Some art, however dark, must be made that tells the story of those people as well who couldn’t make during the tragedy and who succumbed to pain. For if we can’t tell that story as well, they will never trust our story of hope and life available to them once again. As we tell the breadth of the story across lives, the whole story becomes more true, and the voice of His story becomes more authentic those who have lived in the painful void of never hearing their own story told to them by someone else.

This is the crux of true evangelism- that we tell our authentic story, and in it somehow others hear their own. When they see the honest reality of their lives reflected in our stories, they will believe us. And when they believe enough to listen, they will also see and hear His story. In our art, our words and our lives.

Dan is right, we are storytellers. And we must keep telling the story in a thousand different ways.

This is the limitation of art – nuance and longer statements. To make art that suggests the possibilities are endless, can demand more time, attentiona span and energy than the audience has.

Saying one thing is a challenge, saying more can be moreso.

my only fear is the that somehow the roles have gotten reversed – and it’s going to put a lot of pressure on those tiny little shoulders of the kids being raised on the country music channel – when their big brother doesn’t stop drinking, or their parents really get divorced. it might be seen as magic somehow – and if it doesn’t work then what?