As Martin Luther once said: “If you preach about the article of justification, the people sleep and cough; but if you begin to speak of histories and examples, they prick up both their ears, stay quiet and listen intently” (Weimar edition of Luther’s works, Table Talk 2, No. 2408b). So even that powerfully eloquent reformer had to grapple with a phenomenon with which teachers and lecturers in the 21st century are also likely to be somewhat familiar: the magic of stories.
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Storytelling in three steps – How to teach and fascinate people using stories
8. December 2022
