"Tell me a story," said the little boy to his dad at bedtime, "tell me a story and put me in it."

There are no stories to which children pay better attention than those in which they play a part. Even as the years go by, and the eager child becomes one of those cool, disinterested teenagers, watch how she perks up when you say, "I remember the time that you...."

Adults will follow the same pattern. At an annual congregational meeting, suppose we show a series of slides of the Holy Land; some of you surely will be interested. But the next year, suppose we show slides taken at congregational events all year long. Won't everyone be looking with rapt attention, searching in the pictures for themselves and those they know best?

Paul shows the same savvy with the people of Athens. He doesn't b…