“From ancient times discipleship training has involved learning the biblical narrative and theological language of the Christian community:” — Sarah Arthur Christian community Copy Share Image
“from a Wesleyan perspective, we can easily see how the imagination is one of the ways the Holy Spirit works preveniently in… — Sarah Arthur Holy spirit Copy Share Image
“Storytelling is our task with the next generation, and it starts with loving the story ourselves and telling it as though we… — Sarah Arthur Next generation Copy Share Image
“The youth-pastor-as-bard is charged with expressing the language, narrative, and culture of the kingdom to listeners who think they already know what… — Sarah Arthur Bard Copy Share Image
“As we already said, authors receive their ideas from somewhere; and in the case of holy scriptures, that somewhere is the mind… — Sarah Arthur Bible Copy Share Image
“When engaging youth with the Bible-as-story, we must be wary of our impulse to “clarify” what’s happening in a given narrative, to… — Sarah Arthur Bible Copy Share Image
“To those of us who pride ourselves on being “informal,” I’d encourage us to consider what story we could possibly be telling… — Sarah Arthur Next generation Copy Share Image
“the only thing I wanted was to walk with Frodo into Mordor. Because if I could live for a little while inside… — Sarah Arthur Hobbit Copy Share Image
“Writes Webber: This conflict of style has continued in the twentieth-century debate about traditional versus contemporary worship. Traditional worship seems to be… — Sarah Arthur Pop culture Copy Share Image
“Writes Native American storyteller Ray Buckley: A child relates storytelling . . . to human contact, and that contact becomes as much… — Sarah Arthur Children Copy Share Image
“Worship is about God in Christ. I suppose one could argue that if there were no people to do the worshiping, no… — Sarah Arthur Prayer Copy Share Image
“The lesson is this: When the road gets dark and all hope seems lost, there's nothing to do but keep going. We,… — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
“And that’s what we’re truly longing for. On those weekends when we’re suddenly gripped with the urge to watch all three extended… — Sarah Arthur Longing Copy Share Image
“Story affirms that not everything in the universe can or must be explained propositionally; the loose ends of story aren’t always neatly… — Sarah Arthur Life Copy Share Image
