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Tell Me a Story

Tales from the fields of God's heart

Local Narratives

When was the last time you listened to someone's story?

Don't be afraid

Don't be afraid

Do not fear It's a command. I have redeemed you Isn't the redemption of the soul the greater freedom? When you pass through the waters......

The greatest rescue of all

The greatest rescue of all

When I'm asked to choose between the devoted daughter-in-law and the harlot, I'll pick the harlot every time (because it's the real parts...

The first of four

The first of four

I've chosen a different theme for my Christmas study this year. Maybe it has to do with what I'm teaching in my classes this semester: ...

He has loosed His bowstring

He has loosed His bowstring

I find it so interesting that Job's cries to the LORD go unmet for 37 chapters of a 42 chapter book. Job knows that his suffering has...

Making Baca springs

Making Baca springs

It's one of my favorite Psalms: How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts! (Psalm 84). As I read through all of the places...

What He would have missed

What He would have missed

When Jesus was led into the wilderness, He was isolated (a type of quarantine?). He was weak and He was alone. There were no disciples to...

Without an "If"

Without an "If"

I know that Easter has passed, but I can't seem to leave the resurrection chapters. As the rest of us celebrated the risen Lord, I think...

Complaining with Company

Complaining with Company

Numbers 11. Tasting the sour on my lips as I try to dismiss the words I know are directed at me. Because it's what you can become...the...

Awaking the Shepherd

Awaking the Shepherd

Wow... Psalm 78 has so much packed within its 72 verses, but in this morning's reading one thing seemed to jump off the pages. There's a...

When you're just done

When you're just done

Elijah was just done. His life had been completely consumed by the Lord. He had nothing-no possessions-not even his own time. Every...

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About Me

I am a learner. I have an insatiable desire to learn, so I read a ridiculous amount of books. And, because I love to read, I process my thoughts through journal-writing.

I guess this would also make me a writer.

I think that a writer puts their time into something they want to read again, and hopefully invite someone else to read as well. The words mean something to them, and they want those words to mean something to others, too.

I believe that readers and writers are also pretty good story-tellers, and there is nothing I love more than a good story.

Stories tell us the things we need to know, and not just the facts we seem to think define us. I am more interested in someone who drives a 95 Astro van than someone who drives a new car with a personalized license plate, because I know there's a story behind it (and I love that I am married to the one who drives the van).

So I wrote a book called Tell Me a Story. In it, you will find stories of people that most don't sit and listen to; maybe because they've never traveled out of the country in order to hear them. Or maybe they've never really thought about the importance of just listening.

I didn't listen because I thought I was special; I listened because I believed they were.

I've taught high school Bible for more than 20 years, written curriculum for all of my classes, led mission trips around the world, taken lots of pictures, made lots of journal entries, and prayed every single day for the people whose faces appear in my heart. Each blog post will take you to a story; some will be from my memory, some from my journal posts, some from people I'm around every day, and others will be from the best Story-teller I know, Who wrote a book long before I did. His story keeps writing new stories in mine. I hope someday to get mine published so that others will be encouraged to read more of His.

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