the world—and the best way to provide a new vision. With three chords and fifty words a singer can change the way people see a war. With a few indelible parables Jesus illuminated his kingdom and set off a revolution. Story is invasive, relentless like cactus and kudzu; it can root itself in a human heart and push upward, dislodging hard places like broken asphalt. I learned about stories from my nanny. I called my nanny “Auntie” because Pentecostal preachers’ families didn’t know about words like