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The Reason I'm Changing the Name

    Stories are fascinating. Many might say they serve no purpose, but I think many lives, myself included, would be evidence of the contrary. I have learned--perhaps more in recent years--that stories can be much more than entertainment. Sometimes, they teach better lessons than any lesson plan. Stories shape us.


    My relationship with stories began in the early stages of my life; it began at the beginning, go figure. My mom would read to me when I was little, and she tells me that I would catch her if she tried to skip a part. I usually got excited to read aloud in class and enjoyed it when our teachers would tell us personal tales or read novels to us. Reading Eragon by Christopher Paolini would change my life forever: it was where I got the idea to write a book of my own. Finishing it at 12 years old was one of my proudest childhood achievements, and since then, I typically prefer page counts of 500 or more.

    Stories are one of the primary reasons I wanted to start my blog. We are a part of them, even as we read them. We create them, both fictional and factual. Stories allow us to challenge and engage with worldviews and life experiences. They allow us to speculate, to hypothesize, to think.  There are some stories we don't even think of until we reflect or revise.

    I am passionate about stories because they are part of the creative order established by God and I think telling them is something we share with our Creator. I have begun to wonder if there will be storytellers in the new heavens and new earth, and what sinless fiction would be like. The closest thing I can find this side of glory are the parables of Jesus.

    I've read, watched, played, and heard a lot of stories, many of them bad. Perhaps those merely serve as cautionary tales. Nowadays, I'm striving to be more intentional with my interest and enjoyment of them. Stories are everywhere, so I ask: what can we learn from them? In the future, my quest is to answer this question as best I can. Will you join me?

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  1. Cody CaudillJune 19, 2024 at 1:49 PM

    Huge shout out to Pastor Randy for challenging me to write this!

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