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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?

The seed remains

The seed remains

In Ezra 5, I notice the prophet Haggai was prophesying to the Jews who had returned from their 70 year exile to rebuild the house of the...

I didn't ask

I didn't ask

Something very beautiful happens between King David and the Lord in 2 Samuel 7, and I can't stop reading it. The king is talking to...

Exodus 3:5

Exodus 3:5

Then He said, "Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground". Today...

Understanding the dance

Understanding the dance

When you read the full story in 2 Samuel 6, you learn only the facts that precede David's dance in the street when the ark of God is...

Little by little

Little by little

I'm sitting in our home group Bible study the other night when Deuteronomy 7 is read. There were so many promises tucked inside that...

The Glory-walker

The Glory-walker

He stayed where He was for Glory's sake. The disciples didn't want Him to go to Judea for fear of the Jews stoning, but Glory walks in...

He Jumped

He Jumped

Because Jesus was leaving, and I had to see again. I cried out for mercy, because I needed Jesus to see me. How could I just sit there...

A woman

A woman

I've been practicing Lectio Divina lately; taking one word from each verse of reading and re-telling the Gospel story focusing on just...

Mother of deception

Mother of deception

Did she ever once question her actions? From the moment she was listening in, to her convincing words to Jacob, to the time it took to...

The Father's house

The Father's house

At the end of Luke's Christmas story, we see Jesus staying behind in Jerusalem after His parents departed from the annual Feast of...

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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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