Pastoral Ponderings: How the story’s told - The Stettler Independent

Pastoral Ponderings: How the story’s told - The Stettler Independent

I often like to remind people that, when reading the gospel stories about Jesus, it’s important to wonder about who’s telling the story and why the story’s being told. While there are stories common to all the gospels, particularly Matthew, Mark and Luke, there are some that aren’t. In addition, those that are may be basically similar, but have unique details and offer a different perspective. Every storyteller tells a story their way and I thin…