Description
The Jump Starts for Catechists series offers catechists quick, hands-on tips for their faith formation sessions. Each booklet provides practical and ?classroom-tested? information, formation, and ideas that are valuable for beginning as well as experienced catechists. The books are written by some of Twenty-Third Publications? best-selling authors. Story is vitally important in our lives of faith because it connects with the whole of life. In Stories that Teach the authors provide ideas and examples for doing just that. Catechists can learn from the example of Jesus who used parables to communicate important lessons about life and faith. The "modern parables" contained in popular children?s stories are a treasury of imaginative themes, illustrations, word pictures, and adventure. In this delightful book catechists, learn how to draw on this treasury for creative and appealing ways to present faith lessons.