http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-13-telling-stories-for-generations/ Advent and Lenten devotions by Goshen College students, faculty and staff Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-13-telling-stories-for-generations/#comment-1890 Tim Stair Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:38:08 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1272#comment-1890 YES! to telling the stories and connecting them to God's story. John Shea, a Catholic theologian and storyteller says that faith and church are all about "Gathering the people, breaking bread, telling the stories." YES! to telling the stories and connecting them to God’s story. John Shea, a Catholic theologian and storyteller says that faith and church are all about “Gathering the people, breaking bread, telling the stories.”

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-13-telling-stories-for-generations/#comment-1889 Tom Peachey Jr. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:35:54 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1272#comment-1889 Jan: I was surfing for ideas for a sermon this coming Sunday, came across this site from Goshen and what do you know...my cousin is featured here. Thanks for your thoughts! Jan:
I was surfing for ideas for a sermon this coming Sunday, came across this site from Goshen and what do you know…my cousin is featured here. Thanks for your thoughts!

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-13-telling-stories-for-generations/#comment-1888 Heidi Siemens-Rhodes Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:24:31 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1272#comment-1888 Thank you for sharing these stories. We are a broken people, all of us, but by telling stories of power rising out of imperfection we are all inspired to work with God for the good of all people. Thank you for sharing these stories. We are a broken people, all of us, but by telling stories of power rising out of imperfection we are all inspired to work with God for the good of all people.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-13-telling-stories-for-generations/#comment-1887 DeeDee Barnes Bruns Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:04:34 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1272#comment-1887 Praise be to God that He works through a world of imperfect people! Thank you for your words today. Praise be to God that He works through a world of imperfect people! Thank you for your words today.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-13-telling-stories-for-generations/#comment-1886 Elizabeth S.O. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:59:28 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1272#comment-1886 Your devotion resonated with me today. I, too, know some David-like people - ones who are imperfect, but who are completely open to God's call and who follow it eagerly - and these people have inspired me more than I can express. Like you, when I think of them, I am filled with energy. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I really identify with your devotional! Your devotion resonated with me today. I, too, know some David-like people – ones who are imperfect, but who are completely open to God’s call and who follow it eagerly – and these people have inspired me more than I can express. Like you, when I think of them, I am filled with energy. Anyway, I just wanted to say that I really identify with your devotional!

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-13-telling-stories-for-generations/#comment-1885 Jonathan Beachy Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:00:29 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1272#comment-1885 What a gift you have shared with us in telling some of your stories! Now we too are blessed, and can bless others. Let it be; so be it. What a gift you have shared with us in telling some of your stories! Now we too are blessed, and can bless others. Let it be; so be it.

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-13-telling-stories-for-generations/#comment-1884 Vicky Kirkton Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:57:25 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1272#comment-1884 Thank-you Jan for your inspiring devotion for today! I needed some inspiration today! Thank-you Jan for your inspiring devotion for today! I needed some inspiration today!

]]> http://www.goshen.edu/devotions/dec-13-telling-stories-for-generations/#comment-1883 Marilyn Kamp Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:06:19 +0000 http://blog.goshen.edu/devotions/?p=1272#comment-1883 Jan, I affirm your words of testimony to God's faithful love and the strength we draw from stories, and therefore, the importance of retelling the advent story and the miraculous work we witness by those imperfect characters. I can testify also of walking with some of God's servants who, though imperfect, are empowered to be God's instruments. Praise Him, He is our Father, our God, the Rock our savior. Jan,
I affirm your words of testimony to God’s faithful love and the strength we draw from stories, and therefore, the importance of retelling the advent story and the miraculous work we witness by those imperfect characters. I can testify also of walking with some of God’s servants who, though imperfect, are empowered to be God’s instruments. Praise Him, He is our Father, our God, the Rock our savior.

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