What's your story?
The heart of our nation and the heart in each of our chests, is being challenged to grow right now.
There is a standing invitation to engage in the long-delayed dialog about privilege and prejudice.
As we continue engaging in critical conversations, my friend and coach, Will Dungee reminded me of the value of understanding the stories we all carry. Unique and important stories.
In his book, To Be Told, Dan Allender wrote:
“Story is where we find one another, and in the finding of another, we are confronted with the strangeness of the face that summons us to enter his or her story. If I succumb and ask, ‘Who are you? How did you come to be here? Where are you going? And why would you choose to go?’ then I have thrown myself into the moving circle of story. I have agreed to know others and to be known by others; to know that I don’t know myself and others; and to say yes to the terror of being known. I am lost and may one day be found.”
To understand someone’s story requires genuine listening...without judgment or defense.
The complexity of the human condition can be overwhelming.
Where do we start? How do we begin?
One story at a time.
Let’s improve the narrative of our nation’s future by listening to narratives from our nation’s past.
The stories that change us are often the ones that are the hardest to hear:
