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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?

Going Deep

Going Deep

God made a promise to Abram..."Your reward shall be very great". But Abram couldn't see it: "You've given me nothing" (because promises...

"Why have you come?"

"Why have you come?"

The woman was alone. I've often read the scene in John 4 as a pitiful one. She was alone because she couldn't bear the looks and the...

Cloud Coverage

Cloud Coverage

In Numbers 9, I notice first that the Lord is still speaking in Moses' wilderness. A year after Israel's deliverance from Egypt, God is...

"Even there..."

"Even there..."

As I'm reading through Jeremiah 9, I see these words: "Oh that I had in the desert a wayfarers' lodging place; that I might leave my...

Defending God

Defending God

I defended God the other day. Not because I thought I could, but because I knew that I should. I wasn't pretending to have all of the...

Creator to the created

Creator to the created

Today, I stop and pause at the things that make God's heart grieve. Can you imagine the thrill that went behind a Master Designer, the...

"You might..."

"You might..."

When the Lord spoke to Moses on the mountain, they were alone. Moses had sent his flocks and herds away at God's command, and he stood...

The Glory Chapter

The Glory Chapter

It's hard to move past the glory chapter in my Exodus readings. I want to stay within the cleft of that rock with Moses, and feel the...

Be my Certainly

Be my Certainly

I don't think Jesus' disciples were afraid of the water that day, or even the wind that was so contrary. I believe the fear came when...

The Manna Jar

The Manna Jar

There is a mason jar sitting on top of a journal in my entry way. It is a visual that I have been keeping this summer as I have been...

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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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