Sermon Content Is What Appeals Most to Churchgoers
Summary: For some time, the death of the sermon has been touted from both religious and secular sources. However, this Gallup poll seems shows otherwise. For other interesting poll results….
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Inner Preacher vs. Inner Teacher: Ursula K. Le Guin on Meaning Beyond Message and the Primary Responsibility of the Artist
Summary: Renowned author questions whether a story should have any inherit meaning given by the author. However Le Guin says, “Art does change people’s minds and hearts. And an artist is a member of a community: the people who may see, hear, read her work. My first responsibility is to my craft, but if what I write may affect other people, obviously, I have a responsibility to them too. Even if I don’t have a clear idea of what the meaning of my story is and only begin to glimpse it as I write — still, I can’t pretend it isn’t there.”
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How to Tell a True Tale: Neil Gaiman on What Makes a Great Personal Story
Summary: ““The gulf that exists between us as people is that when we look at each other we might see faces, skin color, gender, race, or attitudes, but we don’t see, we can’t see, the stories.”
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Four Mythic Leadership Stories
Summary: “Karen Armstrong, the author of many books on the world religions, observed that in most pre-industrial cultures, “there were two recognized ways of thinking, speaking, and coming to know our world. The Greeks called them mythos and logos. Both were essential and neither was considered superior to the other. They were not in conflict but complementary.
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Storytelling in the Virtual Age
Summary: ““With the help of the technology, we can now explore the potential of immersing audiences into the film, as if they were really there,” Tian says. “The audience is placed in the center of the story. They can rotate their heads, see different angles, and experience what’s happening around them.”
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Digitally mined from www.atimes.com