God is with us in the power of the Holy Spirit, when we work for God's will to be done through our teaching ministry. If she missed a word, or tried to pass off a Readers Digest version of it, you did not hesitate to protest quiet loudly - for your know that story word for word, and all of them were very important.
Stories are very important in our lives.
Stories have the power to shape our identity, to give us roots. They give us the memory and wisdom of the generations that went before us. Stories also have the power to give us wings, hope and courage to survive the most difficult situations in our lives, and envision a better tomorrow. It would be quite frustrating and the results would not be encouraging. In a similar way, we cannot continue in Christ's ministry, if we as a church, do not own the story and history of our faith.