Watch and Wonder The Woman at the Well John 4: 5-42 Do Tell! In this story, Jesus sees this woman, this foreign woman, this woman he has NO BUSINESS being with (“Jews and Samaritans do not share things in common!”)–he sees her and reflects back to her the story of her life. In turn, in being seen, she begins to see Jesus for who he is– she sees the story of God unfolding before her. “Could this really be the Messiah?”…
I had the great privilege of attending and providing leadership for two conferences over the last two weeks: the Festival Gathering of the Network of Biblical Storytellers and the Go Disciple Live conference on discipleship and evangelism. You can read more about my talk at the GDL conference here. I used a few resources over those days, and as promised, I am sharing them here. VIDEOS other RESOURCES “To God, before whom I fall” was written and read by the amazing…
Here is the video we filmed a few years ago! If you are interested in a family liturgy around this story–please visit Practicing Families!
Learn the story of the transfiguration, or simply watch the video and do the “Ways to Wonder” exercises near the end of the post. And be sure to check out Story Divine to hear more stories from the lectionary, along with personal storytelling prompts! WATCH and WONDER Matthew 17:1-9 The Story of the Transfiguration as told by MaryAnn McKibben Dana The transfiguration story is a strange one indeed. Many people have wondered what to make of this story. Storytelling the transfiguration…
WATCH and WONDER Jeremiah 29:4-14a as told by 22 humans in 16 cities from 6 denominations through 1 world wide web a video created for the NEXT Church Conference This video took forever to edit, but it was a gift to make. I love watching this mix of people–some of whom I know very well, others of whom I’ve only met once or twice. I love the idea of these different folks telling the story together–each from their own…