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Storytelling--An Important Strategy

Karl J Franklin

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Introduction

Storytelling Modules and The On-line Book

Module Orientation Objective Preparation Practice Skill-Check Facilitator Notes

The nature of stories & storytelling

Aspect of cultureValues/worldviewInteractiveMemory/LearningOral traditionOral historyReplicablePersonal

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Kinds of Stories

Genres Folklore Speech categories Legends PNG story themes Worldview & story

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The “Big Idea” in a Story

The lesson(s) in a story Gospel themes PNG traditional themes The title of a story Supplementary

information in stories Culture & emphasis Methaphors & meaning

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Story Audiences

Culture & audience Organizations Doctors and stories Fairy stories Sunday school stories Imagination Involvement

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Telling Stories

Finding your story Environment & story Imagery in stories Imagination Cultural background Story styles Planning/Performance

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Constructing Stories Planning Plot & scene Characters Figures & idioms Cultural analogies Creativity and

imagination Linguistic exercises

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Bible Stories

Cross-cultural Chronological Cross-cultural themes Drama & recording Parables with a purpose The Prodigal Son The Good Samaritan

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Examining Stories

Semantics/ pragmatics Implied information Examining metaphors

The Kingdom of God Cultural relevance

Embellishment? Discourse and checking Questions?

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Stories as Songs and Drama

Oral tradition and Literacy Sustainability

Poetic styles Drama/Dance Symbolism Performers Participants

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Recording and Using Stories

Technology Fieldwork/ methods Sequencing The personal and

cultural elements Oral history Linguistic preservation Archiving/metadata

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Comments and Criticisms

Urgency Bias to written text Changing the original text Standards Reliability of the text Key terms Literacy and storytelling The bread of life What is the driving force?

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What has gone wrong?

Unrestrained materialism Management Preoccupation with

strategy Bigness means greatness Involvement & local church Sensing the “right” time Population focus Escatology

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Conclusion Natural intro to BT Accompaniment to BT Supplementing BT Part of BT strategy Accommodates the

oral culture Modeling & mentoring Not high-tech Involves everyone Corporate memory

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Small Languages in the Sepik and Madang Areas, PNG

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Madang Sandaun E Sepik Totals

401-500301-400201-300101-20030-100

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“God means what he says. What he says goes.”

His word is sharp as a surgeon’s scalpel

It cuts through everything

Whether doubt or defense

Laying us open to listen and obey

Nothing and no one is impervious to God’s Word

We can’t get away from it—no matter what

Hebrews 4:12 The Message

Some resources

Print and Courses Storytelling Magazine J. of Biblical Storytelling Internat. orality network Various associations MA level courses Storytelling in a Box Foxfire series Intro to storytelling

On-line & organizations www.storytelling.net www.nbsint.org www.ion2009.ning.com www.tejasstoryelling.com U.of Tenn; U of NT, etc. Storydynamics.com www.foxfire.org http://www.gial.edu/

specpubs/index.htm

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The Next Step for You

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