Story in Ministry

Media to Movements, Story in Ministry

Fish for Dinner

We are having fish for dinner, and it is going to be delicious. While staying in the U.S. for a couple of months, I have been able to have time for one of my favorite activities – wade fishing with lightweight spincast gear in small rivers and streams for smallmouth and largemouth bass.  When we […]

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Do All Cultures Use the Same Story Structure?

By: Clyde Taber When I taught a workshop on the Four Elements of Story in Chiang Mai, Thailand, I borrowed most of my material from my story mentor Jeremy Casper. There were a few people who questioned if the “hero’s journey” structure is more of a Western construct. This conversation came up again in a

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Why Do You Need To Know Your Final Image?

By: Jeremy Casper I recently returned from a trip to the Middle East where I was blessed to stand before a group of eighteen students from five different countries and teach them about the art of crafting short stories. My overseas teaching experiences are rewarding beyond measure, but the language barrier is always frustrating.  Every

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How to be a Story Practitioner

  Story is the essence of life. The world is desperate for those who can capture their imagination. We have the greatest stories as followers of Jesus. We should be a fragrant aroma through telling and living the stories of God at work in our lives and throughout human history. Here are several ways to

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7 Reasons to Use Story in Your Ministry

Clyde Taber For the past 34 years, I have worked in ministry on three different continents. We co-founded the Visual Story Network to equip the church worldwide through media, story and innovation to reach and disciple the nations. In our first five years, we emphasized media training. We then realized, without a good story, media

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