tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post7207657089210070839..comments2024-02-13T11:11:28.246+00:00Comments on Bishop Alan’s Blog: How to read the Bible story fruitfullyBishop Alan Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13879516755776951638noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-13037592957023981482009-04-08T08:37:00.000+01:002009-04-08T08:37:00.000+01:00(sorry - comments shouldn't annotate!)it might als...(sorry - comments shouldn't annotate!)<BR/><BR/>it might also be useful to link to 2 resources:<BR/><BR/>Thomas Boomershine and the Network of Biblical Storytellers - who memorise whole books of the Bible and deliver them with claimed 90-95% accuracy. What is good about Boomershines method is that you use gesture and repetition to lock the text into memory. You can teach a group the story so they can repeat it verbatim with gestures in 5-10 minutes. This is great and easy once as a leader you get past the fear factor - its like being a cantor with text and gestures instead: http://nbsint.org/<BR/><BR/>another resource is Lyffe from the Bible Society. Which is basically an unmoderated biblestudy using a photocopied text (no Bibles) and no guide. V similar to base community readings of scripture and commentary in community as the text is linked to people's live. The other rule for Lyffe is that you are supposed to use the material in a public place such as a cafe - it isn't supposed to take place on privatised or sacred turf. I've tried it I like it:<BR/>http://www.lyfe.org.uk/JohnGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00523464876239153536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-49808101893301496902009-04-07T16:09:00.000+01:002009-04-07T16:09:00.000+01:00JohnG - I did a paper on this in Div School - what...JohnG - I did a paper on this in Div School - what people remember has a lot to do with what is going on in their lives. The things that stand out are evoked by current life. It will change when circumstances change. Why diverse preachers are good - they see different things in the scriptures.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-58601462478001471872009-04-07T14:14:00.000+01:002009-04-07T14:14:00.000+01:00We did the Way of the Cross from the view of the s...We did the Way of the Cross from the view of the spectators in our online EfM class last night -- <A HREF="http://yaksaboutlife.blogspot.com/2009/03/way-of-cross.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> is a copy of what we used.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-67132478841115505042009-04-07T13:07:00.000+01:002009-04-07T13:07:00.000+01:00One of the best services I have been to in the las...One of the best services I have been to in the last year was last Christmas where they played back the Christmas story in 60 seconds as done in animated fashion by the Christian Advertising group then invited members of the congregation to tell the best version of the Christmas story in 60 seconds with a panel of wise men as line judges! It was engaging, funny and moving and fantastic to listen to the story evolve as it was repeated and as the storytellers tried not to repeat each other and to outdo the others by bringing in material not already mentioned. We must have heard a dozen versions in as many minutes. Richer than a sermon! <BR/><BR/>I am also interested in the technique of remembered Bible - getting the congregation to reconstruct the reading from collective memory before it is read - largely because the forgeting of key motifs and phrases is selective and often revealing.JohnGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00523464876239153536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7132206171945839649.post-25485716994694232002009-04-07T12:51:00.000+01:002009-04-07T12:51:00.000+01:00Interesting commentary on reading the Bible. Reth...Interesting commentary on reading the Bible. Rethinking and interpreting the text to apply to modern day circumstances is what we all try to do.<BR/><BR/>Good sermons written with that in mind, can help us to do just that.<BR/><BR/>My Vicar always gets me thinking, each and every time I hear him.<BR/><BR/>I like to engage with this, as Bible Study is important to me at this time, when I am trying to discern a call to service within the Church.Ernesthttp://www.i-church.orgnoreply@blogger.com