Like other churches, First Lutheran Church, Vancouver, has been experimenting with new approaches to include children in worship and engage them in Christian education. One of these strategies has been the introduction storytelling approach, modeled on Godly Play. The stories of the People of God are shared using a variety of materials and four open-ended “wondering” questions that support deep reflection.

Robert Alter presents an approach in his book The Art of Biblical Narrative (2011), that enables a reader to delve into the Old Testament through the use of the text itself.