Sacred Roots Workshop

Ses s i on 3: The Stor y of God

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2. The Picture and the Drama: From Before to Beyond Time

3. The Upside-Down Kingdom of God: the Principle of Reversal

4. Philosophical big picture: The Presence of the Future

B. Everyone needs a story: elements in the wonder of story (Leland Ryken)

1. The centrality of human experience in the context of heaven’s plan

2. The richness of human affections

3. The use of sanctified imagination

4. The power of concrete image, metaphor, action, and symbol

5. The immediacy of heightened reality

6. The enjoyment of artistic craftsmanship

7. The power of identification and participation

C. Key propositions of story theology

William J. Bausch lists ten propositions related to story theology that help us understand the significance and importance of the study of stories and the understanding of Bible and theology. (William J. Bausch, Storytelling and Faith . Mystic, Connecticut: Twenty-Third Publications, 1984.)