Comments on: Stories With Mischief & Little Bits Of Trouble

By: The Danger of a Single Story | Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman

The Danger of a Single Story | Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 22:06:15 +0000

[…] This is part 3 of a 3-part series on Better Stories. Check out yesterday’s “The Science of Why Stories are so Powerful,” and Tuesday’s “Stories With Mischief and Little Bits of Trouble.” […]

By: Brian Dolleman

Brian Dolleman — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 23:11:23 +0000

I’m gonna have to check those out. Crazy adventures!

By: Robb

Robb — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 23:01:58 +0000

I found myself completely captivated by “The Long Way ‘Round” and “The Long Way Down.” They are documentaries of Ewan MacGregor and his best friend Charlie as the rode the motorcycles from London to New York, East, and Scottland to Cape Town, South. Across Europe and countries in Asia where there may or may not be roads. Through countries in Africa that are war torn and scary to be white in. Can you imagine the stories? They took insane risk and have insane stories.

By: The Science Of Why Storytelling Is So Powerful | Northwest Leader - Brian Dolleman

Wed, 06 Nov 2013 18:58:30 +0000

[…] is part 2 of a 3-part series on Better Stories. Check out yesterday’s “Stories With Mischief and Little Bits of Trouble,” and come back tomorrow for “The Danger of a Single […]

By: Patricia Hintz

Patricia Hintz — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 04:41:29 +0000

My grandchildren enjoys funny stories and stories where I got myself in mischief etc, but their favorite stories are the ones where God performed a miracle in my behalf….events where there could be no other possible explanation but God-led, or God provided or God intervened. The minute God does something special for me I text each of my grandchildren that have phones and tell them the wonders of what God just did…..Every day I pray for God to open my eyes to the little things I might miss as being from him.

I believe my grandchildren have learned to trust God and wait on Him for answers in their lives because they have seen and heard what God can do. I love getting a text from one saying….”Oma, guess what God did today.” or “Oma I need you to pray for….” My grandchildren have had some miracles in their lives and they recognize them as from God.

We live in a society where everything is handed to their children and they don’t learn to ask God and wait for their needs. My living on Social Security, my son in law losing his job, or a daughter who was a single mom for a time has put us in the position to really trust God for necessary provisions. As my granddaughter said at an Easter program when she was 17: “Nobody could ever convince me there isn’t a God because I have experienced Him.” She and her husband are still experiencing Him and have powerful stories to tell the youth in their church where they are youth pastors.

Forgive my little sermon. You said your stories teach a lesson. That is good…but you also need stories to lead the listener to a deeper understanding of God and who He is in our lives. Oops…I hope I didn’t take away from your next two parts!

By: Chris Wyatt Bohannon

Chris Wyatt Bohannon — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:31:45 +0000

Nature is always a good place to start for good clean and sometimes very funny stories!

By: Brian Dolleman

Brian Dolleman — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 03:27:20 +0000

I’ve been playing around with the idea of buying a VW Westfalia (camper bus) lately – and taking my family on an adventure…

Something like a camping trip up & down the Pacific Coast, or hitting up as many National Parks as we possibly can.

Anyways, I’m pretty sure this would generate some good stories. I’m kinda nervous, and half-excited. What do you think?

By: Chris Wyatt Bohannon

Chris Wyatt Bohannon — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 23:53:50 +0000

Reading this blog of the day, all I can think about is how much I want to be able to have kids one day and have a family. I want to teach my kids and encourage them like my parents never did. Because of the stories I hold on to, I want those things to help me, to guide them into life so that they can walk on their own two feet when I’m no longer there. (or at least not there all the time)
But there is still a sad reality, that I can never have biological kids and the chances that I can ever get married are very slim.
Helping a child to grow up and to be an amazing and wonderful human being would be the most rewarding experience I’ve ever had.
The sad thing is that the last baby I held called me “Dad” and cried whenever I was out of the room and that was the first day I had ever spent with him. He knows his dad, it’s not me and for a moment I felt like I had a son.

And this rant was almost completely unrelated

By: Brian Dolleman

Brian Dolleman — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:26:27 +0000

The TED talk from Chimamanda Adichie is the inspiration for the post – I’ll include the video of it as well. The quote from Maya Angelou is perfect! Thank you Danielle.

By: Danielle Pridgen

Danielle Pridgen — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:19:27 +0000

I’m looking forward to reading “the danger of a single story.” I listened to a TED talk on the same subject recently. You have a very refreshing take on things, can’t wait to hear some of the stories you will come up with one day. Personally, I enjoy stories which have that human element that can make me realize the similarities between myself and the characters, while still describing the vast differences in our situations and personalities. I also like when a story can elicit an emotional response like making me cry when something terrible happens to the characters, laughing out loud, and sitting on the edge of my chair in anticipation. I like danger and fantasy. I like it when due to an unexpected event or choice, the ordinary guy has an opportunity to become the hero. And regardless of the subject matter, I love when a story accomplishes the thing which Maya Angelou describes aiming for in her writing, “The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.” Really love that!