The Tree of All Hearts: Modern Parables for Teaching Faith

By Israel Galindo

Book Overview

This collection of original contemporary parables and stories written by the authors for readers and hearers is presented with powerful wisdom and truths through the telling of stories.

Jesus was the master storyteller, and among his best-loved and most remembered words are the parables. Stories are essential for describing the Christian experience. The power of parables and stories lies in their ability to address matters of the heart in ways akin to poetry. As an aid to preaching and teaching, parables provide powerful windows to truths that can be grasped by the hearer on many levels.

The collection of parables and stories in this book addresses common themes of the Christian life: faith, fear, discipleship, discipline, death, life, salvation, and hope. Some are parables in the strict sense of the term; others are fables and genre stories. Like any good story, each will speak to the listeners at whatever level of readiness and understanding they bring to the story.

Each story includes corresponding Bible passages and a list of study questions for pondering various aspects of the story, either in personal reflection or group study.

Israel Galindo is Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA.

Alexander O. Gonzalez is an educator, teacher, and storyteller.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157312298X
• ISBN13: 9781573122986
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Publishing, Incorporated
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great stories for teaching, preaching, or devotional reading

FROM THE BOOK JACKET:"If you are interested in learning important spiritual lessons in a most entertaining way, this book is for you. Modern parables are used to teach truths that are needed for today's Christian." --Paul D. Feinberg, Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School"This collection of modern parables, like those Jesus told, breaks open the truths of love and grace in new ways. For those who seek to understand those truths and act on them in the contemporary world, their offering of original parables is a welcome gift." --Mark Price, Editor of Bible, Reference, and Disciple Resources, Abingdon Press"The Tree of All Hearts is a good collection of parables that can help religious educators. As parables have always done, these stories simultaneously teach the simplest and most profound truths through the language of story and metaphor." --John McLaughlin, Professional Storyteller, Founder of Storypower Workshops