Divine Narrative as Transformative It is self-evident that stories can impact people in ways that propositional statements cannot. If we believe our Gospels are carefully crafted narratives, it will be helpful to understand how stories affect their hearers and challenge assumptions about God. Denise Powell believes we need to go beyond what stories ‘mean’ and begin to explore what stories ‘do’. Her presentations will explore the question: How do the Gospels provoke transformation in their audiences? Denise Powell facilitates several of the New Testament, Hermeneutics and Greek units for Australian College of Ministries. She has previously taught at Malyon Theological College and Trinity College Queensland. Denise is interested in narrative criticism and recently published Who Are the Righteous? The Narrative Function of the Dikaioi in the Gospel of Luke.