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Book review: Focus: The Art and Soul of Cinema, by Tony Watkins
Most people in most cultures spend a considerable part of their leisure time in the world of story – films (cinema and TV) and books. Using culture as a way in to the Gospel therefore seems almost essential. In this vital book, culture-watch guru Tony Watkins, of Damaris.org, writes about cinema with great insight and clarity. He divides his writing into three ‘reels’.
http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/focus-art-and-soul-of-cinema.php

Book review: The Seven Basic Plots, Why we tell stories, by Christopher Booker
Readers of Middlemarch by George Eliot may recall the dry old scholar Rev Casaubon’s failed attempt to create a unifying ‘Key to all Mythologies’. (You may have briefly felt in passing, that Casaubon’s plan was irrelevant and futile.) But Booker has succeeded in doing this and much more – a quite remarkable analysis of the nature of story, in a project which took him 34 years. But do not be misled into thinking that this is a sterile academic book – it is highly readable! And for its 700 pages, remarkably cheap.
http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/the-seven-basic-plots.php

Book review: Tell Me a Story: The Life-Shaping Power of our Stories, by Daniel Taylor
“You are your stories. You are the product of all the stories you have heard and lived – and of many that you have never heard. They have shaped how you see yourself, the world and your place in it. Your first great storytellers were home, school, popular culture, and, perhaps, church. Knowing and embracing healthy stories are crucial to living rightly and well. If your present life is broken or diseased, it can be made well. Or, if necessary, it can be replaced by a story that has a plot worth living.” Taylor, a professor of English, writes with great insight into how and why God uses story. Wisely, he has also created a book that is very accessible to not-yet-Christians.
http://internetevangelismday.com/bookreviews/tell-me-a-story.php

Christian redemptive themes in Dr Who and sci-fi fantasy stories
The new Dr Who series with Matt Smith and Karen Gillan is proving at best very watchable, as blogger Paul Mount comments. Last week’s Van Goch episode, guest-written by Emmy/Bafta-winning script-writer Richard Curtis, was particularly moving, and engaged with a number of human issues.
http://internetevangelismday.com/blog/archives/1946

Story in the Bible - a Christian perspective
Jesus often taught through stories and parables, wrapping important truths and messages in a context that his audience could understand.
http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2013:34-35&version=NIV

The Book of Names: D. Barkley Briggs
Magic. Ancient portals. What if the legends are true? Discover a crisis larger than their own pain. Hadyn and Ewan become targets of war, forcing them to make a reluctant choice: join the battle or risk losing each other and their home forever.
http://navpress.com/store/product.aspx?id=9781600062278

The Birth of Jesus
Angel Gabriel tells Mary she will have God's baby. An angel tells Joseph to marry her. A census takes them to Bethlehem. Jesus is born. Angels appear to shepherds and announce the new birth. Wise men from the East come later and King Herod tries to kill Jesus. Joseph goes to Egypt then Nazareth.
http://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/english/The%20Birth%20of%20Jesus%20English.pdf

The Outflow Of The Mind » What I have learned… Part 2
The importance of our story in the grand design of God's grand story. This blog post focuses on a message by Mark Batterson, pastor of National Community Church and blogger at evotional.com.
http://theoutflow.org/mind/?p=26

Uplook Ministries - Our Story
The story and history of Uplook Ministries. "Uplook Ministries, originally Gospel Folio Press, has its roots in the godly heritage and evangelical fervor of the Pell family."
http://uplook.org/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=63