Comments on: reading the bible as one story 1 http://guymwilliams.net/2008/05/12/reading-the-bible-as-one-story/ thoughts on the Christian spiritual life Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:06:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: gmw74 http://guymwilliams.net/2008/05/12/reading-the-bible-as-one-story/#comment-884 Fri, 16 May 2008 01:57:15 +0000 http://guywilliams.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-884 Thanks, JD. Actually “Made to Stick” is on my reading list but I haven’t yet read it. It’s the one that my friend Rick was telling me about. I did read an article of theirs in Fast Company mag a while back that I liked.

]]> By: jd walt http://guymwilliams.net/2008/05/12/reading-the-bible-as-one-story/#comment-864 Tue, 13 May 2008 18:54:15 +0000 http://guywilliams.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-864 Guy, nice work with this post. on the issue of stories vs. data, have you read “Made to Stick?” It’s a book about how to communicate ideas. You’ll love it.

]]> By: gmw74 http://guymwilliams.net/2008/05/12/reading-the-bible-as-one-story/#comment-863 Tue, 13 May 2008 17:39:19 +0000 http://guywilliams.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-863 Rick: Must be a pretty sharp fellow to agree with what I’ve said here…

Richard: I’ve got a quote from that Theology Today article to share in a future (soon) post that presses the same point you are pressing in the second paragraph. Agreed.

]]> By: Richard H http://guymwilliams.net/2008/05/12/reading-the-bible-as-one-story/#comment-861 Tue, 13 May 2008 13:22:46 +0000 http://guywilliams.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-861 The strongest challenge to the Christian Story (at least here in America) today seems to be coming from those who say all stories are merely arbitrary inventions, mere spin, offered to get power over others. I think those folks are looking at the general (and abstract) form “story,” the particular content of SOME stories, and then judging ALL stories (because of their FORM) in terms of their rejection of the ones they don’t like.

I’m one of those who thinks the move away from story (true, real, ongoing story) in Christianity, whether into a realm of principles, truths and propositions, or into a realm of pure aesthetics and feeling, to be a horrible misstep.

]]> By: gsmrick http://guymwilliams.net/2008/05/12/reading-the-bible-as-one-story/#comment-860 Tue, 13 May 2008 12:51:47 +0000 http://guywilliams.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-860 I had a friend once that was very very smart and he would agree with everything you said. :-)

My television told me that Joseph Cambell (History Channel so it has to be right) knew a lot about this kind of stuff, but I never looked into it.

Hauerwas has written a couple of articles about narrative ethics. He even describes the Christian life as taking God’s story (narrative) as our own.

I read a blog once that proves these comments are good ones.

Rick

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