Christine Dillon

www.storyingthescriptures.com started as an English website designed to accompany the book “Telling the Gospel Through Story*.” The nature of Bible storytelling meant that some way to HEAR Bible stories was needed. It is not at all the same thing to write down the stories in black and white. A website also allowed us to keep adding new things and sharing new resources in a way that a static book never can. I was soon dreaming of having the website function…

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Bible storytelling is one of my passions. I am convinced that it is a special method of sharing truth that allows people to ‘swallow’ it much more easily. By ‘swallow,’ I don’t necessarily mean accept but that it is a form that they can hear the message. Many other forms cause people to choke, even though the message is good. Day by day we are learning more about this art of communication. The website that accompanies the book is a…

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Every book, even non-fiction, has a ‘story behind’ the book. ‘Telling the Gospel Through Story’ is no exception. 1. Learning about Bible storytelling In 2004, I was introduced to Bible storytelling. I was a reluctant convert but once the Holy Spirit pressured me to learn my first story (Creation) it was the listener response that inspired me to continue. I spent the next years adapting and learning and increasing my story repertoire. In 2008, I was invited to share at…

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In 2003, myself and a colleague started developing a course that included two lots of five days separated by two to six months to allow participants to practice what they’d learned in part one. The first section was on evangelism (sharing about Jesus) and the second on discipleship (helping people to grow/mature in their following of Jesus). However, despite having what we believed was a worthwhile course there was little interest from our colleagues. This was largely because neither of…

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