Fresh: pushing the envelope

XIV.6 November + December 2007
Page: 18
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Sealing the envelope


Authors:
Fred Sampson

When a man comes to you and tells you your own story, you know that your sins are forgiven. And when you are forgiven, you are healed. —Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketcham, The Spirituality of Imperfection Let me tell you a story. Long ago, as a college student studying English literature, I read many fine stories but somehow didn't learn how to tell good stories. I really preferred facts. Facts were useful; I could do things with them. I could make decisions based on facts. Stories were full of feelings and perspectives and uncertainties, even falsehoods. Stories would drop…




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