Longing For Change...

"Storytelling creates a world of presuppositions, assumptions, and relations into which we enter. Stories invite us into a world other than ourselves, and, if they are good and true stories, a world larger than ourselves."

"It is significant, I think, that in the presence of a story, whether we are telling it or listening to it, we never have the feeling of being experts - there is too much we don't yet know, too many possibilities available, too much mystery and glory. Even the most sophisticated of stores tends to bring out the childlike in us - expectant, wondering, responsive, delighted - which, of course, is why the story is the child's favorite form of speech; why it is the Holy Spirit's dominant form of revelation; and why we adults, who like to pose as experts and mangers of life, so often prefer explanation and information."

- Eugene Peterson, Christ Plays in
Ten Thousand Places

I can't help but ponder how things should be different in light of the "story" we as followers of Christ celebrated this past week. It is both convicting and sad at how little I let the events of that week affect the events of my week. Yet there is the promise of renewed grace with each appearance of the Sun's warming light. New opportunities to walk in His Presence and in doing so be a conduit of His Presence. Maybe the quest isn't expertise, but merely practicing what we already know.