Tag Archives: Story
Books, Music, Fatigue, Worship, and Why You Should Peak at 65
Millenials, Busyness, and Other Readings of the Week
- Spot-on analysis of the mindset of 21st century people (especially students)
- Killing programs: what the church can learn from google, apple, and facebook
- 26 ways to “heart” your pastor
- Donald Miller on “my subplot”
- Guy Chmielski with two great posts of notes from Catalyst: Some Thoughts on Millennials and 5 Stages to Awesome
Written on From the Outside
From Sam Keen:
“We are a generation bombarded with so many stories from so many authorities, none of which are our own. The parable of the postmodern mind is the person surrounded by a media center…we are saturated with stories; we’re saturated with points of view. But the effect of being bombarded with all of these points of view is that we don’t have a point of view and we don’t have a story. We lose the continuity of our experiences; we become people who are written on from the outside.”
Theory or Gospel?
From Live to Tell by Brad Kallenberg
“Divine revelation comes to us in the form of a story because God’s dealings with us are driven by story not by theory. In other words, God sent us a gospel rather than a philosophical treatise.”
Links of the Week
- Continuing my Rhett Smith promotion with this article on transitions
- Why college students need the local church
- Two great posts from Donald Miller this week: The beauty of conflict and 3 kinds of people to filter
- Are millennials more “me” than “we”
- Seth Godin on giving up narratives
- Finally, what Matt Cain (and his contract) means to the Giants
Links of the Week
- Is the lecture dead?
- Another interesting article on the future of the University: are we headed towards the virtual campus?
- A fascinating interactive map called “The Topography of Faith”
- More from the Scot McKnight/Daniel Kirk dialogue on narrative theology (story and daily life)
- Kathy Keller on raising kids in the city
A Quote About Stories
From The Story Factor by Annette Simmons:
“Story makes sense of chaos and gives people a plot. A story can help people make sense of their frustration. People don’t need more information. They are up to their eyeballs in information. They want faith…It is faith that moves mountains, not facts. Facts do not give birth to faith. Faith needs a story to sustain it–a meaningful story that inspires belief and renews hope.”
