is an incredible bargain! Last minute Christmas gift?!?
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Today's show:
- Yvette is back from the Isle of Man
- Bryan and Stephen conclude their two-part discussion on Simply the Story, a document about a great new training programme for learning how to be an effective biblical storyteller.
Bryan and Stephen Young in Brazil, chatting via Skype, continue to review this exciting new resource produced by The God's Story Project entitled Simply the Story. This training is a remarkable simple, no-fuss approach to learning how to tell the story of the Bible in a powerful way, one that God is using all around the globe!
Links from today's episode:
- Read the document discussed today online here
- Or download it here to read your own copy offline
- Check out training opportunities with Simply the Story here
- Or keep an eye on our calendar of events here.
Please note: Audio version of the book Making Disicples of Oral Learners is NOW AVAILABLE here. This is an incredible bargain! Think who you can share this with at Christmas!
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The International Storying conference starts next week! Last minute registration for the annual conference in Orlando in Florida can be accessed here.
Next Simply the Story training is happening in California in January (13th-17th)!! Details here
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Today's show:
- Bryan interviews Stephen Young, serving as a storying church planter in Brazil
- Bryan and Stephen discuss Simply the Story, a document about a great new training programme for learning how to be an effective biblical storyteller.
With Yvette absent this week, Bryan gets hold of Stephen Young in Brazil, via Skype, who tells his story of how he ended up in Brazil as a church planter now using storying to reach the rural and oral lost in S Brazil. Stephen talks of his deafness and the challenges he has had with progressive hearing disorder. This is a fascinating story which Stephen tells with much humility.
Let's pray for Stephen that the progressive disorder will be stopped and that God will work a miracle with his hearing!
In the second part of the show Bryan and Stephen review this exciting new resource produced by The God's Story Project entitled Simply the Story. This training is a remarkable simple, no-fuss approach to learning how to tell the story of the Bible in a powerful way, one that God is using all around the globe!
Links from today's episode:
- Read the document discussed today online here
- Or download it here to read your own copy offline
- Check out training opportunities with Simply the Story here
- Or keep an eye on our calendar of events here.
- Check out Stephen's storying blog/journal here
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Final days of opportunity to sign up for the International Storying conference! Time to finalise and register for the annual conference in Orlando in Florida! Details here.
Next Simply the Story training is happening in California in January (13th-17th)!! Details here
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Today's show:
- Bryan & Yvette talk about storying projects in their church
- Bryan talks again to Dean and Debbie Lundberg of YWAM OneStory.
Bryan and Yvette tell of storying going on in various ministries within their local church: kids, youth and adults. They describe what happened on Sunday in Sunday school and talk of some long-term training and storying projects that have just begun.
In the second part of the show we bring you the second part of the two-part show on YWAM OneStory. The first part was a little while ago in show number 58!! Today Dean and Debbie Lundberg tell some of the stories that have been happening as a result of YWAM OneStory training round the world.
Links from today's episode:
- YWAM OneStory main site
- Keep an eye out here for YWAM OneStory training opportunities
Please note: Audio version of the book Making Disicples of Oral Learners is NOW AVAILABLE here. This is an incredible bargain! Think who you can share this with at Christmas!
A glossary of YWAM terms:
- DTS = Discipleship Training School - YWAM's 5-month entry candidate school
- SBS = School of Biblical Studies - a 9-month long training in Bible
- SOFM = School of Frontier Missions - a 5-month long training to prepare church planters for cross-cultural ministry
- SOSM = School of Strategic Missions - a 6-month training on worldview, community development and recognising seasons and how to 'do missions' in ways that adapt to those seasons.
- FCD = Foundations in Community Development - a 5- or 6-month training focused on seeing biblical transformation in communities both spiritually and physically i
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December is getting very close! Time to finalise and sign up for the storying conference in Orlando in Florida! Details here.
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On today's show: Bryan and Yvette discuss John Walsh's excellent book, called the art of storytelling: easy steps to presenting an unforgettable story, and some of the points he raises in the early section about the way men and women think.
Resource links mentioned in today's show:
- Get John Walsh's book here
- Bookmark John's training calendar
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Bryan and Yvette discuss a couple more not-to-be-missed storying resources today and introduce the first entry from a storying journal recorded by a church planter working in southern Brazil.
Resource links mentioned in today's show:
- Friends and Heroes main site
- Tell your kids about this site!
- Parents or Teacher resources page for Friends and Heroes
- Get Friends and Heroes DVDs right here!
- Steve's journal
- John Walsh's book on The Art of Storytelling
Don't forget the December conference in Orlando in Florida! Details here.
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It's time for another resources-packed show!! Bryan and Yvette discuss today a host of tools available to help you learn more about storying the Bible chronologically as well as resources to help you enhance your storying ministry. Everything from electronic devices to training books to Power Points to films, etc. Check out the links below as you listen to the show!
Resource links mentioned in today's show:
- Making Disciples of Oral Learners book
- Charlton Heston presents the Bible
- Scriptures in Use (SIU)(recently updated site)
- The Ancient Path(SIU training DVD)
- Steve Evans' Power Point(Look under 'Table 71' and 'World of Orality')
- The HOPE movie
- Tell the Story workbook and primer
- Click to subscribe to JO Terry's Bible storying Journal
- Following Jesus CD series
- Bible Storytelling Project
- Deaf Opportunity OutReach International (DOOR)
- Faith Comes By Hearing
- Gospel Recordings
- God's Story Project
- JESUS film
- MegaVoice
- Mission Education Books (MEB)
- New Tribes Mission - EE-TAOW! movies
- Vernacular Media Services
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Bryan and Yvette chat through several topics relating to an opportunity to use storying in outreach in their local church, some feedback we have received from a listener in Brazil and the conference coming up in Orlando (Florida) in December
Don't forget the December conference in Orlando in Florida! Details here.
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The final part in the discussion Bryan and Yvette have been having about what their church might look like if it was to be geared for the oral learner.
Today the show focuses on not only relevance to oral learners but also discusses how we can involve the entire family in our church services.
Join us in the forum to discuss some of the issues raised in the show.
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We hope you enjoy this concluding show on making our churches relelvant to oral learners!
Please note: This show only will have full meaning after you have heard last week's podcast. Please scroll down to hear that show first, if you did not yet listen to it yet!
As part two in our discussion Bryan and Yvette begin to brainstorm about what their church might look like if it was to be geared for the oral learner.
Join us in the forum to discuss some of the issues raised in the show.
This is definitely a short series where we would love to have your feedback. Please do use the contact details given below to send us your audio feedback and comments.
Is Bryan right when he says he might back off with radical change? Should we "ease in gently" as Yvette suggested? Or should we not bother at all with change? Will our churches die (for lack of relevance) if we do not adapt to the needs of oral learners? Will local churches cease to grow if we ignore the oral communicator majority in our meetings, preaching and worship styles? Join the discussion in our forum today!
Check out the activity and change happening on the story4all web site! More regular blog posts, forum threads, new stories and resources posted as well as more links to organisations impacting the orally lost through their ministries! Bookmark our site and visit us often to keep abreast of the exciting developments in the orality movement worldwide!
For details about the December (annual) orality conference coming up in Orlando in Florida. Click here.
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Bryan and Yvette begin a brainstorm session looking at what it might look like to "go oral" in their (Western, modern) local church!
This is definitely a short series we would love to hear responses from you our listeners! Please do use the contact details given below to send us your audio feedback and comments.
Join Bryan and Yvette this week show as they begin the discussion by looking at what their church looks like now!
There is some activity and change happening on the story4all web site! More regular blog posts, forum activity, new stories and resources posted as well as more links to organisations impacting the orally lost through their ministries! Bookmark our site and visit us often to keep abreast of the exciting developments in the orality movement worldwide!
For details about the December (annual) orality conference coming up in Orlando in Florida. Click here.
Links referred to in today's show:
- Purchase Making Disciples of Oral Learners here.
- Info about audio version of "the book" coming soon!
- Read the article Bryan quotes from today here.
- Alpha
- Alpha for youth
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We hope you enjoy the podcast! We'd love to hear your feedback about your church or issues discussed in these shows about making a Western church orally friendly! Send us an audio comment please!
This week Bryan and Yvette discuss the last chapter in our series of conversations about the book Making Disciples of Oral Learners. An increasing number of mission agencies, churches and individuals are taking the need for oral communication seriously. Learn today about some of the great stuff going on and some of the people involved in the "orality movement".
Get ready for some activity on the story4all web site in coming weeks! More regular blog posts, forum activity, new stories and resources posted as well as more links to organisations impacting the orally lost through their ministries! Bookmark our site and visit us often to keep abreast of the exciting developments in the orality movement worldwide!
For details about the December (annual) orality conference coming up in Orlando in Florida. Click here.
Links referred to in today's show:
- Purchase Making Disciples of Oral Learners here.
- Info about audio version of "the book" coming soon!
- Browse the IMB site here.
- Excellent training materials from Scriptures In Use here
- Bihar Outreach Network
- International Orality Network site
- Table 71 link
- Progressive Vision site with update on Marcus Vegh
- Following Jesus CD series.
- OneStory
- FEBA radio
- Trans World Radio (TWR)
- Deaf Opportunity Outreach (DOOR)
- Global Recordings Network Larry Johnson talks about orals in Ellis County in Texas
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Bryan and Yvette are back from their summer experiences and travels! Both share news from the past two months, and Bryan gives some stories from his time in the Dominican Republic and the USA.
Bryan also speaks about some of the challenges story4all has faced and the personal step of faith he and his family are making to go (unsalaried and) full time with the ministry to help it expand and grow.
Get ready for some activity on the story4all web site in coming weeks! More regular blog posts, forum activity, new stories and resources posted as well as more links to organisations impacting the orally lost through their ministries! Bookmark our site and visit us often to keep abreast of the exciting developments in the orality movement worldwide!
There are also details about the December (annual) orality conference coming up in Orlando in Florida. Click here for registration details.
Links referred to in today's show:
- Following Jesus CD series can be found online at a specially reduced price here. YWAM Dominican Republic* The Barn (God at work in Atlanta, Georgia)
- Details on the December Orality conference in Orlando, Florida
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Enjoy today's show and the return to our familiar format! Stay subscribed to avoid missing all the new content and stories that we will launch on the show (as well as on our website) in coming months!
Today we conclude our summer conversations with our team of orality specialists and experts. We also conclude the discussion centred round worldview with conversation and thoughts on the challenges a storyteller will face when encountering worldview.
The specialists conversing in this CD series are:
- Marcus Vegh - President of Progressive Vision an international digital publishing ministry focused on producing resources for discipling nations in strategic languages of the world. He is the producer of the audio series and leads with interview questions in the quoted segment on today's episode.
- Avery Willis - President of the International Orality Network - was on our first podcast. He has served as a missionary for 14 years in Indonesia, and is loved and known the world over for his classic book and process of discipleship entitled Master Life
- Jim Slack is Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
- Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
- J.O. Terry Up until recently Senior Media Consultant in SE Asia with more than three decades of field ministry experience. He and Jim Slack of been pioneer developers of Chronological Bible Storying for the past fifteen years.
- Mark Snowden Up until recently he worked with the IMB and is a trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- Steve Evans Communications, Appropriate Media Consultant and Trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- S.O. Guy A Christian working in China and using Chronological Bible Storying among the Mandarin speaking Han Chinese
Recommended web sites for further information:
- Progressive Vision
- Chronological Bible Storying
- International Orality Network
The CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. Today's show is from the introduction CD in the series.
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Continuing our summer conversations with a team of orality specialists and experts, today the discussion focuses again on worldview and story set selection.
The specialists conversing in this CD series are:
- Marcus Vegh - President of Progressive Vision an international digital publishing ministry focused on producing resources for discipling nations in strategic languages of the world. He is the producer of the audio series and leads with interview questions in the quoted segment on today's episode.
- Avery Willis - President of the International Orality Network - was on our first podcast. He has served as a missionary for 14 years in Indonesia, and is loved and known the world over for his classic book and process of discipleship entitled Master Life
- Jim Slack is Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
- Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
- J.O. Terry Up until recently Senior Media Consultant in SE Asia with more than three decades of field ministry experience. He and Jim Slack of been pioneer developers of Chronological Bible Storying for the past fifteen years.
- Mark Snowden Up until recently he worked with the IMB and is a trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- Steve Evans Communications, Appropriate Media Consultant and Trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- S.O. Guy A Christian working in China and using Chronological Bible Storying among the Mandarin speaking Han Chinese
Recommended web sites for further information:
- Progressive Vision
- Chronological Bible Storying
- International Orality Network
The CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. Today's show is from the introduction CD in the series.
Please send us your audio and written feedback!
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- by email
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We hope you enjoy today's show and will continue to join us throughout the summer as we continue to learn how to make disciples of oral learners.
We continue our summer conversations with a team of orality specialists and experts. Today discussion focuses on choosing your story collection in the light of your worldview research.
The specialists conversing in this CD series are:
- Marcus Vegh - President of Progressive Vision an international digital publishing ministry focused on producing resources for discipling nations in strategic languages of the world. He is the producer of the audio series and leads with interview questions in the quoted segment on today's episode.
- Avery Willis - President of the International Orality Network - was on our first podcast. He has served as a missionary for 14 years in Indonesia, and is loved and known the world over for his classic book and process of discipleship entitled Master Life
- Jim Slack is Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
- Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
- J.O. Terry Up until recently Senior Media Consultant in SE Asia with more than three decades of field ministry experience. He and Jim Slack of been pioneer developers of Chronological Bible Storying for the past fifteen years.
- Mark Snowden Up until recently he worked with the IMB and is a trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- Steve Evans Communications, Appropriate Media Consultant and Trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- S.O. Guy A Christian working in China and using Chronological Bible Storying among the Mandarin speaking Han Chinese
Recommended web sites for further information:
- Progressive Vision
- Chronological Bible Storying
- International Orality Network
The CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. Today's show is from the introduction CD in the series.
Please send us your audio and written feedback!
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We hope you enjoy today's show and will continue to join us throughout the summer as we continue to learn how to make disciples of oral learners.
Continuing our summer conversations with a team of orality specialists and experts, today's discussion centres round:
- selecting appropriate sets of stories for witness
- how to conduct worldview research.
The specialists conversing in this CD series are:
- Marcus Vegh - President of Progressive Vision an international digital publishing ministry focused on producing resources for discipling nations in strategic languages of the world. He is the producer of the audio series and leads with interview questions in the quoted segment on today's episode.
- Avery Willis - President of the International Orality Network - was on our first podcast. He has served as a missionary for 14 years in Indonesia, and is loved and known the world over for his classic book and process of discipleship entitled Master Life
- Jim Slack is Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
- Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
- J.O. Terry Up until recently Senior Media Consultant in SE Asia with more than three decades of field ministry experience. He and Jim Slack of been pioneer developers of Chronological Bible Storying for the past fifteen years.
- Mark Snowden Up until recently he worked with the IMB and is a trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- Steve Evans Communications, Appropriate Media Consultant and Trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- S.O. Guy A Christian working in China and using Chronological Bible Storying among the Mandarin speaking Han Chinese
Recommended web sites for further information:
- Progressive Vision
- Chronological Bible Storying
- International Orality Network
The CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. Today's show is from the introduction CD in the series.
Please send us your audio and written feedback!
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We hope you enjoy today's show and will continue to join us throughout the summer as we continue to learn how to make disciples of oral learners.
Continuing our summer conversations with a team of orality specialists and experts, today's discussion three critical worldview positions which are vital to grasp before we attempt cross-cultural witness. Again, great stuff here!
Before you hear this show we recommend that you listen to the two podcasts we made last year on "Introduction to Worldview", especially if you have not heard them before! Those shows can be found by clicking the links below:
- Worldview Pt 1 26th September 2006
- Worldview Pt 2 3rd October 2006
The specialists conversing in this CD series are:
- Marcus Vegh - President of Progressive Vision an international digital publishing ministry focused on producing resources for discipling nations in strategic languages of the world. He is the producer of the audio series and leads with interview questions in the quoted segment on today's episode.
- Avery Willis - President of the International Orality Network - was on our first podcast. He has served as a missionary for 14 years in Indonesia, and is loved and known the world over for his classic book and process of discipleship entitled Master Life
- Jim Slack is Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
- Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
- J.O. Terry Up until recently Senior Media Consultant in SE Asia with more than three decades of field ministry experience. He and Jim Slack of been pioneer developers of Chronological Bible Storying for the past fifteen years.
- Mark Snowden Up until recently he worked with the IMB and is a trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- Steve Evans Communications, Appropriate Media Consultant and Trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- S.O. Guy A Christian working in China and using Chronological Bible Storying among the Mandarin speaking Han Chinese
Recommended web sites for further information:
- Progressive Vision
- Chronological Bible Storying
- International Orality Network
The CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. Today's show is from the introduction CD in the series.
Please send us your audio and written feedback!
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- by email
- Or via the My Chingo link in the right hand sidebar
We hope you enjoy today's show and will continue to join us throughout the summer as we continue to learn how to make disciples of oral learners.
Continuing our summer conversations with a team of orality specialists and experts, today's discussion compares literate forms of witness with the use of stories (through Chronological Bible Storying). Great stuff here!
The specialists conversing in this CD series are:
- Marcus Vegh - President of Progressive Vision an international digital publishing ministry focused on producing resources for discipling nations in strategic languages of the world. He is the producer of the audio series and leads with interview questions in the quoted segment on today's episode.
- Avery Willis - President of the International Orality Network - was on our first podcast. He has served as a missionary for 14 years in Indonesia, and is loved and known the world over for his classic book and process of discipleship entitled Master Life
- Jim Slack is Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
- Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
- J.O. Terry Up until recently Senior Media Consultant in SE Asia with more than three decades of field ministry experience. He and Jim Slack of been pioneer developers of Chronological Bible Storying for the past fifteen years.
- Mark Snowden Up until recently he worked with the IMB and is a trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- Steve Evans Communications, Appropriate Media Consultant and Trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- S.O. Guy A Christian working in China and using Chronological Bible Storying among the Mandarin speaking Han Chinese
Recommended web sites for further information:
- Progressive Vision
- Chronological Bible Storying
- International Orality Network
The CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. Today's show is from the introduction CD in the series.
Please send us your audio and written feedback!
- via Skype: story4all
- by email
- Or via the My Chingo link in the right hand sidebar
We hope you enjoy today's show and will continue to join us throughout the summer as we continue to learn how to make disciples of oral learners.
Continuing our summer conversations with a team of orality specialists and experts, today's discussion centres round:
- how storying can be used to multiply churches among the lost.
The specialists conversing in this CD series are:
- Marcus Vegh - President of Progressive Vision an international digital publishing ministry focused on producing resources for discipling nations in strategic languages of the world. He is the producer of the audio series and leads with interview questions in the quoted segment on today's episode.
- Avery Willis - President of the International Orality Network - was on our first podcast. He has served as a missionary for 14 years in Indonesia, and is loved and known the world over for his classic book and process of discipleship entitled Master Life
- Jim Slack is Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
- Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
- J.O. Terry Up until recently Senior Media Consultant in SE Asia with more than three decades of field ministry experience. He and Jim Slack of been pioneer developers of Chronological Bible Storying for the past fifteen years.
- Mark Snowden Up until recently he worked with the IMB and is a trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- Steve Evans Communications, Appropriate Media Consultant and Trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- S.O. Guy A Christian working in China and using Chronological Bible Storying among the Mandarin speaking Han Chinese
The link to the Oral Bible show mentioned on today's podcast is this one. We recommend you visit this link and hear the show on the Oral Bible before you hear today's recording!
Recommended web sites for further information:
- Progressive Vision
- Chronological Bible Storying
- International Orality Network
The CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. Today's show is from the introduction CD in the series.
Please send us your audio and written feedback!
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- by email
- Or via the My Chingo link in the right hand sidebar
We hope you enjoy today's show and will continue to join us throughout the summer as we continue to learn how to make disciples of oral learners.
Continuing our summer conversations with a team of orality specialists and experts, today's discussion centres round: * the use of appropriate technology for reaching out to Primary Oral Learners (POLs), * the number of languages employed among POLs and, lastly, * a discussion on whether the authority of the Canon of Scripture is compromised when oral methods are employed to reach those who do not read or write.
Page down to see details on the specialists, who they are, and where their areas of expertise lie. The Show Notes below for podcast numbers 61 and 62 give a full list.
The CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. Today's show is from the introduction CD in the series and as promised we are revisiting this material, some of which was touched on during podcasts in our first year of existence.
Please send us your audio and written feedback! * via Skype: story4all * by email * Or via the My Chingo link in the right hand sidebar
We hope you enjoy today's show and will continue to join us throughout the summer as we continue to learn how to make disciples of oral learners.
As Bryan and Yvette continue with their summer break, we return to letting you eavesdrop on a conversation between specialists in the field of Orality as they discuss ways in which we can make disciples of primary oral learners.
The first module (of 7) in the CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. A world class team of eight specialists in communicating Biblical truth to primary oral learners (70% of the world's population!) came together in round table discussion to explore this subject in depth. This is the introduction to the series and as promised we are revisiting this material, some of which was touched on during podcasts in our first year of existence.
The specialists conversing in this CD series are:
- Marcus Vegh - President of Progressive Vision an international digital publishing ministry focused on producing resources for discipling nations in strategic languages of the world. He is the producer of the audio series and leads with interview questions in the quoted segment on today's episode.
- Avery Willis - President of the International Orality Network - was on our first podcast. He has served as a missionary for 14 years in Indonesia, and is loved and known the world over for his classic book and process of discipleship entitled Master Life
- Jim Slack is Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
- Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
- J.O. Terry Up until recently Senior Media Consultant in SE Asia with more than three decades of field ministry experience. He and Jim Slack of been pioneer developers of Chronological Bible Storying for the past fifteen years.
- Mark Snowden Up until recently he worked with the IMB and is a trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- Steve Evans Communications, Appropriate Media Consultant and Trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- S.O. Guy A Christian working in China and using Chronological Bible Storying among the Mandarin speaking Han Chinese
Recommended web sites for further information:
- Progressive Vision
- Chronological Bible Storying
- International Orality Network
Please send us your audio comments ... feedback ... suggestions to:
- Skype: story4all
- in the USA: (206) 279-4705
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- Or via the My Chingo link in the right hand sidebar
We hope you enjoy our special summer series and the rich conversations between these specialists in orality who have studied and practised these principles over many years.
Bryan and Yvette, for varying and family reasons, are on hiatus this summer, and taking time off from the more active conversational type show. Instead throughout the next couple of months we are going to let you eavesdrop on a conversation between specialists in the field of Orality as they discuss ways in which we can make disciples of primary oral learners.
The first module (of 7) in the CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, the content of today's show, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. A world class team of eight specialists in communicating Biblical truth to primary oral learners (70% of the world's population!) came together in round table discussion to explore this subject in depth. This is the introduction to the series and as promised we are revisiting this material, some of which was touched on during podcasts in our first year of existence.
The specialists conversing in this CD series are:
- Marcus Vegh - President of Progressive Vision an international digital publishing ministry focused on producing resources for discipling nations in strategic languages of the world. He is the producer of the audio series and leads with interview questions in the quoted segment on today's episode.
- Avery Willis - President of the International Orality Network - was on our first podcast. He has served as a missionary for 14 years in Indonesia, and is loved and known the world over for his classic book and process of discipleship entitled Master Life
- Jim Slack is Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
- Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
- J.O. Terry Up until recently Senior Media Consultant in SE Asia with more than three decades of field ministry experience. He and Jim Slack of been pioneer developers of Chronological Bible Storying for the past fifteen years.
- Mark Snowden Up until recently he worked with the IMB and is a trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- Steve Evans Communications, Appropriate Media Consultant and Trainer for Chronological Bible Storying
- S.O. Guy A Christia working in China and using Chronological Bible Storying among the Mandarin speaking Han Chinese
Recommended web sites for further information:
- Progressive Vision
- Chronological Bible Storying
- International Orality Network
Please send us your audio comments ... feedback ... suggestions to:
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We hope you enjoy our special summer series and the rich conversations between these specialists in orality who have studied and practised these principles over many years.
On today's show:
- Hollywood producer Phil Cooke speaks of how stories are like splinters in the mind.
- Bryan & Yvette discuss this concept further, talking about the 'stickability' of stories
- Grayden Colville, of Global Recordings Network Australia, tells a story from Africa
Today the main focus of the show arises from Phil Cooke's comment taken from an interview with Eric Skattebo of HCJB World Radio Australia. Bryan & Yvette discuss the concept of how the Bible can be communicated to this modern generation of oral learners so that the truth becomes a splinter in their souls, irritating until a response is made!
Links from the show:
- Eric Skattebo's HCJB World Radio - check it out!
- Phil Cooke's blog
- Phil Cooke's latest book
- Global Recordings Network
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On today's show:
Bryan & Yvette discuss the modern day challenges of reaching literates who have stopped reading.
This is a discussion that follows on from a read of Chapter Six in the book "Making Disciples of Oral Learners". You can view more detail about and purchase that book here.
Links from the show:
- Read chapter 6 online here!
- "Church Next: Quantum Changes in Christian Ministry"
- The Barna Group
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Today's show:
Bryan catches up with Dean and Debbie Lundberg, YWAM OneStory Service Co-ordinators, and interviews them about YWAM OneStory.
This is the first in a two-part show on YWAM OneStory and focuses on the Lundbergs' background and role in Youth With A Mission (YWAM) OneStory and the training opportunities there are with YWAM.
Don't miss an exciting OneStory training coming up in Texas this August. More details here.
Links from today's episode:
- YWAM OneStory
- YWAM International
A glossary of YWAM terms used in today's show:
- DTS = Discipleship Training School - YWAM's 5-month entry candidate school
- SBS = School of Biblical Studies - a 9-month long training in Bible
- SOFM = School of Frontier Missions - a 5-month long training to prepare church planters for cross-cultural ministry
- SOSM = School of Strategic Missions - a 6-month training on worldview, community development and recognising seasons and how to 'do missions' in ways that adapt to those seasons.
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Today's show:
A bumper show this week ... * Bryan shares an exciting sequel to the Thanka story (Show #53)! * Also a further cool story from Roger's Bible art storying * Two cool links to video footage about Art Evangelism with Thankas in Tibet * And lastly, two stories from Mexico and Nepal!
In today's FULL show we have an exciting follow up story from Roger about that lamini who was looking at the Thankas. Bryan shares a cool report from another Thanka showing in Roger's home. We also share today about TWO cool vidcast episodes from Create International that show what Thanka art looks like, and also interview a guy using it in Tibet! Finally Graydon Colville of Global Recordings Network tells two stories of oral ministry in Mexico and Nepal
Links from today's episode:
- CalCast podcasts
- Go to link where you can view a music video of Thanka art
- Go to link where you can view the Tibet outreach interview
- Gospel Recordings Network
Enjoy today's action-packed show!
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On today's show:
We could not resist bringing you a third part to this series on "How to tell a good story" from Dorothy Miller!
Dorothy Miller, of The God's Story Project carries on and concludes a great conversation she had recently with Bryan on the art of crafting a good Bible story and leading follow-up discussion for application of the truth embedded in the story! Don't miss this final part to this very practical series!
Follow the links to discover more information about:
- The God's Story Project
- Timothy Church Planter Training
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Today's show:
Bryan interview Allison Scarlett, CPx's youngest graduate so far, about storying in her life and about her experiences with CPx in Kansas City and in Africa.
Allison Scarlett is from Colorado and has a heart for Africa, for Mozambique and AIDS orphans in particular. Hear her tell stories of how God has used stories in her life and reached others through her storying.
Links from today's episode:
- CPx training
- Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
- All Nations main website
Are you looking for training to "tell the story" and plant churches overseas or at home? Look no further than this exciting training course that runs annually in Kansas City and South Africa! Check it out at CPx (Church Planting Experience) in Kansas City or here for the South African course
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This show concludes our series on All Nations and their training programme, CPx. We hope you have enjoyed the episodes. Let us know if you have. Stay subscribed! Thanks for listening!
Today's show:
Dr. Pam Arlund, Director of CPx (Church Planting Experience) talks with Bryan about this radical church planting training experience.
George Patterson, author of Church Planting Guide and veteran church planter of many years experience, has said of this course, "The word 'experience' is more than a word in a title. You will experience vital dynamics of church life, discipling and multiplication by interacting with instructors, staff and fellow trainees. You will receive ogoing mentoring as long as you need it to see churches multiply in the new testament way".
Experienced cross-cultural church planter, Dr. Arlund, tells part of her story from living for a decade in a remote, restricted access area of the world, and shares why storying is so important to her and the CPx training programme.
Are you looking for training to "tell the story" and plant churches overseas or at home? Look no further than this exciting training course that runs annually in Kansas City and South Africa! Check it out at CPx (Church Planting Experience) in Kansas City or here for the South African course
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A sequel to today's show is coming up next week, with a recent graduating CPx student telling her story. Stay subscribed! Enjoy this week's show!
Today's show:
- Memories from the past year!
- Hear a marvellous story from Asia about how a local art form is reaching oral learners
In the first part of today's show Bryan & Yvette share their favourite moments from the first year of podcasting with story4all. Have you any reflections to share on this past year or anything else to say to us? Please use one or other of the ways listed below to contact us with your audio feedback!
And ... in part two of the podcast, an exciting ongoing story from Asia. Roger, his family and team are part of an All Nations church planting ministry that is impacting Buddhist oral learners. Hear Roger and Bryan share the story of how Thankas are impacting Buddhists priests and laymen alike. This is a marvellous example of how cultural art mixed with Bible stories is changing lives.
Links from today's episode:
- All Nations
- What is a Thanka?
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Today's show:
This is our Anniversary Edition of story4all. Our first year of podcasting.
Join us today as we share part two of our coverage on the All Nations Family. Bryan talks with Adam Short as an All Nations church planter and his experiences storying in W Africa.
Adam tells his story of how God called him to the nations, training in CPx (Church Planting Experience) and eventually to the Ivory Coast. He shares about his heart to raise up and train the African mission force to reach other remote unreached areas of Africa.
Links from today's episode:
- All Nations main website
- CPx training
- Follow Adam's story in Africa through his own website and blog
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Today's show:
Doris Day talks with Bryan about the storytelling ministry she and her husband have had going back 30-plus years in Brazil (and since).
Jack and Doris have a great Bible storying ministry as well as offer (in English and Portuguese) materials, resources, training workshops and consulting on chronological Bible storying, living in and moving around the United States of America in their motor home!
Links from today's episode:
- For English materials and information check out The Days' website: BibleStorytelling.Org
- For Portuguese games and picture materials click here
- For Storyrunners a Campus Crusade storying ministry click here
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Today's show:
Dr. Juergen Kramer, President of All Nations talks with Bryan about this exciting church planting ministry that has storying at its heart.
Listen today to the first part of our coverage about this church planting family and discover some of what the All Nations Family is up to in 17 nations. Also discover radical and innovative training opportunities.
Links from today's episode:
- All Nations main website
- CPx training
- Floyd McClung's website
- Kansas City 24-7 prayer movement
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Today's show:
Bryan gets together with Jeff Ridenour of Wycliffe Bible Translators shortly after he finished his two-year training with the OneStory partnership in a restricted access and remote part of the world. Jeff tells of his experiences and explains more about OneStory and the training offered by this partnership
Links mentioned in this episode:
- OneStory Partnership website
- Read all about the Quest here
- The next USA-based OneStory training seminar
- And keep an eye on our Calendar for training and other storying events
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On today's show:
Harriet Hill discusses her super book ("Healing the Wounds of Trauma - How the Church can help") on how storying can be employed in healing the traumas of war, AIDS, etc. Check out the link below to get your own copy of this wonderful resource!
Links from today's interview:
- Get Harriet's book here!
- Learn more Wycliffe here
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Today's show:
We return to "the book". An important chapter and an important subject - Reproduction! How to reproduce this stuff? Check out this valuable resource:Making Disciples of Oral Learners Links mentioned in this episode:
- "The book"
- A great bargain on the Following Jesus CDs
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On today's show:
The embarrassment continues! Dorothy Miller leads Bryan in a discussion on last week's (Mary & Martha story).
Don't miss this very helpful discussion in which Dorothy models a tremendous way to discover the treasure in a Bible story through provocative and penetrating questions. If you have been looking for a practical demonstration for a storying session this episode (with last week's story) is what you have been waiting for!
The light hearted and fun, practical walk-through on the art of Bible storying, begun last week, concludes with this flow of discussion questions.
Follow the links to discover more information about:
- The God's Story Project
- Timothy Church Planter Training
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On today's show:
Dorothy Miller of The God’s Story Project demonstartes to Bryan the contents of a storying workshop, which concludes our coverage on the Timothy Church Planter Training.
Dorothy tells the story of Mary & Martha and then catches Bryan off guard by asking him to retell it.
Then, in the follow-up discussion Dorothy explains some enlightening and powerful concepts in how to train Bible storyers in greater accuracy as well as how to coach them through areas of inaccuracy towards greater personal growth in the knowledge of the Scriptures.
A light hearted, fun, very helpful and practical walk-through on the art of Bible storying, which we hope you will enjoy today. Don't miss an embarrassed Bryan!
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On today's show:
- Our coverage continues about this dynamic training module launched by The God's Story project
- Dorothy Miller tells stories about Timothy Church Planter Training (TCPT) seminar experiences
Dorothy Miller tells some exciting stories about how TCPT is impacting and empowering hundreds of pastors and evangelists to "simply tell the story"!
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- God's Story Project
- Learn more about TCPT/Simply the Story workshops here
- Keep posted on these and other upcoming events on our Calendar of Events
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Today's show:
- Faith Comes By Hearing - Part 2
- The second and final part to our interview with Int'l Director of FCBH, Morgan Jackson
Morgan continues telling stories from around the world from the ministry of Faith Comes By Hearing.
218 languages done, with a new language being finished every 5 days! "This year we will start 55,000 listening groups". Average listening group is 90 people. 5 million will hear the Story of God this year! These, and other statements pack this show with news about what God is doing through the FCBH ministry.
Links from today's show:
- Further info about Faith Comes By Hearing here
- Learn more about the Proclaimer and/or consider donating to FCBH so they can give Proclaimers to the world's poor and non-literates here
- Find mp3 files of the Bible in languages spoken around you! click here to browse mp3s
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Today's show:
- Faith Comes By Hearing - Part 1.
- An interview with Int'l Director of FCBH, Morgan Jackson
We have heard his stories on previous shows. Remember the Quechua story? Here he is in person talking to Bryan. Morgan tells about his childhood and the beginnings of the Faith Comes By Hearing ministry and the values behind it.
In this first part of the interview Morgan tells how FCBH has been reaching oral learners and even tells how they have done it through evangelistic genealogies!!! Confused? Click the link below or subscribe to the show to hear how!
Link for Faith Comes By Hearing (FCBH):
- Learn more about Faith Comes By Hearing here
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On today's show:
- Gospel Recordings Network - long-time ministers to Oral Learners round the world!
- An interview with USA Directors of Mobilisation, Guy & Jan Piersall and with Australia National Director Graydon Colville
- Concludes with two exciting stories of GRN's storying ministry
Graydon, Guy and Jan talk with Bryan about the work and ministry of Global Recordings Network, telling stories from the early days as well as highlighting current "hot off the press" stories of God moving in exciting ways through this wonderful ministry. They tell of short-term opportunities (see links below) and also list some prayer requests for our listeners to bring to the Lord in their personal times of prayer and intercession.
Links from today's interview:
- Learn more about Global Recordings Network
- See what they say about storytelling
- See what resources they have that you can use!
- See current prayer needs
Check out some links about short-term outreach possibilities and see what has happened on previous GRN short-term trips. Want to be a part of changing history in the nations? Contact GRN for this year's plans ...
- Learn about short-term trips here
- A recent trip to Papua New Guinea
- Watch a slideshow about a trip into a remote part of Peru
- Bangladesh or bust!
- Are you a techie? You're needed!
- Take an internship and make a difference with your life
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On today's show:
- Extraordinary and dynamic training module launched by The God's Story project
- An interview with Dorothy Miller about Timothy Church Planting Training
Bryan caught up with Dorothy Miller to hear about the tremendous new training programme being set up to teach storying to oral learners so they can train others - multiplication of ministry leading to churches planting churches.
Catch some exciting "how tos" and principles in storying as Dorothy shares some fun stories from a recent trip to Asia and tells about the revolutionary Timothy Church Planting Training method that they have just started to employ.
Links from today's interview:
- God's Story Project
- Read about TCPT here and what has just happened in Kenya
- Learn more about TCPT/Simply the Story workshops here
- Keep posted on these and other upcoming events on our Calendar of Events
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On today's show:
- A recent interview with Paul Konstanski, co-ordinator of the Colorado Springs conference entitled The Inside Story
Paul, pictured here with his family, talks with Bryan about the motivation, character and aims of The Inside Story conference last November, and outlines some vital components of reaching today's modern generation.
For further details on the conference content, please check out the conference web site above
Links from today's show:
- Daniel Pink's book entitled A Whole New Mind
- That marvellous video of LaDonna Witmer Click here for more info
- The link to Evelyn Husband's story
- Keep an eye onfuture conferences
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A special episode of great storying resources!
This week we want to take time to mention a collection of resources that we have highlighted so far since the launch of story4all, and have them appear all in one place for you to peruse. The links for the resources mentioned on today's show are as follows:
- Daily Chronological Bible reading online!
- Making Disciples of Oral Learners
- Tell the Story - A Primer in Chronological Bible Storying
- The Story of God booklet
- The God's Story Project
- Following Jesus CD series
- EE-TAOW! The Mouk Story & Second Chapter
- MegaVoice
- The Story of the Messiah
- Scripture in Use training
- OneStory training
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Today's episode:
- Amazing multiplication of churches in India
- An interview with Alex Saks of HCJB Radio about The Story of the Messiah
South Indian missionary of 32 years, and author of 10 missionary titles, SD Ponraj, the General Secretary of the Bihar OutReach Network (BORN), talks to Bryan about his work in Northern India and how in 15 years they have baptised 40,000 believers and planted 3000 churches! Ponraj also talks about the training and methodology used to prepare storying church planters.
Alex Saks, Director of Broadcasting Relations of HCJB Radio discusses how HCJB is involved in the project to produce and distribute The Story of the Messiah in a number of languages worldwide. He also discusses orality in N America today and the need for oral presentation of the Gospel.�
Links from today's interview:
- Bihar Outreach Network (BORN)
- Fabulous training with Scriptures in Use (SIU)
- SD Ponraj's book ministry in India
- HCJB Radio main website
- The Story of the Messiah project
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On today's show:
- The Story of the Messiah - fascinating audio compilation of the Four Gospels
- An interview with its creator, Max Rondoni
- Sample clip from the production
Max Rondoni, compiler of The Story of the Messiah, tells how this wonderful project came about. Hear a piece on today's show and discover where you can learn more about it.
Links from today's interview:
- Learn more from The Story of the Messiah website
- Hear some short samples here
- Cut and paste this link to download The Story of the Messiah podcast!
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We hope you enjoyed our last show of the year! We wish all our subscribers and listeners a very Happy New Year! Stay subscribed for more great stories from around the world about how stories are changing nations. Next week on our first show of the year, we shall be hearing some of the things God is doing in Kenya.
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On today's show:
- Tom Boomershine, who, at the recent Colorado conference, told a large part of the Gospel of Mark to conferees, talks today to Bryan about his story, his passion for storytelling, and tells how he learns stories.
Tom Boomershine is currently Professor of Christianity and Communication at United Theological Seminary and co-founder of the Network for Biblical Storytellers. He is author of Story Journey: An Invitation to the Gospel as Storytelling.
Links from today's show:
- A bio on Tom:here
- and here
- Network of Biblical Storytellers (NOBS)
- Tom's book: Story Journey
You may contact Tom via the NOBS website or via their office: 1-800-355-NOBS or +1 (317) 931-2352 (from outside the USA)
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Don't forget the new orality vodcast from The International Orality Network (ION) available from iTunes' podcast directory by clicking here. Search for "orality" and then click Subscribe.
Enjoy the show, and from all the staff of story4all we wish you a Happy (Merry) Christmas and Blessed New Year!
On today's show:
- That storying Bible again - Caesar shares his favourite one!
- Meet Grant Lovejoy!
Caesar Kalinowski talks about the crazy way we hand out our modern day Bible expecting people to understand it as a story from God. He shares his personal favourite Narrative Bible and discusses viewing the Bible "in order". Grant Lovejoy continues with the same thought and describes his journey into storying and why he feels CBS (Chronological Bible Storying) is so important. Finally he tells how he encourages people to learn Bible stories.
Links from today's interview:
+ Caesar's training site
+ The Narrated Bible in Chronological Order
- Contacting GrantPlease send us your audio comments ... feedback ... suggestions to:
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- by emailDon't forget to check out the new International Orality Network (ION) video podcast (vodcast) containing 17 episodes of video clips on "Orality Around the World"! Subscribe to this vodcast by searching in iTunes for "orality" and clicking the Subscribe button below the ION logo that appears or by clicking here.
On today's show:
- John Walsh, storyteller, talks to Bryan about his story, how to learn stories and tells a story from the Bible
- Learn all about your story pool and how it affects the way you see things!!
- Learn more through resources offered on John's website!
John Walsh is a great Bible storyteller and is President of the Christian Storytelling Network and International Learning Solutions. His passion is to help others discover the power of stroytelling and teaching others how to do it more effectively. He travels round the world, training pastors, missionaries, teachers and business professionals how to tell stories. His books (see links below for further detail) include The Art of Storytelling and Bible Teaching.
Links from today's interview:
- John's website with a variety of web resources and stories
- John's other website dedicated to interactive "BibleTelling" Learning
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Enjoy this interview with one of America's top storytellers! Stay subscribed for more great stories from around the world about how stories are changing nations. Interviews, discussion, resources and stories all here on story4all's weekly podcast.
On today's show:
- Breaking news re new vodcast
- Caesar Kalinowski talks with Bryan about his journey to plant a storying community on the West coast of the United States.
The International Orality Network (ION) announces the launch of a new video podcast (vodcast) containing 17 episodes of video clips on "Orality Around the World". DVD to be released for purchase online soon. Subscribe to this vodcast by searching in iTunes for "orality" and clicking the Subscribe button below the ION logo that appears or by clicking here.
Links from today's interview:
- The Soma church community
- Learn more about Caesar's work and storying behind the scenes
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On today's show:
- Stories from the conferences in Colorado Springs
- John Walsh, The Inside Story, The Art of Storytelling, Orality among women and children, etc.
- Future story4all shows
Bryan is fresh back from a busy time in Colorado Springs and the two orality conferences held there last week. Yvette plies him with questions about the experience of the past ten days in Colorado. They also discuss future plans for the storyall podcast and a desire to make the shows even more story oriented. Storying everything ("story for all")!
Links from today's show:
- The two conferences and where you can download MP3s of the sessions
- Meet John Walsh and ...
- ... where to purchase his book on the art of storytelling
- The second of the two conferences
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Enjoy the summary story of the conferences and don't miss the stories and interviews, recorded in Colorado, which we'll be playing on the future shows! Stay subscribed! (Get subscribed to the podcast on iTunes if you're not already!)
On today's show:
- The Bible as a novel!
- Overview of this week's conferences in Colorado Springs
- A story from Azerbaijan
Links from today's show:
- The Book of God
- Orality conferences
- Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners schedule
- The Inside Story overview
- Speakers' bios
- About John Walsh
- Faith Comes By Hearing
On today's show Bryan is "on the road" in Colorado Springs and Yvette is in Ireland. The show is recorded over Skype with a new untested set up using a Snowball microphone and the sound is not the best. We trust that the content of the show will supercede any humming backgrounds that appear occasionally in the recording.
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Don't miss next week's show with stories, interviews and news from Colorado Springs!
On today's show:
- Two stories from India
- More stories from Bryan & Yvette's personal experience
- And ... a way you can interact with us better right off this page!
Please note: storyall is revising the way we do our shows and we have some cool ideas for future episodes, so stay subscribed to not miss any exciting new developments coming soon. One of the things we are planning to do is to "story" more about stories and our other current, so if you like a storying way of communication you will like the changes now afoot!
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- Faith Comes By Hearing
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Today's show:
- The final three elements vital to making disciples (to the core) of oral learners
- Stories from N Africa, Canary Islands and personal experience from both Bryan & Yvette
Links from today's show:
- Making Disciples of Oral Learners (book)
- Faith Comes By Hearing
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Today's show:
- Some great stories from arround the world - the Sahara, Colombia, Senegal and an outstanding story from Bolivia that will most likely move you deeply as it did us
- Discussion today centred round the need to communicate in the mother tongue of the people you are seeking to reach
- Introducing a ministry called Faith Comes By Hearing whom we shall focus on more fully in a future show
Links mentioned in this episode:
- "The book" - Making Disciples of Oral Learners
- Faith Comes By Hearing
At the end of this show, after the Bolivia story, we were so moved (to tears) and speechless that we ended the show without comment after a pause. Get ready to be blessed by this story and how God's passion to reach the lost pulsates through this testimony of the Father's pursuit of an unlovely and unloved people.
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Today's show:
- Syncretism: How dangerous is it?
- Did syncretism have a role in the Rwanda genocide?
- We must understand the dangers of syncretism to be able to disciple oral learners to the core
Links mentioned in this episode:
- "The book" - Making Disciples of Oral Learners
- Operation World online official site
- Lucy Carr's paper on the Rwanda genocide
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Today's show:
- Grant Lovejoy on the November Orality conference: Making Disciples of Oral Learners
- Steve Douglass on the November conference: The Inside Story
- Definition of and discussion about "Secondary Orality" and post-modernism
Today's links:
- Find out about those Orality conferences online!
- Those books by Neil Postman & Walter Ong
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Today's show:
- Worldview discussion continued
- Clash of communal with individual focused cultures
- Raising kids in communal and individual focused societies
- Quirky stories about culture
- Importance of humility and shifting worldview when going cross-cultural
Today's links:
- "Following Jesus" CD series
- Where to buy the first module of the FJ series
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On today's show:
- Introduction to Worldview
- Headhunter worldview in Northern Philippines
- Clash of worldviews
- Witnessing cross-culturally with worldview in mind
Links from today's show:
- Click here for more info on the "Following Jesus" CD series
- Where to buy the first module of the FJ series
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Thanks for joining us for today's show! Join us next week for the second part of our look at Worldview and how understanding it is so vital to effective cross-cultural ministry and reaching Oral Learners
Today's show:
- How Paul used the footprints of God in the past to give foundation to his ministry in Athens!
As the third and final part of our cross-cultural theme of these past weeks, Bryan & Yvette discuss Paul's 'sermon' in Acts 17 and the way he builds on a story from the past (see last week's podcast!) to introduce the people of Athens to a God they can know. Discussion concludes today on how God works behind the scenes to prepare a people for the Gospel and how the Gospel is prepared for all people.
Links mentioned in today's show:
- Eternity in Their Hearts
- Don Richardson
- The Story of God booklet (purchase here)
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On today's show:
- The story of the Unknown God
Continuing on with the theme of cross-cultural ministry we give the first of a two-part show on a story from ancient Athens ... Click here to subscribe to our podcast (if you have not done so already and hear it now, or click the link below ("direct download") to hear it from this page.
Background resources (and people!) quoted in today's show:
- Don Richardson's website
- Eternity in Their Hearts - where to buy it and other GREAT books by Don Richardson
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Welcome to our first enhanced podcast show!
Please give us your feedback (including any teething problems downloading, hearing or receiving the podcast)! We believe the step taking story4all to enhanced podcast status is a good decision as you get more power over how you hear the show and you can easily repeat or fast forward through various sections. Besides the ability to see photos and click to web sites right from iTunes!
On today's show:
- Introducing enhanced podcasts
- Eternity in Their Hearts book
- The (incredible) Story of the Wa
Sites menioned in today's show:
- Peace Child - the book
- Eternity in Their Hearts - the book
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On today's show:
- Bryan & Yvette give feedback on Jim Slack's message about Cultural Christianity
- A story of a Brahmin woman from India and an unusual oral strategy she employed to reach a relative
- A calendar of great storying and training events happening in the coming months!
Go straight to our Calendar page to find more details on the events mentioned today:
- OneStory training
- November events
Learn more about Brahmins:
- Wikipedia definition of Brahmin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin
- Other definition: http://www.gurjari.net/ico/Mystica/html/brahmin.htm
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Today's podcast concludes our three-part series on Orality and Cultural Christianity.
This final part of the message wraps up the message and points out its implications for reaching and discipling oral learners the world over.
This message is not just for those working in foreign lands or going out as missionaries, but can be easily applied in our local contexts where Jesus has placed us to minister and share His Word.
The speaker, Jim Slack, an oraliy specialist and the Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
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We hope that you enjoyed this series and found it helpful. Join us again next week as Yvette returns from her break and we return to our normal format of stories about stories changing nations and bring you news, interviews and information from around the world!
Today is the second show in our three-part series on Orality and Cultural Christianity.
This message continues to discuss how worldview effects our beliefs and vividly portrays how the Message can be garbled if we do not come to grips with cultural Christianity where it exists in us, our proclamation and practices.
The speaker is Jim Slack, who is the Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
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Today's show begins a three-part series on Cultural Christianity.
The message on this podcast opens up a whole pattern of thought about how worldview effects our beliefs.
We expect this series to lay the foundation for future shows on the subject of worldview, and how oral (storying) methods are essential for a person's core foundations to be fully impacted with the Gospel of the Kingdom and for disciples to be made among oral learners.
The speaker is Jim Slack, who is the Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
The book authored by Jonathan Kozol, mentioned in the show, can be obtained here: "Illiterate America".
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Enjoy the show and don't miss next week's continuation of this key message on "Cultural Christianity".
On today's podcast we continue the MegaVoice focus with a BUMPER show content as follows:
- An interview with Don Steadman and stories from India
- A summary of MegaVoice products
- Audio clips from a great DVD produced about a recent MegaVoice trip to India
- Dorothy Miller of The God's Story Project tells stories of their use of MegaVoice products
Links to web sites and ministries mentioned in today's podcast:
- MegaVoice products you can purchase
- Read how MegaVoice can record your messages onto their players
- Contact MegaVoice with your questions or ask how to obtain that great DVD about the recent India trip Please consider giving them a donation to cover their costs or to bless their not-for-profit ministry
- Check out The God's Story Project page
- Check out "Church Planting experience" mentioned in the beginning of the show
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We hope you enjoyed this two-week focus on MegaVoice and that you will remember to pray for them in their tremendous minstry among the oral learner unreached
On today's show we begin a focus on MegaVoice:
- A basic introduction to the MegaVoice ministry
- A sample audio clip (called The Story of Jesus)
- A story from Nepal about how The God Story Project used MegaVoice in that country
- Bryan raves about the MegaVoice "fixed message" players
- An interview with MegaVoice CEO Jim Subers
Click links below to visit the sites mentioned in today's podcast:
- MegaVoice Home page
- Read MegaVoice story
Check out the MegaVoice players and where you can obtain them for your use and ministry:
- MegaVoice Ambassador solar-powered player
- MegaVoice Messenger player
Check back next week to catch part two of the MegaVoice story and to hear tremendous stories about how God is using these little players to tell the Story of God in oral cultures and how churches are multiplying as a result! If you have not subscribed to the podcast you can do so by going here for further instructions or, if you have iTunes, by clicking this link
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On today's show:
- An Oral Bible
Continuing on in the Following Jesus CD series, Marcus Vegh, Avery Willis, JO Terry, Grant Lovejoy and Jim Slack discuss and explore the matter of an Oral Bible.
To purchase your copy of the Following Jesus CD series visit the IMB Bookshop
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On today's show:
- Discussion on Oral Communicators and Oral Culture
Bryan and Yvette continue looking at the book Making Disciples of Oral Learners and they discuss Oral Communicators and Oral Culture, which is the topic of chapter three in the book
Referred to in the programme are web sites about NALS (National Adult Literacy Survey): http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/facts/IALS.html and http://nces.ed.gov/NAAL/PDF/2006470.pdf
Also mentioned on the show were two new podcasts released by a friend of story4all, telling God stories from around the world:
- CalCast
- God News
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On today's show:
- Indian story about the Khond people (J.O. Terry)
- Final part in the interview with Marcus Vegh & Avery Willlis
In the third and final story from J.O. Terry we learn today how Bible storying impacts the Khond people
The third, and final part of the interview with Marcus Vegh of Progressive Vision and Avery Willis of the International Orality Network with Harold Hendrick, of the Bott Radio Network.
Keep up to date on Marcus condition by reading here.
Websites relating to the content of this interview:
- Progressive Vision
- Finishing the Task
- International Orality Network
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Enjoy the show and Happy Independence Day to all our American listeners!
Today's episode:
- J.O. Terry tells another story from Bangladesh
- Part two of that exciting interview with Marcus Vegh & Avery Willlis
As last week J.O. Terry tells a story from one of his Bible Storying sessions in Bangladesh. This week he tells the story of a non-literate woman (with quite a memory!).
Harold Hendrick, of the Bott Radio Network continues the interview with Marcus Vegh of Progressive Vision and Avery Willis of the International Orality Network in a discussion about Marcus' illness as it relates to the global need for oral communication among the remaining unreached.
The Marcus Vegh letter mentioned in the show has now been removed from the Progressive Vision website. It has been replaced by an update on Marcus which can be read here.
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Enjoy the show! Don't miss the third and final episode of the Marcus Vegh and Avery Willis interview!
On today's show:
- J.O. Terry tells a story from Bangladesh
- First part of an interview with Marcus Vegh & Avery Willlis
J.O. Terry, recently retired from the IMB has conducted over 135 Bible Storying training sessions, mostly among rural and other oral communicators in Asia. Today he tells a story from one of those sessions he gave in Bangladesh.
Harold Hendrick, of the Bott Radio Network station KSIV in St Louis, Missouri, USA, interviewed, for the Encounter programme aired on 25th May 2006, Marcus Vegh of Progressive Vision and Avery Willis of the International Orality Network in a discussion relating the global need for oral communication to the remaining unreached.
Today we play the first part (of three) to that interview. The clip helps introduce these valiant servants of the Lord and shows their heart that beats after the Lord of Harvest, and for the knowledge of His glory to cover the earth as the waters cover the sea.
After hearing the show join us in the forum to read or share stories that are blessing the nations and its peoples. Start a new thread of discussion or join in one that is going on now. Let's get these forums moving! Take your comments or questions about the show, story4all or Bible storying online now!
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Enjoy the show! Come back next week (or subscribe to the podcast) so as not to miss the next exciting installment of the Marcus Vegh and Avery Willis interview!
On today's show:
- Calendar of Events happening (maybe!) near you!
- A story from Iran
- EE-TAOW!
After listing the orality/storying events happening in various places, today's show focuses mainly on the amazing story of the Mouk from Papua New Guinea. The discussion centres round the video of that move of God, entitled "EE-TAOW! The Mouk Story". This movie is produced by NTM (New Tribes Mission) and tells the story of how a couple of ordinary church folk from North America, rejected as potential missionaries by mission boards, dared to believe God and pursue their calling to go to the ends of the earth with the Story of God. The story shows how Mark Zook and family, with the use of New Tribes Mission materials and training, impacted the animistic Mouk and saw them come to Jesus in large numbers.
Get the video or DVD from the New Tribes Mission web site: here. As we said on the show, browse around and double check that you choose the correct video format or DVD region format when you go to make an order from this site. If in doubt use the other contact details on the NTM site to inquire or make your purchase.
We highly recommend this movie (and its sequel, "EE-TAOW! The next chapter") as a modern day example of how chronological presentation of Bible truth is changing nations and transforming spiritually enslaved peoples into committed followers of Jesus.
If you want to know how to subscribe to the story4all podcast, and have not already done so, we include a piece at the very end of today's episode to explain how you can do that. We apologise for this tech piece in advance to those of you who do not need it, but we feel it was an important inclusion at this stage of our journey, to help those who do not know how to subscribe and want to do so. Full written subscription details appear on our website at this address: How to subscribe to story4all.
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Today on the show:
- The first part of an interview with Dorothy Miller, Director of The God's Story Project
- Sample audio clip from a cool training resource: Wake up to Orality & Literacy - part of of a Seven Module audio series on the subject of Making Disciples of Oral Learners (see more detail below)
The first module (of 7) in the CD series entitled Following Jesus - Making Disciples of Primary Oral Learners, from which we played today's audio clip on Orality and Literacy, can be found online at a specially reduced price here. A world class team of eight specialists in communicating Biblical truth to primary oral learners (70% of the world's population!) came together in round table discussion to explore this subject in depth. This first dip into this resource serves to get our feet wet. We shall revisit this material in future podcasts.
Four of the specialists - each with a key role in promoting the use of oral strategies to reach oral learners - and who can be heard on today's show are:
- Marcus Vegh - President of Progressive Vision an international digital publishing ministry focused on producing resources for discipling nations in strategic languages of the world. He is the producer of the audio series and leads with interview questions in the quoted segment on today's episode.
- Avery Willis - President of the International Orality Network - was on our first podcast. He has served as a missionary for 14 years in Indonesia, and is loved and known the world over for his classic book and process of discipleship entitled Master Life
- Jim Slack is Global Evangelism and Church Growth Consultant/Analyst in the Department of Research at the International Mission Board (IMB). He has had 25 years of missionary service in the Philippines, including church planting consultation with 18 evangelical groups throughout Asia and has done doctoral research on orality and literacy.
- Grant Lovejoy has taught on storying in more than twenty countries and has been a keynote speaker at international conferences on orality. A storying-based leadership training process that he helped develop is in use in Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America. He has also taught preaching and Chronological Bible Storying at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.
We hope that you enjoy today's show and find it enriching and helpful.
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Today's show:
- Listener feedback
- The God's Story Project feedback and comment
- Resource: Discussion on the book Making Disciples of Oral Learners
- Bryan confesses a mistake about Skype VoiceMail...
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You can view a copy of the book Making Disciples of Oral Learners here
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On today's show:
- Stories and the end times
- Introduction to an exciting ministry called The God's Story Project
- Audio clips: The "Project" director speaks, Testimony from Asia, Snippet of the God's Story video in English
Links mentioned in the podcast:
- The God's Story Project Home page
- Get your own copy of "God's Story: From Creation to Eternity"
- "God's Story: It's All Good in the Hood" Holy Hip Hop Mix!
- Ways to help spread the good news through The God's Story video
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Our second show discusses:
- Stories and the Bible - how much of our Bible is stories and how history was recalled in the Old Testament
- Discussion about Jesus, the Storyteller
- Resource: The Story of God booklet
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Well here it is - the very first edition of the story4all podcast at long last!
The first episode covers: 1. What we're all about - why is there such a thing as a story4all podcast 2. An audio clip by Dr Avery Willis on why Bible storying is vital today 3. Discussion on the role of stories in our lives 4. Calendar of storying events around the world
Dr Avery Willis is President of the International Orality Network
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