Quotes About Stories

It may be hard—sometimes impossible—to see the history in Israel's stories, but we do get a good picture of how these ancient Israelites experienced God.

Christians should not search through the creation stories for scientific information they believe it is important to see there. They should read it, as the New Testament writers did, as ancient stories transformed in Christ.

The Gospels are also anonymous, and the names attached to them come to us from early church tradition. Likely none was an eyewitness. The writers relied on stories of Jesus that were circulating orally, perhaps (or probably) going back to what eyewitnesses had seen.

When we are reading we become immersed in stories both on an intellectual and emotional level and when we come back to our own skins, we feel a little changed'.

I think any new technology that helps connect and create social cohesion is great. But at the end of the day, you and I are analog creatures. We have to take 'oohs and aahs' and convert them to 0s and 1s and then convert them back to 'oohs and aahs.' Narratives that work in social networks are the exchange of stories that are told well.

Había enseñado durante más de treinta años que las historias explican, ejemplifican, unen y motivan al transportar emocionalmente a los interlocutores.

las historias transportan emocionalmente al público, de modo que éste no se apercibe siquiera de que está recibiendo un mensaje oculto

los héroes atractivos y las historias con propósito acechan en los rincones de nuestras vidas, listas para que las contemos.

Non-stories may provide information, but stories have a unique power to move people's hearts, minds, feet, and wallets in the story teller's intended direction.

horror stories in many ways touch us even more deeply. Because they remind us, that despite all our veneers of civilization and all our scientific progress, there are still things out there that defy the rational, and can scare the living daylights out of us.

to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ëWhat do these stones mean to you?í

Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:

And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,