Daily Archives: October 5, 2008

The Importance of Stories – Part 2

BlogBy Wendy Gritter October 5, 2008 6 Comments

I know …. we did post them on the same day …. but go read part 1 first ok? I think the single most dangerous story that we can tell is “God is on my side”. It’s a really easy story to fall back on because it’s like pulling trump in Euchre: it beats everything.…

The Importance of Stories – Part 1

BlogBy Wendy Gritter October 5, 2008

When I was studying counselling in Seminary I spent many of my classes learning about Cognitive Therapy. This taught me to look for the story or belief that motivated a given behaviour. I learned that often by helping a person change how they interpreted an event, or the story they told about things, great changes…