Our Stories, Incarnated by God

Every person in Scripture lived out a personal story incarnated by an even greater story about God, life, and the world. That story came from the politics, theology, and culture ingrained in their memories through experiences. To be sure, our reading of Scripture is mining the memories of others. 

To be an Israelite, for example, was to bear on your body—literally, in terms of circumcision for the men—the story of a God setting his people apart as unique and different. They lived differently because of that story. To be a follower of Jesus was to engage the senses through tasting…