hmmm…..
You may not think this is true, but
we want to hear your story. You say you
don’t have a story? I seriously doubt
it. Everyone has a story. It could be argued that the story is not worth
telling, but that is debatable. And it
is also up to the listener and not the teller to determine whether the story is
valuable or not.
Can you tell your story? It’s a little intimidating, isn’t it? You have to think about what it is you want
to say in the first place. How much
would you want to disclose? Would it
hurt someone else’s feelings if you spoke your truth? Recently I began to collect the stories of my
congregation. My folks are at the late dates of
their lives. If the stories are to be
collected, now is the time. We have
fascinating stories in our congregation.
Fighter pilots flew the skies during World War II. One woman gazed from the top floor of a
building as Japanese planes flew over her head on their way to bomb Pearl Harbor. Not everyone’s stories are so dramatic but
they are worth the telling all the same.
So what about you? What are you willing to share with us? Tell us about the birth of your first child …
your wedding day… or the time that you first knew that your friend was your “best”. Is there a first real accomplishment? A first failure?
You may not think you have a story;
but you do. You were born, you grew up,
things happened. And we want to hear
about them ... really…. We do.
hmmm…..
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