I spend a lot of time telling stories. As you may know, I’m a writer, and I love to go into schools to read to young people from my books, then draw out of them their ideas, encouraging them to love words and stories and the truths about life hidden within them.
Of course most of my time is devoted to the church, but in a way it’s more of the same thing, but this time telling stories with a single central theme – about how God breathed life into us, how our lives are destined to be interweaved with his greater eternal purposes, that each life is a journey with a hidden goal of finding our way back to God. It’s a wonderful story of life extending eternally, not ending in death, but with God reaching out to us in Jesus Christ, to overcome the limits of time and the troubles of this present world.
This Christmastime, I’ll be at my usual business of stories. You’ll find me in the library session in the Vine Centre near the shops on Saturday 10th December from 10.30am with a team of readers, telling Christmas stories of many types and from many places. It’s principally aimed at children, but as we know, a good story is for everyone who has ears to listen.
Also on Saturday the 10th at 3:00pm, come and join us for carols and mince pies
