Story Divine

Hear stories for Baptism of Our Lord Sunday: Isaiah 42:1-9 and Matthew 3:13-17   Follow Casey on Twitter @caseyfitzgerald    

Storytelling prompt:   Tell a story about a time you had to change your perspective in order to see.   Story song: Backbeat Saunter by Podington Bear   Connect: Twitter: @caseyfitzgerald Facebook Faith and Wonder

Story Divine is BACK! :)   Find me on Twitter @caseyfitzgerald Facebook Story Divine website Faith and Wonder website My OnScripture piece on Luke 18   

Story Divine is back! Casey FitzGerald tells the story of Jesus' temptation and more.   Story Prompts: 1) Tell a story about DESIRE. (How did that desire manifest in positive ways? Where did the temptation part of the desire creep in?) 2) Tell a story about a boundary you had to set--a "no" you had to say in order to focus on your primary "yes." (How did you do it? How did it make you feel? How was your life/ministry enhanced by it? Would you make the same choice now?)   Links for the day: Faith and Wonder LENT 1 Check out videos of the temptation along w/ story-learning prompts for all ages  Pulpit Fiction Podcast Casey provides guest commentary on Romans 10 (Thanks, Robb and Eric!)

Hear Casey FitzGerald tell the story of Hannah from 1 Samuel.   Storytelling prompt:Tell a story of a time your grief was transformed into strength.   Learn the Luke 2 birth narrative by heart during Advent with the Christmas By Heart video tutorial series.   Be in touch! Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter  The Story Divine website is HERE Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

Hear pastor and storyteller Jason Chesnut tell the entire book of Ruth--and stick around for a follow-up conversation on Ruth and storytelling with Jason and Casey FitzGerald. You can find Jason on Twitter @crazypastor or check out his ministry in Baltimore and online with The Slate Project Cover art background by Jim LePage Learn the Luke 2 birth narrative by heart during Advent with the Christmas By Heart video tutorial series.   Be in touch! Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter  The Story Divine website is HERE Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

Proper 25/Ordinary 30 The Peter and John want special seats and Bartimaeus wants to see.   Prompt: What do you want God to do for you?   Check out Burke Presbyterian Church telling the story of Bartimaeus HERE Learn to tell Luke 2 by heart with the Christmas by Heart series from FaithandWonder.com Be in touch! Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter  The Story Divine website is HERE Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

Story prompt: Tell a story about a deep and meaningful experience of community.     Be in touch! Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter  The Story Divine website is HERE Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

Hear the entire book of Esther as told by Casey FitzGerald. Story Prompt: Tell a story about a time you felt called to speak. Music by www.BenSound.com Cover background art by Jim LePage  Be in touch! Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter  The Story Divine website is HERE Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

Story Divine is BACK after a long summer break! Thank you for your patience. Be in touch! Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter The Story Divine main page is HERE Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

The story of David and Bathsheba as told by Casey FitzGerald. This is NOT a love story.   Storytelling Prompts: Tell a story that opened your eyes to a deeper truth about yourself or humanity. Tell a story about something that was/is "evil in the eyes of the Lord." If you have a biblical story that you deeply connect with, let me know what it is! Tweet with #storydivine or write it on the Faith and Wonder Facebook page wall!  Links: Network of Biblical Storytellers Pulpit Fiction Podcast Episode 25: What Was Handed Down (the story of John's beheading) Be in touch! Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

Herod recalls the beheading of John the Baptist...as told by Casey FitzGerald. Check out the 30 Seconds or Less podcast on iTunes or YouTube this week to hear more from Keith Anderson and others reflecting on the Digital Cathedral! Be in touch! Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

Want more from 1 Samuel?Hear the story of Samuel's call from Episode 1 Hear the story of Israel's demand for a king, Episode 20 Hear the story of the rejection of Saul and choosing of David, Episode 22 Hear the story of David and Goliath, Episode 23   Be in touch! Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

Hear Casey FitzGerald tell the story of David and Goliath, followed by the story of Jesus calming the storm.   Links Listen to Largo's "Gimme a Stone" HERE Tools for learning Mark 4 by heart on Faith and Wonder Hear the story of Samuel's call from Episode 1 Hear the story of Israel's demand for a king, Episode 20 Hear the story of the rejection of Saul and choosing of David, Episode 22 Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!)   Be in touch! @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

Casey FitzGerald tells the story of the rejection of King Saul and the anointing of King David. This story bridges the two lectionary weeks (Ordinary 10B-11B). This is a much longer episode than usual, but it includes much of the story that the lectionary leaves out.  Links: Go to Faith and Wonder to watch Heather West tell 1 Samuel 16. Check out the Parallel Bible app! Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) Hear the story of Samuel's call from Episode 1 Hear last week's story of Israel's demand for a king, Episode 20 Be in touch! @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!

Casey FitzGerald tells Genesis 2-3. The story was originally recorded for the podcast "Tales from the Jesse Tree"--the podcasting experiment that led to Story Divine! The style of storytelling in this episode is different than most episodes of Story Divine.   Story Prompt Tell a story about a time you created something beautiful!   Links Keith Anderson's Digital Cathedral You can find Keith on his website: http://pastorkeithanderson.net Follow him on Twitter  Check out the E-Formation Conference from Virginia Theological Seminary   Be in touch! @caseyfitzgerald on Twitter Check out my main website Faith and Wonder Like Faith and Wonder on Facebook!    

Casey FitzGerald tells the story of Israel's request for a king.   Story Prompt Tell a story of a time you wanted what "everyone else" had.   Check out the E-Formation Conference!   Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website!

Watch the Nicodemus Story!  HERE is my post on Practicing Families--do a family liturgy using John 3 (also includes the video posted above!) Thanks to Oraly Spatz for her answer to my story prompt. You can read the rest HERE. Thanks to Richard Bruxvoort Colligan for the story prompt! Check out his work at www.PsalmImmersion.com and the Pulpit Fiction Podcast. Story Prompts:For Isaiah: Tell a story of an experience of witnessing something that made you see yourself more clearly. For John: Richard Bruxvoort Colligan suggests that we tell a story of our own experience of power...such as "ones that have been destructive or disruptive in our past, ones we name helpful and healing, one's where the jury's still out what it was about." Thanks, Richard!!! Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website!

Casey FitzGerald tells Acts 2:1-21   Story Prompts:1. Tell a story about a time you were amazed. 2. Tell a story about a time you sensed the Holy Spirit. Pentecost video by Elizabeth Adkisson and Pentecost story ideas for all ages: HERE.   Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website!

Hear the story of the choosing of a new disiciple from Acts 1 as told by Casey FitzGerald. @reckshow is the winner of our "Story Journey" contest! Of course, we would still love a review on iTunes. Story Divine on iTunes You can find the #storyonfire video tutorial series #storyonfire Or, you can participate in the event on Facebook HERE Story Prompt: Tell a story about a time you were NOT chosen. Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website!  

Don't forget to leave a review on iTunes to win a copy of Dr. Tom Boomershine's book Story Journey! Drawing will be held Sunday, May 10! Listen to Episode 17 (next week) for winner. Interested in the Network of Biblical Storytellers Festival Gathering? Check in out HERE! Consider participating in the #storyonfire Pentecost storytelling series! You can also register for the "event" on the Faith and Wonder Facebook page HERE. Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website! PERSONAL STORY PROMPT! This week's assignment: find a friend and use these questions to guide your conversation! Even better--record it! (Persons are labeled "1" and "2"--person 1 is largely the interviewer.) 1. We've been friends ___ years...do you remember the first time we met? 2. Answer (and 1 can also respond) 1. What is your favorite memory of our friendship? 2. Answer 1. How do you think our relationship has changed over time? 2. Answer 1. What about our friendship would you hope others would experience in their own friendships? 2. Answer 1. Do you think faith informs our experience of friendship (or that our friendship informs our experience of faith)? 2. Answer 1. If this was to be our very last conversation, is there anything you'd want to say to me? 2. Answer 1. Turn the tables: tell the person you're interviewing what they've meant to you.

Easter 5B   Casey FitzGerald tells John 15:1-11 Find the video story (along with storytelling ideas for all ages) from Acts 8:26-40 at Faith and Wonder Come to the Festival Gathering of the Network of Biblical Storytellers this August! Find Jason Chesnut of The Slate Project HERE  Tracy Radosevic, Storyteller, Dean of the Academy for Biblical Storytelling  

Easter 4B Casey FitzGerald tells the story of the arrest of John and Peter from Acts (4:1-22). (The Revised Common Lectionary story only covers vv. 5-12.)   Questions to prompt your storytelling:Where were you? (Consider the sights, smells, sounds, etc.)Who was there? (Was anyone noticeably absent?)What were you (or others) feeling at the time? Thinking? Has that changed over time?What actions occurred?Did you have a sense of God in the moment? Has that changed over time?   Story Divine on iTunes (Would love a rating!) Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder   Or the Story Divine website!

In this extended episode, hear the story of Jesus appearing to the disciples from Luke...as well as our guest storyteller, sharing her story of witnessing Christ in the breaking of bread. Thanks to the Rev. Ashley Goff for telling her story today! You can find more from Ashley at God of the Sparrow! Follow her on Twitter! @goffashley   Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website!  

Easter 2B LINKS:The Easter Story Doubting Thomas Video (John 20:19-31) John 20 blog post (including video)   Article on the Rev. Gardner C. Taylor   Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website!  

The final day of our Holy Week series is here! Casey FitzGerald tells the Easter story from Mark. He is risen! He is risen, indeed! For another take on the Easter story, check out the video I made thanks to the help of friends from across the country (and even into Canada). Click HERE   Thanks for listening! The next episode will be posted on Tuesday!Happy Easter! Casey Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website!  

Joseph of Arimathea tends to Jesus body. Tomorrow is the final episode for this special Holy Week series from Story Divine. Missed any? Check out the others below! You can find the previous stories from this week here: Episode 11.1 Memory Reboot Episode 11.2 Not I, Lord! Episode 11.3 EXPOSED Episode 11.4 I Don't Know This Man Episode 11.5 he was crucified Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website!  

The story of the crucifixion of Jesus from Mark's gospel. Read Psalm 22 aloud.   We have two more Holy Week episodes, and then our weekly Monday releases begin again. You can find the previous stories from this week here: Episode 11.1 Memory Reboot Episode 11.2 Not I, Lord! Episode 11.3 EXPOSED Episode 11.4 I Don't Know This Man Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website!  

Hear the stories of Peter's denial and the trial before Pilate. Cover art by Jim LePage Art & Design (used with permission) (I added the Story Divine info) You can find the previous stories from this week here: Episode 11.1 Memory Reboot Episode 11.2 Not I, Lord! Episode 11.3 EXPOSED Thoughts? Comments? @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder Or the Story Divine website!

Listen to day 3 of the special Holy Week series from StoryDivine.com   As always, would love to hear your thoughts on the stories, or reflections on your own stories! @caseyfitzgerald  #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder

Day 2 of the Holy Week story series. Day one is HERE.   King and I would love to hear from you!   @caseyfitzgerald #storydivine www.facebook.com/faithandwonder  www.storydivine.com    

Casey FitzGerald tells the story of the woman with the alabaster jar of ointment. This is the first story of the Holy Week daily story series.   Post Comments to Twitter/Facebook/Website @caseyfitzgerald #storydivine facebook.com/faithandwonder storydivine.com

Casey FitzGerald tells the story of Jesus entry into Jerusalem. Thanks to NextChurch.net for inviting me to do a storytelling workshop last week--what a delight!   @caseyfitzgerald   www.storydivine.com

Thanks to all for listening! FYI, the title for this episode comes not from the content (though it clearly deeply resonates with Jesus' idea of being children of light, obviously)...nor has this podcast been endorsed by Neil Diamond. Pulpit Fiction Round Table Provoking the Gospel of John by Dr. Richard Swanson   @caseyfitzgerald www.facebook.com/faithandwonder www.storydivine.com

Casey FitzGerald tells the story of Nicodemus' meeting with Jesus.   Go to StoryDivine.com for more notes!    

Casey FitzGerald tells the story of Jesus getting angry in the temple. Episode notes: www.PulpitFiction.us HERE is the site for my communications coach, Ann Timmons:  Dr. Tom Boomershine's Website is www.gotell.org Here is the commentary on John 2:13-22 from Dr. Boomershinehttp://gotell.org/pdf/commentary/John/Jn02_13-22_commentary.pdf A link to the story HERE www.nbsint.org Go to this site to learn more about the Network of Biblical Storytellers!!!     Go to www.StoryDivine.com to see full episode notes!

Hear the story of Peter identifying Jesus as Messiah and then missing the mark.

Casey FitzGerald tells the flood narrative from Genesis.   www.storydivine.com @caseyfitzgerald #storydivine

The story of Elijah and Elisha. Go to www.faithandwonder.com to watch MaryAnn McKibben Dana tell the transfiguration story--and to learn it yourself! (PS--This story has a lot more background noise than usual...I found a solution...which you'll hear about in next week's podcast!)   @caseyfitzgerald #storydivine www.storydivine.com  

Jesus heals and moves on.   Visit www.storydivine.com and www.faithandwonder.com to hear more!#StoryDivine@caseyfitzgerald

StoryDivine.com is officially launched! And...Jesus is identified by a stranger in the synagogue. 

The sneak-preview podcast from Story Divine! Hear and consider the story of Samuel's call from 1 Samuel 3--and tell your own story based on the story-prompt at the end. Share your thoughts on the story on Twitter: @caseyfitzgerald #storydivine or Facebook: facebook.com/faithandwonder Story Divine is a podcast production from Faith and Wonder. The full site and podcast will be launched in February!