Category: Who Are My Storytellers?

Listen to the LORD who created you, to the One who formed you says, “Do not be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.   Isaiah 43:1 Brennan Manning said, “We often feel like the homely peasant girl for whom the king has come to take a […]

He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.  John 8:44 My storytellers can be people around me but I can also […]

The gifts and callings of God are irrevocable.  Romans 11:29 Who would you be if you had been raised in the Garden of Eden with God as your father?  Now, that’s a question, isn’t it?  Are you thinking about it?  Maybe you’d be a poet instead of a teacher, or a teacher instead of a […]

Long ago the Lord said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself. I will rebuild. You will again be happy and dance merrily with your tambourines. Again you will plant your vineyards on the mountains of Samaria and eat from your […]

A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance.  Ecc. 3:4 How do engage with God as my storyteller?  3.) I feel the emotions my story stirs up.  I come from a family of stoicism.  In my home, I rarely saw tears or anger, or even […]

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn.  Isaiah 51:1 How do I engage with God as my storyteller?  2.) Consider the worst of the worst. When Jesus talked with the woman at […]

How do I engage with God as my storyteller?  1.) Live in the presence of God.  When you live with someone, you know them inside out.  You see, firsthand, their reactions to things as they happen.  You notice their body language when someone comes to visit.  You feel their joy over good news, their heavy […]

The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.  Proverbs 20:5 Perhaps the iceberg that fatally wounded the Titanic in the Spring of 1912 looked much like this one. By the time Murdoch spotted it, there wasn’t enough time to turn sharply enough to avoid it. When […]

Each of our lives is a story.  Some parts are happy, some are sad.  Consider the many people who have spoken into our lives. Parents, grandparents, teachers, a pastor, childhood friends, even foster parents.  The ones who have told us the stories of our lives wield great power.  They interpreted life’s events for us as […]