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> [“Somehow the church has forgotten what it knew for so long: story goes beyond simply illustrating some spiritual point or other; it gives form to content; it incarnates meaning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/somehow-the-church-has-forgotten-what-it-knew-for-so-long-story-goes/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

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## More by Sarah Arthur

> [“every church can treat each discipleship class and each worship service as an opportunity for continual rehearsal of what the words, stories, symbols, rituals,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/every-church-can-treat-each-discipleship-class-and-each-worship/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“Just because your faith is shaken doesn’t mean the faith is shaken. The eternal truths of the Kingdom aren’t altered or affected by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/just-because-your-faith-is-shaken-doesn-t-mean-the-faith-is-shaken/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“Storytelling is our task with the next generation, and it starts with loving the story ourselves and telling it as though we believe it—because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/storytelling-is-our-task-with-the-next-generation-and-it-starts-with/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted; which means that if the rest of us want to get close to God, we seek them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/the-lord-is-close-to-the-brokenhearted-which-means-that-if-the-rest/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“There’s nothing more ridiculously juvenile than people thinking they have to be grown up and serious when it comes to living the Christian life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/there-s-nothing-more-ridiculously-juvenile-than-people-thinking-they/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“if there is no light by which we see, no Great Story that illumines our days—and no Storyteller—then we have no source by which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/if-there-is-no-light-by-which-we-see-no-great-story-that-illumines/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“Since all the world is but a story, it were well for thee to buy the more enduring story, rather than the story that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/since-all-the-world-is-but-a-story-it-were-well-for-thee-to-buy-the/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“For me, reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.”16”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/for-me-reason-is-the-natural-organ-of-truth-but-imagination-is-the/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“Tell me a story,” says the poem by Robert Penn Warren. “In this century, and moment, of mania . . . Tell me a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/tell-me-a-story-says-the-poem-by-robert-penn-warren-in-this-century/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“If imagination, as we’ve said, is the “region of discovery,” story is the wardrobe door, sending our young people “further in” and “still further…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/if-imagination-as-we-ve-said-is-the-region-of-discovery-story-is-the/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“While the Witch plays her pawn, the King sacrifices Himself, and to all appearances, the game is over. But the Lion has one last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/while-the-witch-plays-her-pawn-the-king-sacrifices-himself-and-to-all/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“In short, you can’t have the truths without the Truth. Either Jesus is telling the truth about Himself, or He is lying about everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/in-short-you-can-t-have-the-truths-without-the-truth-either-jesus-is/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“confirmation is one of the most important and serendipitous storytelling opportunities we in youth ministry will ever have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/confirmation-is-one-of-the-most-important-and-serendipitous/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“Like fish, when metaphors get old, they go bad,” writes Christian poet Jeanne Murray Walker,9 and nowhere is that more apparent than among Christians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/like-fish-when-metaphors-get-old-they-go-bad-writes-christian-poet/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

> [“from a Wesleyan perspective, we can easily see how the imagination is one of the ways the Holy Spirit works preveniently in our lives—before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/from-a-wesleyan-perspective-we-can-easily-see-how-the-imagination-is/)

[Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/)

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