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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?

When things fall apart

When things fall apart

I just finished reading one of those "necessary" books. It was the first one on my list of summer books, and I am officially now in Day...

Soul Thirst

Soul Thirst

The Psalmist uses a number of words to express his deepest thoughts, but one of my favorites is soul. For some reason, when this word is...

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...

Only love

Only love

She carries herself with grace, moving throughout the day in her silent shell. Part of her wants you to know the pain she feels in a...

Sweet Evan

Sweet Evan

My nephew has, what we would call, disabilities. Among all those visible to the onlooker, there's one that is now the most...

Psalm 15

Psalm 15

David asks: "Who can abide in God's tent? Who can dwell in His holy hill?" What profound questions these are to me this morning! He's...

At the edge of a cliff

At the edge of a cliff

I remember when I was sitting on a bus full of eager short-term missionaries like myself, headed to the remote river villages of the...

What are these?

What are these?

Jesus knew what He was intending to do before He asked Philip the question, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these (the large crowd...

The Thankful Table

The Thankful Table

One of my favorite holiday traditions is setting our Thankful table: unfolding family tablecloths, arranging holiday dishes, lighting the...

Where I am

Where I am

Sometimes I feel I'm in so many places, but processing none of them well. I'm teaching through Genesis 1-11 in one class, John 3 and 4 in...

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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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