The Oral Bible Project from Asia have produced a slideshow of picture from their training ministry showing how, through dramatization or group interactive storytelling, participants have effectively learned Bible stories.

Apart from greatly amplifying the emotional understanding of the stories, improvised drama helps the participants get inside the skins of Bible characters and walk in their shoes through their experiences. Also humour, quite often present in the original stories, can be rediscovered and help bring the message home. Drama comes naturally to these Indian men, for whom Hindu epics are a common occurrence.

Check out the slideshow here

The International Orality Network has a new home on the web which is interactive and highly intuitive and easy to use. Check out their new site now: http://ion2008.ning.com/

The old page address still works and will lead you to the new page, so no problems if you have a bookmark somewhere for ION's page!

Please note too: The next gathering for the International Orality Conference has also just been announced for 9-12th September 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA). More details shall be forthcoming on the ION site soon.