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Convocation Speaker Reminds Us Why Storytelling Endures

Published: April 13, 2021

Convocation Speaker Reminds Us Why Storytelling EnduresSome authors merely explain their expertise from behind a podium; Jeff Barker demonstrates it by commanding the stage.

Greenville Universitys 2018 Convocation speaker, storyteller extraordinaire Jeff Barker, is the author of The Storytelling Church: Reclaiming the Role of Story in Worship (Parsons Porch Books, 2011).

It is no surprise that he used stories to open G.U.s school year, but surprise followed surprise in the way his two tales unfolded.

Barker dignifies the art of storytelling in part by masterfully weaving an unexpected worshipful thread throughout.

Barker 76 chairs the Theatre Department at Northwestern College (Orange City, Iowa) and was named Iowas Professor of the Year in 2006. He also teaches in the doctoral program at the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies. His Amazon author page says that he is passionate about Christian worship, especially about reclaiming the excellent presentation of the Bible within worship. Students, faculty, staff and guests who packed the auditorium in Whitlock Music Center Monday morning would confirm that's true.

Click below to view Greenville Universitys 2018 Convocation service. Barker's portion begins at 18:30. Listen especially for his choice of language to tell a Jesus story, recollection of his penniless days in Greenville and the surprising connection at a photo shoot decades later that revealed much about Gods work and ways.

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