Do You Believe God Sends Punishment for Testing or Improvement?

Len WilsonApril 19, 2011Faith2 Comments

I ran across this question in some private devotional time this morning and posted it on my Facebook/Twitter feed. I got some comments, and then somebody asked me what I thought. This is what I wrote.

The Benefit of a Cloudy Monday

Len WilsonApril 18, 2011FaithLeave a Comment

I love rain, but I hate cloudy days. Yet, God appeared in a cloud. Is that because God is made visible in the gray, when life is a headache? Maybe in our moments of discomfort, of uncertainty and doubt, of walking in the wilderness – that is when we see, when the God who is always near us is made visible, a shape rising in the opacity of our monochromatic situations.

Time is the Reel That Projects Our Life Story

Len WilsonApril 15, 2011Creativity, Faith, Story, Strategic Thinking2 Comments

If your life were suddenly a feature film, what story would it tell? Would it be a drama, a comedy? A dramedy? Would it be an inspirational underdog tale or a quiet character study? Would it be short and boring? Would it be, as Don Miller says, a movie about buying a Volvo?

There Are Only Seven Stories in the World

Len WilsonApril 14, 2011Creativity, Story, Writing67 Comments

Are there really only seven stories? Here’s a look at the basic narrative archetypes.

The Story Book, Part One

Len WilsonApril 12, 2011Creativity, Story2 Comments

Christian faith is faith in God and when the Christian Confession names God the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit, it is pointing to the fact that in His inner life and nature, God is not dead, not passive, not inactive, but that God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit exist in an inner relationship and movement, which may very well be described as a story. – Karl Barth