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Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Open House: Reason #4: "So, What's Your Story?"

Several years ago I started asking people a simple question when I wanted to get to know them better:  "So, what's your story?"

I remember sitting across the table with a couple of teenagers in a McDonalds while on a ski retreat in West Virginia when I asked this question for the first time. I had never met the young girl who had come with her friend and so I sat there with my Quarter Pounder with Cheese and asked her that question. 

The story I heard was heart-breaking. She told me that her father had died from cancer in the last year and that her mother was doing her best to raise `her daughter and siblings. Though it was a difficult story to hear it helped me to see that girl in a different light. She was no longer just an awkward teenage girl wanting to hang out with her friends and ski. She was a young woman who needed to feel the love of God and to have hope that in the future God will make all things new again.

Reason #4 for coming to the "Open House" on Sunday:  You will meet some interesting people with intriguing stories.  Don't be surprised if someone asks:  "So, what's your story?" 


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