Seven Basic Plots

Scholar Christopher Booker
Claims there are seven basic plots
Across all stories.

Which one is the story of the Christ?

Tragedy fits least,
Though a lost creation and a crucifixion
Are tragic elements.
We can hope not everyone ends up dead.

Rags to Riches tells half.
Properly it should be riches to rags to
Riches. Christ made himself nothing
But will receive a name above every name.

Voyage and Return works,
Because Christ left his home,
Became a man, and then returned.
But the story is deeper than that.

Rebirth is, perhaps, more our story
Than his, though if a resurrection is a rebirth,
This is the story of the Christ.
Thanks be to God.

The Quest stirs within; don’t we all
Know that something is lost that needs to be
Found? Don’t we all want someone to seek us,
To find us?

Comedy surprises me by how dark it gets,
How close to disaster the story comes, before
All works out well and ends in a wedding.
Coming soon: The wedding feast of the Lamb.

Overcoming the Monster:
Sin, death, and the devil, defeated.
Christ victorious. We live in that victory.
And his story is our story.

Thanks be to God.