http://brokenbole.com/2009/11/where-do-you-start-when-sharing-your-story/ Faith out of Brokenness. my writings on faith, life, love & grace... Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:43:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://brokenbole.com/2009/11/where-do-you-start-when-sharing-your-story/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Josh Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:13:55 +0000 http://brokenbole.com/?p=339#comment-70 I suppose so. I mean, the "bad stuff" is what makes our stories sort of interesting, right? Fairy tales are always told in the midst of conflict or in the middle of the wrong being righted. We're always told that they lived happily ever after, but who cares about those mundane day-in-day-out parts of Cinderella and Prince Charming's relationship? I think your question also asks what makes our lives narratives in the first place? Most don't live in happily-ever-after situations (ha, and if you it probably means you're sort of boring to hear about...) so what do we or God do that makes it a story worth hearing? Personally, I think what the church has done in light of God's departure in the ascension of Christ is pretty interesting BECAUSE it has done both good and bad, because it's a mixed bag of a narrative, and even more so that its still unfolding before our eyes. I suppose so. I mean, the “bad stuff” is what makes our stories sort of interesting, right? Fairy tales are always told in the midst of conflict or in the middle of the wrong being righted. We’re always told that they lived happily ever after, but who cares about those mundane day-in-day-out parts of Cinderella and Prince Charming’s relationship? I think your question also asks what makes our lives narratives in the first place? Most don’t live in happily-ever-after situations (ha, and if you it probably means you’re sort of boring to hear about…) so what do we or God do that makes it a story worth hearing? Personally, I think what the church has done in light of God’s departure in the ascension of Christ is pretty interesting BECAUSE it has done both good and bad, because it’s a mixed bag of a narrative, and even more so that its still unfolding before our eyes.

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