A powerful inciting incident in pastoral storytelling acts like a spiritual defibrillator - it jolts your listeners out of their comfortable assumptions and creates an immediate emotional investment in what happens next. When chosen carefully, does much more than grab the listener’s attention; it creates a bridge between their own experiences of upheaval and the deeper spiritual truth you want to convey.
I hope to begin applying these practical insights into my teaching, preaching, and storytelling. Thank you!