Public Narratives

Last night, I discovered two types of public narrative.

The second, not the first discovered, was realizing that there is no public discourse between a Yankee Fan from Delaware and Texas Ranger Fans from Dallas, TX. Try as I may, there was not going to be civilized discourse over a shared beer.

The first, was spoken about yesterday afternoon Introduction to Mission conversation through Public Narrative.

The Rev. Lauren Stanley quoted the Rev. Michael Pipkin in today's Center Aisle :

Public narrative is a discernment process. I tell you my story, I connect it to the wider community story, and I tell you what I think we're called to do about it right now. I call you to action....We talk about values, choice points and what values underlie that choice. Those values connect with the wider community values>

Dr. Marshall Ganz, from Harvard University's Kennedy School, told his story and what led him to be involved in this form of discussion and action.

What I heard was that through Conflict could come Reconciliation and therefore, Hope.

On Thursday Convention will receive training on how to formulate the Story of Us/Self, Sunday the Story of US, and then on Monday, the Story of Now. The training will assist us in learning how to link these three stories in two minutes.

YIKES.