2014-12-17T12:01:42-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/story/ http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/12683 2014-12-17T12:01:42-05:00 Out in a small town the other day, I stumbled upon a one-day Christmas market, and some hand-crafted glass jewelry caught my eye. Or, more specifically, beautiful hand-made spiders about 3 inches/8cms high, sitting over the other jewelry on display. http://faithgateway.com/genesis-born-into-an-epic/ 2013-10-04T14:49:15-05:00 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. — Genesis 1:1 A Story. An Epic. Something hidden in the ancient past. Something dangerous now unfolding. Something waiting in the future for us to discover. Some crucial role for us to play. Christianity, in its true form, tells us that there is an Author and that […] http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/10849 2013-05-17T11:44:15-05:00 It's out! The incredible Tom Hooper 2012 movie is now released on DVD. This is a renewed opportunity to use this incredibly redemptive story as a discussion starter in many different situations. Here are free downloadable resources to help you. Resources to help you: http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/10266 2013-01-30T10:33:35-05:00 Storytelling, in its many and various outworkings, is vital in effective communication. If you've got 30 minutes spare this week, come back to this page and take time to learn from Eugene Peterson (Bible translator, The Message) talking to Dean Nelson about stories, the Bible, and more. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9720 2012-11-20T13:05:05-05:00 Yet another reminder in this video short, that storytelling is the key to communicating any message, anywhere, any audience, any purpose. My heart sinks every time I’m exposed to a sermon that contains no illustrations, no personal stories, no imagery, no jokes. Because I know that I will almost certainly have forgotten it by lunchtime. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/9122 2012-09-11T12:10:10-05:00 The Mars Curiosity landing, and our farewell salutes to Neil Armstrong, bring to mind several sci-fi/fantasy books and short stories based on Moon or Mars landings. These have a spiritual dimension that offers conversation-starting and thought-provoking questions. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/8290 2012-06-15T14:41:10-05:00 It probably needs a storyteller to explain the significance of story. And when that storyteller is Jeffrey Overstreet, it will be good. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/7077 2012-02-22T11:22:06-05:00 You may be familiar with the chemistry periodic table, which lays out all the elements in relation to each other. Tim Challies has placed all the books of the Bible in a similar layout, and given people the freedom to reuse or publish it in any way. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6858 2012-02-02T10:02:44-05:00 The 24/7 always-on searchable Internet is an ideal match for a seeker. Here, Kimberley tells her story of seeking and finding. http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/6513 2011-12-16T11:57:35-05:00 In the Celtic Christian tradition, 'thin spaces' are times and places where the spiritual and the natural world intersect – occasions when it is possible to reach out and be touched by God. Christmas, even in our post-christendom world, is such a thin space.