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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 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...

When an angel's not good enough

When an angel's not good enough

If we were to walk into Moses' house today, would there be statues of angels in the corner? Would the skirts of a cherubim softly cover...

Waiting in Silence

Waiting in Silence

I'm reading the Psalms now; moving my book mark past the pages of the day's two or three meditation readings. Some mornings I find...

"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 Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty

This was my favorite part of a trip I had taken to visit my sister. It stirred so many emotions in me. People of every race gathered...

Learning to Commune

Learning to Commune

Sometimes I welcome communion with the Father, especially when my heart is full from a joyful moment. When there has been a soft word,...

An Airport of Two

An Airport of Two

I am sitting in an airport, waiting for my flight back home, and they are sitting across from me.I think they've been together for a...

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...

Charlie

Charlie

When I left the room, the first word that came to my mind was "process". I had to say goodbye to a good friend whose fight with cancer...

The Blended Family

The Blended Family

I live in a blended family. I share no one's actual blood running through my veins at the Christmas table, other than my biological...

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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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