When you write a devotional that references a familiar topic for your reader, you build on existing connections. Your content becomes more memorable. It’s one reason Jesus used parables. Sensory details describe what you see, hear, smell, taste, or touch. Details that appeal to the senses activate the neurons in your brain. When writing devotionals, try to use sensory details in order to activate more neurons. In fact, if you can use more than one set of sensory details — such as both the sense of sight and
