Story Sage: Frameworks and Tools
This three-lesson course lays the foundation for what is required to hear and engage stories with a heart for redemption and navigate the complex terrain of heartache.
Overview and Guidelines
Introduce Yourself
Materials: Course Journal
Technical Support
Every Life Has a Terrain That Must Be Read
FREE PREVIEWEvery Life Must Be Interpreted as a Great Story
Your Style of Relational Care
Video Teaching Summary
Core Assumptions About Story Engagement
Reading the Content of a Story
Story Engagement Exercise - Introduction
Story Engagement Exercise - Part 1 : Reading the Story
Story Engagement Exercise Part 2A: Listening to the Story
Story Engagement Exercise - Part 2B: Listening to the Story
Story Engagement Exercise: Insight into Part 2
Reading the Face and Affect of the Storyteller
Story Engagement Exercise - Part 3A: Watching the Storyteller
Story Engagement Exercise- Part 3B: Watching the Storyteller
Story Engagement Exercise: Insight into Part 3
Video Teaching Summary
How to Respond to a Story
Responding to a Story Exercise
Six Common Themes in Stories of Harm
Common Themes Review & Reflection
Video Teaching Summary
What's Next
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Whether you are a counselor, pastor, teacher, small group leader, friend, or parent — this course is designed to develop and deepen the wisdom required to access not only the core of a story, but the core of the person telling it.