Gods Great Invention: How God Speaks to Us Through Stories

04/14/20 • 14 min

The people that left behind pieces of themselves between the lines, making novels the most intimate sort of sharing. People who had genius and brilliance, depth of feeling and merriment inside. All glimpses of a God who values creation and beauty to their overwhelming depths.

What a reflection of love, of beauty, of God lies within these pages, she thought! Pages that become stones of remembrance and stories that become parts of us.

Hello Friends!

This season is intense on so many levels, so I don’t want to rush to silver linings or rush past the grief. However, I do think many of us have been blessed with more time to read and actually, I think snuggling up with a good story can be exactly what we need right now. Often stories can walk us through our whole gamut of emotions and land us in a better place.

Contributor April Payne shares how God has moved through stories in her life. In fact, I suspect it’s just what you need right now.

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What a reflection of love, of beauty, of God lies within these pages, she thought! Pages that become stones of remembrance and stories that become parts of us.

Hello Friends!

Contributor April Payne shares how God has moved through stories in her life. In fact, I suspect it’s just what you need right now.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit brightandbeautifullife.substack.com

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Enforced Fast: How We Can Grow Spiritually in the Time of Corona

Hello Friends,

Just this morning I heard Timothy Keller say

“Question everything but what the Bible Commands.”

I had a podcast queued up this morning called Fasting Without Freaking Out, but that seems to be a totally moot point now. We are all in the midst of an enforced fast, we are all freaking out.

But I guess the thing we are really addressing here today is this: if you truly believe God is sovereign and you are placed here for such a time as this, then how can we grow our faith?

The question isn’t really what do we need to give up, but what do we need to grow?

Maybe it’s time for us to grow up into the meat of the Word instead of surviving on milk.

Maybe it’s time for us to shop less, and trust the abundance of God for what we have now.

Maybe it’s time for us to learn not to deny our feelings, but to defy them through the power of the resurrection of Jesus.

I’d love to hear from you below. What is God teaching you in this time? What have you lost that God might be trying to fill with something better?

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Need to Cut Through The Noise? The Spiritual Discipline of Listening

Hi Friends! It’s Tuesday which means we want to equip you to get a little more of the Light of the World in your world. You can listen or read, but either way, we’d love to hear from you in the comments below.

It’s a loud world out there friends.

I just flat had to log off of social media and stop checking the news for a few days. Living in days like this is a strange balance of wanting to know, care and develop empathy for the world, but not let it define me.

Here are some thoughts on how we can cut through the noise and learn to love better!

Our first monthly class WORD: Yes and Amen to Every Word of God will be available through the end of the week. If you haven’t taken the class I invite you to click below. If you have taken the class, I’d love for you to share this email, post, or invite a friend to take the class!

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