tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post882909533659504575..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: The Power of StoryGlynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-17502800830391589332011-07-27T20:01:13.981-05:002011-07-27T20:01:13.981-05:00Glynn -- I love how you are taking this book about...Glynn -- I love how you are taking this book about art and creativity and looking through it to the workplace. I tell stories at my work too, only I tell them with numbers and charts. The power of stories is undeniable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-18048214512486920122011-07-25T23:19:48.985-05:002011-07-25T23:19:48.985-05:00Amazing how you can write a story from a man's...Amazing how you can write a story from a man's POV about something so huge with a million logistical details that lasted over 6 years but stay so focused, not break confidences, and bring your point home so succinctly. I would have been lost in the forest of I said, he said, she said, then I go blah, blah, blah. You have given me a new appreciation for how my husband's mind does think creatively in the analytical sense. He will truly appreciate this =)Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00991524097486901864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-10094835263184901702011-07-25T16:46:19.948-05:002011-07-25T16:46:19.948-05:00I agree with Laura. You have some of the best stor...I agree with Laura. You have some of the best stories. Or maybe you just tell them, while others forget that life is made more rich by storying. :)L.L. Barkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333960142447144678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-10349439951728179542011-07-25T14:14:06.759-05:002011-07-25T14:14:06.759-05:00Hearing you tell it, your story seems like such a ...Hearing you tell it, your story seems like such a 'meant to be' narrative. But I'll bet the living of it was far more harrowing. It takes a lot of faith to last out the middle of a story! I guess that is what also gives it meaning.Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-45596053793774792032011-07-25T14:12:19.621-05:002011-07-25T14:12:19.621-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Violet N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16586574800230604652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-71499132785687041462011-07-25T09:28:33.680-05:002011-07-25T09:28:33.680-05:00And, Glynn? You have some of the best stories. I l...And, Glynn? You have some of the best stories. I love to "hear" you tell them. You know what? One reason I love them is because you live them as part of the Bigger Story. Your life tells such a good one.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08263995875732832349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-36131035776773664172011-07-24T19:12:23.520-05:002011-07-24T19:12:23.520-05:00Story sharing is one of God's ways of relating...Story sharing is one of God's ways of relating with us the things that what He wants us to know. Story is based in the life that we see and understand. Words project pictures and colours and feelings. But, with God, the words are powerful beyond us. The words in the Bible are inspired by the God and are used by the Holy Spirit. <br /><br />The mystery of the gift of relating that takes place between humans and God is so awesome to me. We see glimpses of the power and wonder. We can not put God into the words, but, God can be in them... and in the relating of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-67652868751265840222011-07-24T18:57:44.076-05:002011-07-24T18:57:44.076-05:00We can wrap our minds around stories and they help...We can wrap our minds around stories and they help us remember. <br /><br />I love that God chose stories to share His truth with us. <br /><br />Bless you!<br />BethBeth in NChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492590083823556624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-8939196055607616612011-07-24T17:34:24.398-05:002011-07-24T17:34:24.398-05:00Glynn,
After knowing you for only a couple of mon...Glynn,<br /><br />After knowing you for only a couple of months, I'd wager that any story in which you have a part is going to end well. I suspect that the business transitions you have sketched in this post, of changes effected by your group, were possible because you saw possibilities in situations that others had missed and then supplied an impetus to bring out the best in the other players, regardless whether they were executives or coworkers. <br /><br />A good story contains tension between the way things are and the way they ought to be. Sustaining the tension through a climactic encounter, several encounters, or reversals, makes a story compelling. Too many situations in life must be abandoned without resolution. Readers follow a story hoping for satisfaction of a sort that doesn't occur in their lives. The gospel narratives contain many stories that resolve issues for which most people crave resolution--those of the hopelessly infirm or powerless who want to be healed or liberated, whom Jesus heals and liberates and for whom he finally resolves the universal human dilemma of death in his own resurrection. <br /><br />If a story is going to resolve, it is usually because somebody finds possibilities where others see only mediocrity, delusions, or inconvenient intrusions on their time and resources. This ability to persist in finding possibilities seems the essence of faith, and it is astonishing what it can accomplish.Michael Dodarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10218455310804805561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-14054375283423757992011-07-24T13:40:12.843-05:002011-07-24T13:40:12.843-05:00Stories help us see ourselves and others, and how ...Stories help us see ourselves and others, and how we are in relationship, more clearly. The wonderful thing is, the creation of stories is possible in paintings, photographs, ceramics, music, poems, in business, in nature, in whatever we do. They give us a way to connect and, as you note in your post, the connections become a web of touchpoints.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-4910105015964359232011-07-24T12:08:19.473-05:002011-07-24T12:08:19.473-05:00Maybe this is why I absolutely love stories Glynn....Maybe this is why I absolutely love stories Glynn. They weave so much into the telling, and if there are childrens 'feely' pictures, so much the better! Stories anchor our lives I believe, thanks for an awesome post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09922760815882403820noreply@blogger.com