The Gospel of Matthew, chapter 22, verse 1: "Once again Jesus used stories to teach the people." This Gospel goes from one story to the next, flooding the readers mind with images and ideas that simply overwhelm the imagination. Perhaps that is why the Bible is both a popular and a neglected Christian resource. The stories are appealing but they complicate life by raising issues that challenge individuals and societies.
Jesus tells the story and leaves the content up to the coming generations to interpret as they will. Some of us want clear answers and right now. It takes time and patience to winnow through the labyrinth of feelings and ideas that are opened up by the stories.
At http://walksintheday.blogspot.com I tell a story that simply describes an event on a Minnesota winter day earlier in January, 2011. The story is there for the observer to interpret. I want to learn how to simply describe an event and give over to the reader the opportunity to find meaning in the event.
Experience teaches that the telling of stories gathers up the live of the listener and raises up in each person's mind that which only they know. The really interesting stories are those that rearrange the minds of the listeners and elicits their own story making talent. Jesus was good enough at this kind of story telling to keep billions of people interested over centuries.
Jesus tells the story and leaves the content up to the coming generations to interpret as they will. Some of us want clear answers and right now. It takes time and patience to winnow through the labyrinth of feelings and ideas that are opened up by the stories.
At http://walksintheday.blogspot.com I tell a story that simply describes an event on a Minnesota winter day earlier in January, 2011. The story is there for the observer to interpret. I want to learn how to simply describe an event and give over to the reader the opportunity to find meaning in the event.
Experience teaches that the telling of stories gathers up the live of the listener and raises up in each person's mind that which only they know. The really interesting stories are those that rearrange the minds of the listeners and elicits their own story making talent. Jesus was good enough at this kind of story telling to keep billions of people interested over centuries.
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