Teaching Through the Art of Storytelling

As communicators in a culture saturated with storylines we have theprofound opportunity to invite our students into the masterful Story ofGod. There are a variety of ways to invite our students into thisStory but this book discusses and explores how to teach through one ofJesus'' most powerful modes of communication--fictional storytelling.Rabbinical storytelling (otherwise known as Jewish Agada) embraces thenarrative of Scripture and invites its listeners into understanding andparticipation. Our Rabbi Jesus employed this mode of communicationthrough his parables. Approaching the topic as a theologianphilosopher and artist Jon invites and teaches how to createmodern-day parables that illuminate the message ofJesus. These stories do not simply illustrate the message; they are infact the message. Whether hoping to articulate deep theologicalconcepts or relevant topics teaching through the art of fictionalstorytelling has the potential to engage and invite our students intoThe Story this book:You will learn how to create your own fictional stories (modern day parables) that use a realistic setting engaging characters and a thought provoking plot to communicate a specific topic.You are given practical worksheets that offer guidance in developing such storiesJon includes a variety of stories he has developed over his years of youth ministry and offers them as a resource to any youth pastor/communicator.