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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?

Owing love

Owing love

Do you know what the word owe means? It means to have an obligation to pay. In Romans 13:8, Paul says this obligation can be summed up...

What do you see?

What do you see?

I watched a story on public television last night that disturbed me. I tried to turn away. I tried to turn it off, but something (or...

Saving the world

Saving the world

My dad has used this phrase with me often, "Stacy, you can't save the world". I know what he means. And in his "I'm still your dad...

Shelling peas

Shelling peas

I was reminded of how important a story is as I walked the streets of a village in Haiti years ago. I met a woman who sat with other...

Missing the ones you love

Missing the ones you love

I miss Ecuador. I miss the villages of the Shuar. I miss the mountains, and the waterfalls, and the wind blowing softly across the...

"From Another Place"

"From Another Place"

It seems the most quoted words from the Book of Esther are these: "for such a time as this". But those aren't the words that speak the...

The Hopeless Cathedral

The Hopeless Cathedral

To drive beside it and see its whole, you must tilt your eyes north and south. It is majestic and vast; a mass that can be seen among...

Passion

Passion

I read something recently that said this: "Passion is where you are investing your time right now. If you have something in your life...

Make Them Laugh

Make Them Laugh

Make children laugh today. Hold their hand. Sing to them with the voice of joy, even if they can't understand the words. They will hear...

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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