“We are a group of biblical storytellers from varied Christian traditions who have banded together to use our gifts to share the Bible in a way that many have not heard before.  Begun in 2009, we have visited churches, retirement facilities, nursing homes, civic auditoriums and many other venues brnging back the original way the Gospel was shared–orally from memory.  In addition to various telling and presentations, we meet about ten times a year at Muhlenberg Lutheran Church, Harrisonburg.  If you would like more information, like to arrange for a ‘telling’, or would like to join our group, we can be reached at svbsguild@gmail.com.”

What is the connection between Coates, Hope and the Bible? Hear the thoughts of Professor Kevin Seidel as part of the Common Read (Between the World and Me) Chapel Series. Emulate opens the chapel with music.

 serves as Associate Professor of Language and Literature. A native of California, Seidel came to 91¶ÌÊÓƵ from the University of Virginia, where he received his Ph.D. in English Literature and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. He is working on a book project that uses original research on the eighteenth-century English Bible to open up new ways of thinking about the history of the English novel. He is also actively involved in Scriptural Reasoning. His teaching and scholarship both explore the changing relationship between religion, secularism, and literature.