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Tell Me a Story


Tell me a story.  Tell the time about...  

My kids loved stories when they were little.  (Usually more at bedtime.) One of their favorites was when I would start with a story about the day and mix in a lot of nonsense!  

Now, I crave their stories!!

Stories.  Everyone has one.

Stories are created from moments, experiences and memories of a life.  

Stories are full of the spirit of someone else.  Perspective and culture and learning.

When we tell or listen to stories, we experience another. 

Stories are beautifully textured and complicated works of art created out of a wonderful life.  

To me, it is a great honor when someone shares a story with me.  Whether the story teller is 2, 20 or 80.  

The story is an open door.  A place.

At first the stories open to the entry way.    Soon, stories invite us to the living room and the kitchen table.  Stories make us feel right at home.

Ways to focus on the story today:


  • Write your story.  In a journal or a blog.  I tell my stories to God.
  • Read the Bible as a story.   Jesus walked through the parables.  He sat with disciples and hung out with prostitutes.  He suffered and he rejoiced.   We are reading The Story and paying attention to the upper story and the understory.
  • Listen intently to a story today.  Without agenda or bias or expectation.
  • Tell a story to someone today.
  • Finally, and most importantly...live your story today.

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