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By: Walter Thiessen

Walter Thiessen — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 14:10:07 +0000

I’ve been thinking about the question and I keep getting stuck on the motive for the emphasis on “One Story.” I think I could be convinced, but I wouldn’t want it to come from the kind of motive that has trapped the church into thinking there is value in defending the notion of “absolute truth.” That notion has been a red herring for so long; defending the idea of absolute truth – which has no practical relevance to life that I have ever been able to understand – has only made us appear arrogant and unavailable for dialogue.

On the other hand, if the motive is to express a more mystical, underlying unity to the dance of meta-stories I referred to – I think I’m there.

By: Administrator

Administrator — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 17:34:10 +0000

Walt Thiessen is our prfessor of Psychology and Counseling here at SSU, and teaches much on Narrative.

Walt, could we say “One Story we bear in the world, is a living dance of stories, offered in great vulnerability to beautifying of God, human beings and the cosmos.”

By: Walter Thiessen

Walter Thiessen — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:56:32 +0000

One of the things that leaves us vulnerable to the charge of imposing a dangerous meta-story is the implication that this story is a single story that by itself makes sense of everything. I love the comparison of mini-stories (God is beautiful… ) and the final one is a wonderfully succinct statement that says a lot.
If I am going to use the language of meta-story or meta-narrative, I want to be sure about a couple of things: 1) that the meta-story is actually a wonderful living dance of meta-stories, 2) that the cross is at the heart of the meta-stories that is offered to the world with great vulnerability rather than imposed power.