Storyteller

Rev. Michael Williams, a storyteller, told the creation story as the sermon yesterday morning. He spoke about God telling a story, and the world coming into existence.

"Once upon a time, there was the sun and the moon..."

God created Adam and Eve and then walked with them, teaching them how to tell the story.

It occurred me as I listened to Rev. Williams speak, that God is continuing to walk with us and to teach us how to tell the story. We are God's hands and feet, but we are also his storytellers.

Ray Buckley led a seminar today about names. He spoke about the traditions of his Native American tribe -- how children in the tribe, when they were not called by name, were called "Standing sacred in front of me." It was to remind the child that he or she is sacred -- a child of God. It's just another way to tell the story.

I was reading the Disciplines devotion today. It was about speaking blessings. A minister told the story of an anonymous letter he received which thanked him for his sermon - how it contained exactly the words he needed to hear. The writer of the letter was speaking blessing over him. What a wonderful image, and what a wonderful goal for us -- to speak blessings over someone's life.

It's just another way to tell the story.

We are all called to step out and to be storytellers.

Image: Flowers near the convention center.