I love a good story. I'm now in my fourth month of being the pastor at a new parish, and a lot of my time has been spent hearing people's stories. Going from home to home to hear who they are, what relationships are important to them, and what brought them to this church. Stories are vital to who we are as human being and when we tell them, they are powerful.
Big Daddy Weave has a song out right now entitled "My Story" which is summed up in the one line, "to tell you my story is to tell of Him." Our stories should powerfully proclaim God. But all too often we have seemed to forfeit telling our stories in favor of scolding folks. We substitute witty one liners and jabs for telling of God's goodness in our lives. What would it take to realign our lives to have our stories tell of God's love, mercy, and goodness?
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