Unsung hero contest
GiveMN has launched a video contest in which they are making available a free download of a Mint Condition song, and asking people to use it to create a video about an “unsung hero.” The prizes include...
View ArticleA train of hope
Here’s a powerful short video story about a group of women who regularly prepare and offer food to the people clinging to the sides of freight trains as they seek passage into the US from Mexico.
View ArticleStory without words
Here’s a great digital story that tells a story without really using words. Yes, there’s a song going on in the background which deepens and layers meaning, but to the extent that there is a narrative...
View ArticleCuriosity is the place to begin
A lot of people have pointed to the auto-tune remix of Mister Rogers that was floating around the net this spring, but Clayfire media is the first attempt I’ve seen to draw lessons from it for...
View ArticleLearning stories, learning community
There are a couple of really wonderful programs in the Twin Cities of MN (St. Paul and Minneapolis), where young people learn leadership skills through learning media production. The Summer Media...
View ArticleGod in a teen’s world
We are hoping to gather examples from all over of ways in which people are using digital storytelling in faith formation. Here is an example that comes from Cheryl Smith, who is the Eastern Region...
View ArticleArtifacts as catalyst for history/stories
One of the more promising uses of digital storytelling in faith formation has been the pairing of young confirmands in Christian churches with a video camera, and a member of their community they don’t...
View ArticlePower of sharing stories
Here’s a powerful example of what can happen with a community shares its stories more broadly, using digital tools and social media. …sharing our stories allows us to share our lives. Sharing our...
View ArticleVisio divina
The Benedictine community originated lectio divina, which is a practice of slow, meditative, reflective engagement with scripture. The Benedictine community of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville has...
View ArticleA Pentecost story
Here’s a story that’s a bit different from the typical story I post here, but a kind of nice example of how to put music and text together in a compelling way:
View ArticleResources for storying vocation
The Fund for Theological Education has an excellent short — and free! — resource for embodying something they label “vocation care.” The guide has within it some powerful story prompts that get at...
View ArticleInterfaith storytelling
Sometimes people worry that getting children involved in interfaith work could be confusing, or cause them to doubt their own community’s stories. Actual practice suggests otherwise, with children...
View ArticleYoung women of faith speak out
Here is a powerful example of two young women sharing their stories of faith through spoken word:
View ArticleGeek Club Books
Storytelling can be profoundly powerful — powerful enough to change the ways in which we see each other. Geek Club Books is a nonprofit devoted to using storytelling to engage autism. They have a ton...
View ArticleGuestbook at Boston College
Guestbook “is an international project committed to transforming hostility into hospitality, enmity into empathy, conflict into conversation.” It has created room to exchange stories by inviting young...
View ArticleStorytelling as empowerment
An inspiring story from the World Association of Christian Communicators that explains how to support storytelling with women as a means to empower women.
View ArticleNeil Gaiman on stories
Maria Popova has a lovely reflection on Neil Gaiman’s lecture on “How stories last.” Both are definitely worth the time!
View ArticleStories build connection
Leaf Seligman tells a powerful story in this TEDx talk about the ways in which the stories we tell can make and break connection, can draw us beyond the “either/or” worlds too many of us inhabit.
View ArticleA deeper story
I wish we had found this site earlier, before it went into archive mode. I love the idea of finding ways to share stories that people have crafted about their lives. It’s the heart of why I think...
View ArticleHaven for Queer storytellers
Rainbowfamilytree.com calls itself a “Haven for Queer Digital Storytellers and their friends and families.” Using the core processes of digital storytelling this site (StoryingFaith.org) advocates,...
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