![]() ![]() ![]() For MacDonald, it is also as relevant as Genesis. This is a surprisingly contemporary conviction, and yet one as old as Genesis. He believed that an understanding of the intrinsically relational God could not be grasped outside of a relational hermeneutic that a list of dry propositions would never be able to convey what the fullness of story-story rooted in Sacred Story-could. He believed that readers could come to a better understanding of God if what they read was shaped by "Sacred Story"-both Scripture and the stories influenced by Scripture. MacDonald recognized the potential of being transformed by stories-that the reader or listener could learn within the framework of the story itself. "The best thing you can do for your fellow," he wrote, "next to rousing his conscience, is-not to give him things to think about, but to wake things up that are in him or say, to make him think things for himself." ![]() He was convinced that his stories and poetry were themselves significant pastoral ministry, and he took his role as author very seriously. Yet the truth is that MacDonald continued to preach throughout his life, when his health allowed, and that he turned down some very desirable pulpit offers. Many critics like to claim that George MacDonald was a "failed minister" who, having no other recourse, was forced to write. ![]()
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