Marking Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year

Ses s i on 1: F rom Ever l as t i ng to Ever l as t i ng 15

Bible and theology. (William J. Bausch, Storytelling and Faith . Mystic, Connecticut: Twenty-Third Publications, 1984.)

1. Stories introduce us to sacramental presences .

2. Stories are always more important than facts .

3. Stories forever remain normative ( authoritative ) for the Christian community of faith.

4. Christian traditions evolve and define themselves through and around stories.

5. The stories of God precede, produce, and empower the community of God’s people.

6. Community story implies censure, rebuke, and accountability .

7. Stories produce theology .

8. Stories produce many theologies .

9. Stories produce ritual and sacrament .

10. The stories in the canonical Scriptures are neither fiction nor invented; rather, these stories are history .

H. The importance of the biblical framework of the Kingdom