“We tell each other stories to muffle the surprise of disappointment.”
“We owe it to each other to tell stories.”
“. . . our stories are what make the difference, and if we can tell them honestly we can hope to help each other. In the end, we have nothing to offer each other but our stories.”
“Our lives are stories, and the stories we have to give to each other are the most important. No one has a story too small and all are of equal stature. We each tell them in different ways, through different mediums—and if we care about each other, we'll take the time to listen.”
“Unless we learn how to humbly tell each other our giving stories, our churches will not learn to give.”
“We met each other when we were young, before we knew enough about disappointment, and once we did we found we reminded each other of it.”