storytelling

I'm going to talk about storytelling in class tomorrow. Mosiah 7-14 is just stories. There's very little "ministry". After a 300 year gap and the words of Benjamin Mormon still included it. What do we learn from stories?  

Several philosophers have noticed this.

"Man is the storytelling animal, the only creature on earth that told itself stories to understand what kind of creature it was. The story was his birthright, and nobody could take it away."

Salman Rushdie, Joseph Anton: A Memoir

1/3 of Jesus's recorded teachings are stories / parables. It must be useful.  

Scripture stories

Conference stories

Personal and family stories

I'm looking forward to hearing how these stories have influenced everyone.