By Heart

Tom was delighted to learn of a group based in Germany advocating and training people to learn and tell scripture by heart. Better yet, he spent a day with the Director, Tom Griffin, and was very impressed. Here is their mission statement:

By Heart encourages and prepares people to quote Scripture from memory, speaking it in a way that is natural and understandable.

www.byheart.org

Festival Gathering this Month!

Every summer the Network of Biblical Storytellers, International offers its Festival Gathering which is a wonderful, fun, inspirational, learning event that we always attend (except last year when we came down with COVID). The most creative, interesting, and friendly people come from around the world. It’s on the outskirts of Baltimore. Last minute encouragement to come! Check out the program here…

Monday with Jesus

Each Monday we email a message with resources for the upcoming Sunday Gospel story as designated by the Revised Common Lectionary, including a link to a YouTube video of the story being told, followed by casual commentary. If you want to be on the elist to receive “Monday with Jesus” emails, send me a message: amelia@gotell.org. Our YouTube channel is GoTellStory.

Sacred Stories

“Sacred Stories” is a Bible engagement class held weekly at the Montgomery (Ohio) County Jail. The format is what I call a “Circle of the Word” with a variety of story-learning, story-telling, and story-enjoying activities. These weeks we are doing four stories (two weeks on each) from Acts 16. Last week and this week we focussed on the story of “The Slave-Girl with a Spirit of Divination.” It has obvious connections to the women’s experience since Paul and Silas end up in jail.