I just spent a month in North India doing training in discipleship and leadership development, and I was amazed
by how excited people got when I used skits and dramas to illustrate stories and principles drawn from Scripture.

I was reminded of a time in Mat. 13 where we are told of a time when Jesus didn't teach anything without
using a story. I saw that skits and dramas were a form of storytelling & parable, even all the ones I improvised.
The less comfortable people were with reading, the… Continue

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We are working with 12 or more different languages when we teach the stories. The question has come up' "do we have to memorize the story word for word"? In general I am saying, no you don't have to memorize it word for word if you can be consistent and accurate each time you teach it to a group. Actually we don't want to use the term memorize but rather internalize which means not only head knowl… Continue

Social Networking is EXPLODING! How can you ignore it? People are now engaging in social network debates ranging from the public funding of Individual Health Insurance/Temporary Medical Insurance to the justificat… Continue

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Bet you didn't know that the guy in the very last row was blogging these sessions live, did you? Another proof of concept for future IONs that can be seen at http://www.audiobiblesforparaguay.org/liveblog/

Once again this is not an official site, but others might find it interesting.