[NOTE: Bhutan is a small Buddhist kingdom in the Himalaya Mountains.]Dasho Kinley Dorji, former chief editor of Bhutan’s Kuensel News Corp, feels his country is going through difficult times, on the road to a complete destruction of the country’s valuesRead more…
Using Thin Paint and Throwing Logs
I want to throw out a couple thoughts to you all and see what you think. It has “something” to do with chronological storying, but it has more to do with the context in which we tell our stories. First,Read more…
Milk Goats
Imagine if you will a man who cared for goats in order to sell their milk in the market. Everyone in the market loved his milk and even felt that it gave them a little extra boost of energy forRead more…
Meaning is Found in Context
For a word, there is no meaning outside of context. In a way, that is also true for stories. Consider an iceberg. When we tell or hear a story, all that is understood about that story is the tip ofRead more…
Radio Series – Oral Communicators 4 – Promo
This is the 30-second promo for the fourth episode I produced on Oral Communicators. I also produced four episodes on another topic. See Down To Earth for other series on other topics. The audio of the full episode and aRead more…
Os 3 que estão conectados são de t.serra?
Olá, vejo na parte superior da tela que existem 2 pessoas conectadas em taboão da serra, minha carteirinha é do brasil para cristo, e gostaria de falar mais sobre essa conferencia em lauzane, vamos orar por isso?
A Great Misconception-Music the Universal Language
“Ethno-what?” People always say that when they hear what I do. I sigh, knowing the familiar script that will unfold, like one I recently had: “I’m an ethnodoxologist.” Eyebrows raised, the quizzical look ensues. “What in the world is that?”Read more…
My Bumpy Road to Orality
The careful exegetical preaching of professors at Dallas Theological Seminary drew me to that institution in 1975. During the next four years I was trained to be a critical thinker who could analyze the minutiae of a textRead more…
Equipping Evangelists with Orality Media Resources
The Stories of the Potter radio program in Cambodia that combines story and songs to address the folk Buddhist worldview is now actively used to help evangelists who visit villages to share the gospel. Distributing the audio content in solarRead more…
Bible Storying Troubles Some Pastors
When I taught Chronological Bible Storying at an African seminary a few years ago, I asked the students to use Bible storying in ministry and write a report about how it went. Many students said it had worked well forRead more…