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> [“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 editions of The Lord of the Rings, what we really want, deep down inside (besides therapy), is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/and-that-s-what-we-re-truly-longing-for-on-those-weekends-when-we-re/)

[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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