Category Archives: Favorite Stories from my file
“Those Brown Gloves”
theshepherdspresence ♦ November 17, 2021 ♦ 3 Comments
I have had this story in my file since 2004 and usedd it again today at the Active Adult Center as part of my devotional. Enjoy, and feel free to copy it and use as your own. I find that people of all ages enjoy listening to an animated storyteller. Unknown author. If you know …
Christmas Eve, 1881 (from my story file)
theshepherdspresence ♦ December 6, 2018 ♦ 3 Comments
I’ve used this story a couple of times this week. You might need a tissue or two before the story is finished. It teaches such a very important principle that I decided to share it here. I found it on a story site back in 2014. Some of you storytellers may be able to use …
Song story of “Let the Lower Lights be Burning.”
theshepherdspresence ♦ September 21, 2017 ♦ 3 Comments
I came across this song this morning while taking requests from the group at the nursing home I visit each Thursday morning. I was just paging through my personal copy of “Great Hymns of the Faith” and came upon it. The older generation grew up on these inspiring, convicting songs. It made me wonder about …
Deborah, Barak, Sisera, and Jael
theshepherdspresence ♦ September 6, 2017 ♦ Leave a comment
I meet weekly with a group for a half-hour devotional at my local Active Adult Center (Senior Center to most) and I usually include an inspirational story. Today, however, I used the story straight from the pages of Judges 4 and 5. Here it is: Now, here’s the story. (from a story teller’s point of …
A Soldier’s Night Before Christmas Poem
theshepherdspresence ♦ December 7, 2016 ♦ 3 Comments
Credit to the writer is at the end of the poem. I’ve had it in my file for quite some time. Read it to the meter of “Night Before Christmas” In honor of Pearl Habor Day, I thought this fitting for today. A Christmas Poem The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light, I …
Thankful for the Thorns
theshepherdspresence ♦ November 23, 2016 ♦ 1 Comment
` Sandra felt as low as the heels of her Birkenstocks as she pushed against a November gust and the florist shop door. Her life had been easy, like a spring breeze. Then, in the fourth month of her second pregnancy, a minor automobile accident stole her ease. During this Thanksgiving week she would have …
The Glenn Cunningham Story
theshepherdspresence ♦ August 31, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
I took four different articles or stories and combined them into story form about this former Olympian long distance runner. The news touts Bolt as the fastest man but I want to correct that: he is the fastest sprinter. I just happen to admire long distance runners, including my son who runs as a means …
Love –from my story file
theshepherdspresence ♦ February 9, 2016 ♦ Leave a comment
This monologue has been in my file since 1970. It is a soul-stirring story of sibling rivalry. I have let students of mine use this in contests and programs, but it has been sitting idle in my file since 1989. The copy is yellowed and the mimeograph ink is fading. I thought perhaps this Valentine’s …
Squeaky (from my old story file)
theshepherdspresence ♦ January 20, 2016 ♦ 4 Comments
In my opinion, this is a storyteller’s delight. There are so many storytelling techniques upon which to utilize that the storyteller holds the audience captive. I have Squeaky play on the steps, he goes up, up, up, and then D O W N using the voice to color. And when he swings on the …
“They Grind Exceeding Small” (story from my file)
theshepherdspresence ♦ January 6, 2016 ♦ 1 Comment
As I prepared my devotional lesson for this week the subject was money, taken from seven verse in Proverbs chapter 28. They are v erses 6, 9, 11, 19, 23, 24, and 27. Our attitude toward the poor is an element in these verses. We cannot and should not hide our faces from the poor. …
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