Collide Magazine

Donald Miller, who I recently heard speak for the first time, is working on a new book titled Story: Why Some People’s Lives Make Sense and Others Don’t. In a brief interview posted at The Belmont Foundation’s site, Don talks about how the book originated from his newfound appreciation for the power of narrative, not only in the context of art, but also in people’s everyday lives. Both a good story and a good life, Miller says, feature an ambitious character who encounters conflict, deals with that conflict in a noteworthy manner, and finds eventual resolution.

Personally, I see a ton of parallels between Miller’s ideas and James Harleman’s cover article, “Cutting to the Core: Finding the Metanarrative,” in the first issue of COLLIDE. Beyond that, I’m convinced of the importance of story in the Church. In some ways, we exist to re-tell a story, like how Peter and John couldn’t help but speak about what they’d seen and heard (Acts 4:20). As church leaders in our culture, it seems imperative that we continually tell the story of God and Man in such a way that people understand what it has to do with their story, the one they’re trudging through day after day. I think good art, music, and teaching does that—-but that’s just my opinion. Needless to say, I’m looking forward to Miller’s new book, which is in line for a 2008 release.

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