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Sources Of Stories
Preaching
THINKING IN STORY
Preaching In A Post-literate Age
We now turn our attention to the very practical matter of
determining how we might learn to "think in story." In his book
titled, Imagination of the Heart: New Understandings in
Preaching, Paul Scott Wilson gives this helpful definition of
story. Story, he writes, is a "... sequence of events or images
that employs plot, character and emotion. Plot gives it
direction; character gives it humanity; and emotion gives it
people in relationship."1 When we are looking for stories to
tell, therefore, we are looking for that right combination of
determining how we might learn to "think in story." In his book
titled, Imagination of the Heart: New Understandings in
Preaching, Paul Scott Wilson gives this helpful definition of
story. Story, he writes, is a "... sequence of events or images
that employs plot, character and emotion. Plot gives it
direction; character gives it humanity; and emotion gives it
people in relationship."1 When we are looking for stories to
tell, therefore, we are looking for that right combination of
