Although orality is far more than just storytelling, storytelling is an important part of orality. Story gives everything else meaning. OralityTalks will focus on Narrative for the next two webinars. In May with Storytelling Strategies and in July with Narrative Preaching.
OralityTalks webinar
Transformative Storytelling Strategies
Expanding Your Narrative World
May 14, 2025, 8:00 pm (Manila), 7:00 am (EST)
Our main presenter is Dr. Havilah Dharamraj from SAIACS.
Join the webinar and contribute to the conversation by submitting an article, case study, or interview to our OralityTalks Journal, which will be published in July and shares the same focus.
Narrative Resources… you may not have seen.
- Al-Jafar, A., & Buzzelli, C. A. (2004). The Art of Storytelling for Cross-cultural Understanding. International Journal of Early Childhood, 36, 35-48.
- Bruner, J. (1987). Life as Narrative. Social Research, 11-32.
- Bruner, J. (1991). The Narrative Construction of Reality. Critical Inquiry, 18(1), 1-21.
- Goldingay, J. (1997). Biblical Story and the Way it Shapes our Story. Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association, 17(1), 5-15. https://www.academia.edu/20805920/Biblical_Story_and_the_Way_it_Shapes_Our_Story
- Szurmak, J., & Thuna, M. (2013). Tell Me a Story: The Use of Narrative as Tool for Instruction, ACRL, 546-552.
Learning Narrative Outside the Christian Box
Storytelling Skill Development
Storytelling (even Bible Storytelling) requires some essential skills if we hope to be effective – FRUITFUL!
How to be confident (even if you’re not)
Montana von Fliss – TEDx Bellevue Women
Good storytelling begins with good story LISTENING
When we assume we know what a person needs to hear about the Gospel, more than likely, we’ll miss the opportunity to connect them to God at the deepest level. Learn to listen first. Learn their story. Then you can share how His story transforms their story into a new, redeemed story.
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