Monthly Archives: July 2011
Ten Healed of Leprosy
This week’s story is Ten Healed of Leprosy (Luke 17:11-19). Many aspects of this story are incomprehensible without a basic understanding of the relationship between the Jewish culture based in the temple in Jerusalem and the Jewish culture based in … Continue reading
Death in the Pot
Today we look at Death in the Pot (2 Kings 4:38-41). This little 4-verse story is packed with problems for the storyteller to overcome. A quick read leaves you thinking that this is a simple, straightforward story. That is not … Continue reading
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
In my first post I talked about a 6-hour workshop I presented at the 5th International Christian Storytelling in Ministry Conference held last month in Georgetown, Kentucky. In that workshop, participants learned and told three different Bible stories. Those three … Continue reading