Entries from October 2007

October 26, 2007

Marti Steussy’s Four Commandments of Biblical Storytelling

Found ‘em!
These are from a workshop on Biblical Storytelling Marti Steussy offered in April of 2007 through the Network of Biblical Storytellers.

The Four Commandments of Biblical Storytelling
1. Thou shalt not reduce the story to a lesson.
2. Thou shalt engage the story with all thy heart and soul and mind and strength.
3. . . . including [...]

October 26, 2007

Wrestling with Matthew

It’s overcast today but not raining (!) and the dog and I are thinking of taking a walk pretty soon.
On Saturday the 20th I told out at Waycross, the Episcopal conference center neat Bloomington, for a group from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Indianapolis. They were *wonderful* – responsive, interested, and full of ideas. I [...]

October 23, 2007

2007 so far – notes on this year’s storytelling…

October 2007
I told Paul and Silas in Jail at the 20th Annual Hoosier Storytelling Festival, on Saturday in the Biblical Storytelling tent. Cold, windy day & a small crowd in our tent at that time, but *I* had fun. For more information about the Hoosier Storytelling Network, go to www.storytellingarts.org
And I’ve been sorting [...]