“Storytelling Scripture in the community of faith can be a powerful tool. It will evoke deep change in the worldviews of the community and so result in transforming their beliefs, values, and actions. Storytelling will allow Scripture to become deeply rooted in people’s hearts as they accept these stories as their own and allow them to form their identity as individuals and as a people.”

I fully agree with this statement. The more we understand the characters of the story and the situation of the players involved the better we can learn from their success and failures in our own lives. That’s where we will be changed and that’s where our world views will be broken down.

I believe this can happen because of the impact that the Scripture makes on our lives. I believe the life change of other people and how God has changed them can also change us. The Spirit of God is alive and never dead. It spreads from one heart to the other, one story to the other. Spirit is transcendent over all beings and over all walk of life.

My only fear is that we lose sight of who God really is and only go for the emotion of the moment or story. That we can see that it is not just a great story but it is God’s story and that we are just a small part of that. That we can hear a story and that will make us want to worship with authenticity and honesty and tell other about this amazing GOD who can redeem us from the mire. Spirit is a life giving life breathing entity that we need to inhale every moment of everyday.