This document is an eZine summarizing Stuart Manins' educational projects for retelling biblical stories and gospel messages for young people through various digital media formats. It describes his creation of video stories on YouTube, song albums retelling the Sermon on the Mount and other biblical narratives set to familiar hymn tunes, and participation in online discussion programs. The eZine provides links to access this multimedia work and encourages readers to watch, listen, use and enjoy the content.

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10. TalesofaCrazyKingdom
celebratingStuart Manins’84th
birthday
Zine 07 and 84 years young | Tales of a Crazy Kingdom p. 1
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11. “It all got going with the So-me Music Stories
for Juniors. It has given me great pleasure
and a fitting way to end my educational
experiment to put So-me video stories
on YouTube, via kiwiconnexion.nz Click
anywhere in the graphic to watch the full
video playlist. Some readers might want
the hard copies to read to their children
and grandchildren, and play and sing-along
together. Again, click the graphic to get more
information.”
Zine 07 and 84 years young | Tales of a Crazy Kingdom p. 2
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12. Stuart decided to tackle the problem of how
to communicate the essential gospel story for
young people. He was especially interested in
those making the transition from secondary
to tertiary education. Will new knowledge
make faith seem unimportant or irrelevant?
For many the answer is yes, but what if the
old stories could be retold with new words
for new worlds of learning. Click the graphic
to hear the podcast album or listen and
follow the words of the text here.
Zine 07 and 84 years young | Tales of a Crazy Kingdom p. 3
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13. GOSPELFirst Stuart rewrote the Sermon on the Mount Then, David Bell challenged him to put the words into songs.
He had to use hymn tunes which would be familiar within a more traditional framework of church worship and
music making. But they had to be less than conventional in terms of the message. Click on the graphic to go to
the podcast album, Gospel, with its nine original songs. You can download the sheet music for the songs.
Zine 07 and 84 years young | Tales of a Crazy Kingdom p. 4
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14. Stuart writes, “Here’s the work I did with David Bell to help folk through a
complex but worthwhile book: Quest for a Moral Compass, Kenan Malik. Click on
the graphic or go now to to the micro-mooc page, I’ve also participated in quite
a lot of Sunday Night Live-on-Air videos with dozens of other participants.”
Watch Live-on-Air at this link.
W a t c h … L i s t e n … U s e … E n j o y
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15. “kiwiconnexion.nz is a unique learning space. Jonah and the Whale and the Worm
is a joint project between Colin Gibson and myself. You can listen to a podcast
here, sung by myself accompanied by Prue Bell, or click on the graphic for the
full score plus notes on biblical narrative from David.”
Zine 07 and 84 years young | Tales of a Crazy Kingdom p. 6
Jonah and
the Whale
and the Worm
David Bell, Colin Gibson, Ann Grey, Stuart Manins
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