Towards an Ethic of Story

I love stories.  In fact, I’ve been recaptured by the idea of story in the past few weeks (you can read a recent blog posting about story here).  But most recently I was captured again by story in the debate over a very popular story, Harry Potter. I know, the debate...

How to Become a Great Storyteller

Everyone loves a good story.  But the truth of the matter is that stories actually hold a special place in the brain.  Research from Sung-Il Kim in 1999 (and later reflected upon by cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham) showed that the brain treats information...

The Gospel in 50 Words

I’m always trying to find ways to make the story of Easter creative and fresh for the kids who have tuned it out. It’s sad how repeated truth loses its value to the hearer (is that how trite sayings are born?).  This year I was challenged to see if I could...