The Art of Parables

You cannot tell people what to do, you can only tell them parables; and that is what art really is, particular stories of particular people and experiences. ...

Stories: Preparation for Life

Children love stories. Even in an age of computer games and electronic toys, there is still resonant power in the phrase "Once upon a time ..." ...

The Film '127 Hours' Shows Our Need for Love and Community

The film 127 Hours tells the true story of then 27-year-old Aron Ralston. In 2003, while hiking in Blue John Canyon in Utah, Ralston was trapped by a ...

The Stories We Love Will Shape Our Character

Professor Daniel Taylor notes that as a child Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Christian leader who was executed for resisting the Nazis, was greatly moved by reading ...

The Shortest Complete Story Reveals Life's Brokenness

[This] is often called the shortest complete story in English, supposedly written by Ernest Hemingway. It is only six words long:

"For sale: baby shoes, ...

Secular Author Tries to "Take the Bible Literally"

A book titled The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible came out a few years ago. It was written ...

Statistics about Our Immersion in Video Stories

In his book Popcultured, Steve Turner offers the following two ways to illustrate our fervent consumption of popular culture:

The filmmaker Paul Schrader ...

We Find Our Own Stories in the Bible's Stories

In late 2012 seventy-five year old Marion Shurtleff purchased a Bible in a used book store near her home in San Clemente, California. After making her ...

Star Wars Film Shows We Need Good Stories

According to an article in The New York Times, "The Walt Disney Company's Star Wars: The Force Awakens earned roughly $517 million in worldwide ticket ...

Our Brains Are Wired to Connect Via Stories

The power of story is getting unlikely attention. In a fascinating collaboration, literary scholars and neuroscientists have teamed up to explore the ...