Many years ago I remember hearing the advice that there is no substitute for simply writing. The advice suggested that aspiring writers write a daily diary. I didn’t intend to be a writer but I did end up doing a lot of writing. From the age of five I was in boarding school and we had to write a weekly letter. These started in Grade 1 with simply copying a sentence or two from the board. By Grade 4 we…
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…
The years since writing the draft of my first book in 2007 have been a steep learning curve. I started, like most people, totally ignorant about things relating to writing, publishers and marketing. I have learned many things since. This part of my blog will share some of those things. Things that I have found helpful on my writing journey. My journey so far has included – self printing two volumes of poetry – 2 non-fiction titles published through traditional…
A simplified Chinese version was released in 2015. Simplified Chinese is preferred by China, Malaysia and Singapore. Please contact us to ask where you can buy this book. The traditional Chinese version will be published in Taiwan in January 2017.
A traditional Chinese (for Hong Kong and Taiwan) translation was released in February, 2015 Campus Books, Taipei, Taiwan, 2015
I never expected to write the book that became 1-2-1 discipleship. I certainly didn’t expect to have it accepted by a traditional publisher. So what happened that led to 1-2-1 Discipleship? In 2003 myself and another missionary designed a course to train missionaries in evangelism and discipleship. We knew that we always needed to improve in these two areas and assumed others also would appreciate the course. In 2005/6 we did a ‘test run’ in the Philippines. Despite a good…
My second published work of non-fiction, ‘Telling the Gospel Through Story’ was released in May, 2012 and published by Intervarsity Press, US. The story behind the writing of this can be read here. It was voted 2013 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year in Evangelism Paul Cedar comments on Outreach Magazine’s choice: “Christine Dillon has learned the art of storytelling in the trenches of both Western and non-Western ministry contexts. She believes all of us can learn to share the…
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…
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…
The 2009 version of this article was sent to me by a publisher before they subsequently accepted my manuscript for publication. It was designed to show me the realities of the publishing world. I think it is a good thing to share up front. I will paste the whole thing here and then make my own comments in ‘italics’ below each of their ten points. 10 Awful Truths about Book Publishing Steven Piersanti, President, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Updated April 15, 2014…