Every day of our lives, we are writing our story. Sometimes the story comes out the way we plan it and sometimes it’s something altogether different. The thing is that we don’t write our story alone. It is added to by the people we encounter and with whom we journey. Some of those “co-writers” become like saints to us. That’s right, ordinary people can do or say ordinary things that become extraordinary influences in our lives… even if we don’t recognize it in the moment. It’s important that we don’t underestimate the power of story, or the power of others to influence our stories. As we come close to the celebration of All Saints Day, a time for remembering and honoring the “saints” in our lives, this episode of Awaken to God’s Presence leads listeners through a time of story remembering that focuses on the saints with whom they have journeyed.
Sources referenced in this episode:
- Nadia Bolz-Weber, Accidental Saints: Finding God in All the Wrong People, (New York: Convergent Books, 2015), p 7.
- Rev. Aurelia Davilla Pratt, https://allianceofbaptists.org/all-saints-day-curiosity-and-the-importance-of-stories/, Nov 1 2023.
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