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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?

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...

I Will Go

I Will Go

She was taken by a wealthy man's servant from all that she had ever known, because the servant had prayed. Her brother and her father had...

Women sing

Women sing

Soul and spirit are changed because Holy God does great things with the humble. Mercy rests on the one who is blessed, and the glad...

Shepherds

Shepherds

The story begins with small details: Some shepherds (as in, maybe not a lot?), staying in fields (a lowly job with no real shelter from...

Just one man

Just one man

In a day where fear and anxiety reign; where conditions are passed off as heredity, I look back at all that surrounded Jesus' birth and...

Kinsmen Redeemer

Kinsmen Redeemer

As I looked over the names in Jesus' genealogy this morning, I recognized the ones whose lives are painted with mistakes: Abraham. father...

Wise men

Wise men

Where is God-born? Long ago created star rises to pique the curious mind. Intelligence leaves astronomy maps and packs the camel down...

Believing the words

Believing the words

With Zacharias, there had been no glory, no praise, no wonder, no joy. Only silence. Troubled, afraid, and full of doubt, the priest at...

Out of the mouth

Out of the mouth

Because once out of the mouth, words cannot be taken back. "Enmity between seeds would come, and a heel would be bruised (Genesis 3)....

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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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