“Why story and storytelling?” Thomas Boomershine asked in his book Story Journey. “Story is a primary language of experience. Telling and listening to a story has the same structure as our experience,” he said. “The episodes of our lives takeRead more…
Who Teaches Whom? God Works Through His Word
I was excited. I was testing the Joseph stories with my favorite testing group, ten of the most influential older women in the village. They loved the stories from creation to this point, and they seemed to understand the “mainRead more…
Not A Passing Fad
Orality will be a factor in missions strategy for the next half a century. That’s the conclusion I draw from reading Reaching the Marginalised, the 2010 U. N. report on progress in the Education for All (EFA) campaign. The EFARead more…
Oral Bible Storytelling – Why This And Why Now?
As many scholars believe, it was the Apostle Peter who asked Mark to write down the good news as told and taught by Jesus. And as Jesus said, he only told things he received from the Father. This historicRead more…
The Urgency Of Orality
There is an urgency to win the winnable. Much effort has gone into identifying the winnable and evangelizing toward planting growing churches. Within the past two decades the mission agencies have realized that while some progress was being made, thatRead more…
Communicating In Context
“Without their singing, I don’t know how they would ever get married.” Sounds strange? Not to a person serving one group in Asia where their singing is a key component of communicating history, and traditions, as well as manyRead more…
Issachar Summit FREE Livestream broadcast
You can participate in the Issachar Summit DFW via our FREE Livestream broadcast, on Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Issachar Summits have been described as a one-day TED conference on the Great Commission. An estimated 600 marketplace and ministry leaders will gather in Dallas to hearRead more…
Literacy, Orality and the Web
Which should come first: oral or print Scriptures? Maybe the question should be: which helps Scriptures become more localized?
Media Ministries in a Changing World—Perspectives from Eurasia
Media Ministries in a Changing World—Perspectives from Eurasia Different In April, 2012, I sat across the table from a colleague I’ll call Rosemarie, who works in one of the most remote areas of one of the most limited-access countries ofRead more…
Communicating Christ’s Love through Stories
* Kyle Idleman * COMMUNICATING CHRIST * MP3 1-MIN 2-MIN Communicating Christ’s love through stories can be fun…. yet unnerving. Our guest on today’s Lighthouse Report is Pastor Kyle Idleman.