This book helps leaders discover, develop, and deliver their leadership lifestories. Through examples of Jesus's 12 disciples, readers will understand more about the relationship between storytelling and leadership from first-century followers of Jesus. In a world that seems to separate people, Leadership Lifestories bring people back together by pointing to the peace found in the redeeming work of Jesus Christ. Each chapter includes simple steps so that individuals can uncover their unique strengths and discover how they can better serve their families, their organizations, and their communities.

The author brings a career of academic and professional directing experience to inform readers how to select, prepare, and mount a production for the stage. At the same time, he expresses the disciplines, joys, and rigors of the faith-based walk as a framework for this creative journey. The aesthetic requisites for stage directing are combined with an exploration of what it means to be a practicing artist under God's creative mandate. The author demonstrates how one's worldview as a Christian finds reflection in a world of visual and aural metaphors within a stage production.

The author presents a unique approach to Oral Interpretation for individual or group performances. As a theatre artist, the author suggests that Oral Interpretation, as a performance art, requires a creative performance approach. In this context, creativity and discovery are the key factors in the preparation and rehearsal process, unlike other approaches that emphasize literary analysis. This book is a comprehensive guide for teachers, youth leaders, geriatric activity providers, and community theater groups interested in the art, and science, of Oral Interpretation.

This book provides an approach to writing playscripts for the theatre by the Christian writer. In part one, it establishes the aesthetics of story and situates the faith-based writer within a more theoretical context. Part two examines story structure elements and tools that will equip the writer to continue her journey in realizing her full creative potential through the written word. Throughout, the author reflects on why the preponderance of students he taught over 40 years who classify themselves as Christians rarely try and integrate their faith experience into their written creative work. In response, before concluding the author offers...