The Power of the Storyteller: Jesus and Aesop

Reflections on the tales and the tellers that change the world.

“Tell me a story.” This is a phrase every parent hears at one time or another. From our earliest days of understanding, before we learn to read or write, to reason or persuade, we want to hear a story. This innate desire is a foundational element of the way we interact as human beings, as societies, and in the cultures we create.^[1] The stories we tell …