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- Title: Off the Page, Into the Heart, And out of the Mouth: Tools for Telling the Stories of Scripture by Heart (The Gospel of Mark) (Critical Essay)
- Author : Currents in Theology and Mission
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 295 KB
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My Experience as a Biblical Storyteller Over thirty years ago on my first Palm Sunday as an ordained minister, I decided to perform the Passion Narrative of Mark's Gospel (chapters 14-15) in place of the readings and sermon for the day. As one with a background in theater, I conceived of the venture as "dramatic monologue." A year or so later I had the good fortune to spend several days at a seminar led by Tom Boomershine, founder of the Network of Biblical Storytellers.(1) Tom helped me understand that the art form of the biblical tradition was not theater, but storytelling. He also taught me that these two genres entail different histories, aesthetics, psychologies, and even theologies. He also inspired and encouraged me, as I had already learned about 15 percent of Mark's narrative, to add on the remaining 85 percent! So began a life in biblical storytelling that would span my professional career, includinga 15-year full time ministry as a performer and teacher of biblical storytelling, a vocation in which I am still engaged despite having returned to parish ministry in 2007. (2)