To Be Told
Know Your Story, Shape Your Future
1st Edition
Published on 20. January 2009
240 pages
978-0-307-45721-9 (ISBN)
Description
God wants to reveal himself through your story. Discover how he has written your life so far, and how he is leading you into the rest of your story.
"This is a book worth reading. To make sense of your life. To discover the role God is giving you in his story."-John Eldredge, bestselling author of Wild at Heart and Get Your Life Back
Everyone wants clearer guidance from God on what to do with their future. In this insightful book, therapist and professor Dan Allender shows you how to listen to the stories of your life and identify the themes that God has written there. As you begin to understand both the hope and the heartache, you will gain a clearer sense of the meaning that God has written into every detail of who you are. You'll also see how he invites you to join him in coauthoring the rest of your story. God is your Author, and he is showing you how to follow him into the future.
"This is a book worth reading. To make sense of your life. To discover the role God is giving you in his story."-John Eldredge, bestselling author of Wild at Heart and Get Your Life Back
Everyone wants clearer guidance from God on what to do with their future. In this insightful book, therapist and professor Dan Allender shows you how to listen to the stories of your life and identify the themes that God has written there. As you begin to understand both the hope and the heartache, you will gain a clearer sense of the meaning that God has written into every detail of who you are. You'll also see how he invites you to join him in coauthoring the rest of your story. God is your Author, and he is showing you how to follow him into the future.
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Dan B. Allender, Ph.D., is a fly fisherman who also serves as president of Mars Hill Graduate School near Seattle, Washington. He is a professor of counseling, a therapist in private practice, and a frequent speaker and seminar leader. Dan is the author of How Children Raise Parents and The Healing Path, as well as The Wounded Heart, Bold Love, and Intimate Allies. He and his wife, Rebecca, are the parents of three children. For more information, visit his website at www.danallender.com.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: What's Your Story?
- Part I: Your Name and Your Story
- 1: The Tale to Be Told: Reading Your Life as God Has Written It
- 2: What's Your Real Name?: Others Name Us, but Only God Knows Our Name
- 3: What Makes a Good Story?: A Better Way to Read Your Tragedies
- Part 2: Reading Your Story
- 4: Listening to What Moves You: The Passion That Defines You
- 5: Facing the Tragedy That Shapes You: The Illuminating Plot Twists of Shame and Betrayal
- 6: Getting Caught by Your Calling: Revealing God Through the Themes of Your Life
- Part 3: Writing Your Story
- 7: Writing Your Destiny: Take Up Pen and Paper and Follow God
- 8: Editing Together: Allowing Others to Ask the "So What?" Question
- Part 4: Multiplying Your Story
- 9: Story Feasting: The Community That Helps Rewrite Your Story
- 10: Prayer That Reveals: Receiving Your Story, in Awe and Gratitude to God
- 11: The Fruit of Fasting: The Hunger That Opens Space for Others
- 12: Giving Away Your Story: Allow Your Story to Reveal God
- Postscript
- Notes
