Stories

"Tell me the old, old story" - so says the old hymn - and, indeed, telling 'the story' is central to being church. Our task is to tell God's story, and to tell it in such a way that it makes a real impact. The story, to begin with, for us, comes from the Bible - and it has lots of exciting stories within the story. We can tell of Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Jeremiah, Esther, David, Daniel, Ruth, Peter and Paul, to name but a few. But the story doesn't end there. We can also tell of Martin Luther, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Martin Luther King, Oscar Romero, Mother Teresa and so many others. And we can tell stories of people we know and stories of today. It is all part of the church, and all part of God's wonderful tapestry. Sometimes we want to be philosophical and put things in the abstract, and there's a place for that - but nothing beats a good story. So let's find good ways of telling all the stories of the wonderful things that God is up to today, and working out through us who are today's church.