Tag: story

Letting Story Shape You

“We need to listen to certain stories again and again, whether those from our religious traditions, from our cultural traditions (oral traditions or folk tales), or even from the corpus of Shakespeare or Toni Morrison or Star Wars, if preferred. We need to pick a tradition we admire, and then let it work through us. Story is somehow essential, somehow part of the warp and weft of the universe, part of our God-nature.”

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Mega-Story

“We still operate under mega-stories telling us what it means to live a good life.”

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Healing Communion

In the Magazine this month we’re exploring story-telling and the ways we craft the narratives that give meaning to our lives. In this piece Gabrielle McKeever speaks of how healing from an eating disorder opened her eyes to the the power of communion and grace.

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Struggling for grace

In the Magazine this month we’re exploring story-telling and the ways we craft the narratives that give meaning to our lives. In this piece Anne Smith speaks of the lies that depression tells that blind us to God’s abundant grace.

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I love to tell the story

In the Magazine this month we’re exploring story-telling and the ways we craft the narratives that give meaning to our lives. In this piece Maria Evans reflects on the power of storytelling as the primary means of making Christ known in the world.

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Where are you from?

In the Magazine this month we’re exploring story-telling and the ways we craft the narratives that give meaning to our lives. In this piece, Jon White speaks to the limitations of place in our own narratives.

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When I woke up

In the Magazine this month we’re exploring story-telling and the ways we craft the narratives that give meaning to our lives. In this piece, Shirley O’Shea shares her experience of struggling with depression while clinging to God.

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An Order of Conversion

In the Magazine this month we’re exploring story-telling and the ways we craft the narratives of our lives. In this piece, Julia Powers aligns the unfolding story of the liturgy with her own story of accidentally discovering grace.

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It takes a story

In the Magazine this month we’re exploring story-telling and the ways we craft the narratives of our lives. In this piece, Kelly Wilson examines how Jesus recognizes the dignity of each individual by knowing and sharing their stories.

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