Comment: Narrative depends on imagination. Imagination can be triggered by vivid words, by the conversational tone that frees it to flow naturally, by dramatic intonations lending emotion to the intellectual content being offered, and by specific directions to the listeners. The following sermon was done using the device of directing the congregation to imagine a specific setting, a stage with scenery and props described. The device was reinforced by having the people in the congregation close their eyes and bow their head at the end of each act, and raise their heads and open their eyes at the beginning of the next act. Anyone who has been to an Avery and Marsh worship service knows that this is not asking too much of a congregation! In fact, a simple physical act that requires only a sma…