It’s an evening in December 2018. I am in the main downstairs room of the home in which I reside. It’s a home located in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, a city towards the upper Midlands of the country between two of the main cities of the country in Manchester and Birmingham. This main room has […]
Read More The Story I Buy Into – All Things NewI mentioned recently about how an incident got the power of the story to my attention in a really distinct way. There were a couple of stories it reminded me of that people buy into. ——— Story One: Glass Half Full Nothing is perfect. Yet look at the tremendous strides we have made over time. […]
Read More The Story You Buy Into – Two StoriesThere was an incident that took place recently which brought the power of story to sharp focus for me. A friend shared how she had been in an email dialogue with a new member of the workplace. The correspondent thought she could get friendly and familiar and call my friend pet names. My friend politely […]
Read More The Story You Buy Into – An IncidentDeep and profound, complex and multi-layered. Full of intrigue and mystical in places. Making you scratch your head and think, making you reflect on action and see just how things are. Some people look for that in their stories and that has its place. There is something, however, to be said about the simple story. […]
Read More A Simple StoryWhen you look back, you can see the chapters. Then there’s a more conscious sense that a chapter is coming to an end. It doesn’t always end how you want to, but there is a sense in which that chapter has come to a close. If it was a particularly tough time, then the end […]
Read More Something About A New ChapterMovies or a TV series. More often than not, I prefer a good TV series. Or a decent series of movies. What gives the series the edge is the ability to follow the development of the story and the key character(s). What’s also applause-worthy is how good writers will set up a thread in a […]
Read More Threads in the StoryWho are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? What happens when we die? Why does it all matter? These questions tend to be individual ones, but that’s not always been the case. For tribes and other gathering of people groups, those questions would be asked on a communal level. The answers […]
Read More For Sharing Out LoudA good friend of mine took me to watch a movie recently. I have probably been to about half a dozen films at the cinema this year. The film I watched with my friend is the second best one of the year. A really good story was told. Why I am grateful for stories is […]
Read More December Thanks #13: StoriesIt’s sad that when the word ‘story’ is used the connecting thought is that what is about to be told is not true. Great truths are conveyed and embedded in story. It’s such a powerful tool of communication that to limit it to make believe is a sad thing. Story has moved me more than […]
Read More Thank God for … StoryThe offers at the store was to get two for £1. As John had change in various arrangements and he carefully sorted out the £3 he needed for two vegetarian sausage rolls, two traditional pasties a corned beef pasty and a spicy beef pasty. Having successfully received his order, he approached the counter to pay for […]
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