A Good TellingBringing Worship to Life with Story
This guide to storytelling in worship provides techniques for good storytelling, plus practice exercises to help readers learn to employ them. It includes eight stories, ready for telling, with themes and plots ideally suited for multigenerational worship.
I understand history as possibility…that could also stop being a possibility. —Paulo Freire
The winds of extinction sing a mournful song
in the rustling grass,
where the bobwhite drums
and the meadowlark’s melody is vanishing.
The winds of extinction sing a mournful song
in the dark forest shadows,
where the boreal chickadee’s
voice is no longer heard
and the grosbeak
serenades a coming hush.
The winds of extinction sing a mournful song
over the troubled waters,
where the great scaup
quietly rests for the last time
and the harsh-voiced tern
skydives to death.
The winds of extinction sing a mournful song
while we wait
to find our voices
to sing for their rebirth.