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Retelling the Stories: Dramatizing Texts from the Revised Common Lectionary
John Steven Paul
Calvin College Festival of Faith and Writing 2006

God has chosen story as the principal mode of divine revelation, and it is the mission of the church to tell and retell those stories. The church has codified the most important stories in the Lectionary. This workshop examined the Lectionary as a source of stories, characters, and ideas for plays designed to serve the church.

• Audio of introduction by Emily Brink
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• Audio of presentation
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• Audio of Q&A
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Presenter

John Steven Paul is professor of Theatre and chair of the Department of Theatre at Valparaiso University, Indiana, where he has taught playwriting, screenwriting, play directing, and dramatic literature for twenty-seven years. In recent years, Paul has directed Medea, The Yellow Boat, The Good Person of Szechwan, and Children of Eden for the University Theatre. He is also the director of the touring liturgical drama troupe, Soul Purpose, which creates new plays and performs them in churches throughout the country.

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