The idea of the Bible's right brain mode of communicating through story and metaphor deeply resonates with me. As an artist I am drawn to narrative language and I often use metaphor to express ideas. Upon processing Donald's lecture I began to remember a moment in coming of age at my childhood church. At 8 years old, I graduated from the children's church to the Big People's church. It was a big loss for me. Gone were the bible stories told by my sweet Sunday School teacher, Viola Mae. Gone was the experience of sitting at her feet watching old testament stories unfold on the flannel graph. I now realize that my pastor's sermons were structured in a left brain mode. I was lost when it came to how I could absorb ideas delivered to me from the pulpit. As I grew and developed into a woman it became easier for me to absorb from this style of teaching. My heart (or my amygdala) though will always be drawn to stories. I know that something fantastic happens when seemingly intangible concepts are communicated through a good narrative. I would like to get a bigger picture as to how the Bible communicates both to our right brain and to our left brain. Any thoughts? Should I say, any stories?
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The idea of the Bible's right brain mode of communicating through story and metaphor deeply resonates with me. As an artist I am drawn to narrative language and I often use metaphor to express ideas. Upon processing Donald's lecture I began to remember a moment in coming of age at my childhood church. At 8 years old, I graduated from the children's church to the Big People's church. It was a big loss for me. Gone were the bible stories told by my sweet Sunday School teacher, Viola Mae. Gone was the experience of sitting at her feet watching old testament stories unfold on the flannel graph. I now realize that my pastor's sermons were structured in a left brain mode. I was lost when it came to how I could absorb ideas delivered to me from the pulpit. As I grew and developed into a woman it became easier for me to absorb from this style of teaching. My heart (or my amygdala) though will always be drawn to stories. I know that something fantastic happens when seemingly intangible concepts are communicated through a good narrative. I would like to get a bigger picture as to how the Bible communicates both to our right brain and to our left brain. Any thoughts? Should I say, any stories?
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