At the beginning of the school year, I showed this quick GEICO commercial to our faculty and staff as a way to introduce being in the biblical story.

I was in no way calling the Bible a horror story.  Instead, I tried to help my co-workers see that it is of vital importance to understand the kind of story we are in.  If the people in the commercial were a little more self-aware, a little more story-aware, they wouldn’t say or do the things they say and do.  It’s the same way with  us.  Knowing the story well helps us play our part in the story more “fittingly” (to use the word of Kevin VanHoozer).

I’m continuing the conversation this afternoon with my co-workers.  We aren’t just in the story . . . we’re in the story together.