Category: Bible Stories
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Merry Epiphany, You Beautiful, Beloved Human!
The magi were the first to name Jesus as Messiah. This changed them. We, who receive the name beloved from Jesus are namers like them.
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For the Feast of Stephen — A Bible Story
For the Feast of Stephen Acts 7:51-8:2 “You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have…
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Mary Said “Yes!” — A Bible Story
Mary Said “Yes!” (This one is actually a play) ——– Luke 1:26-28 (New Living Translation) In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a village in Galilee, to a virgin named Mary. She was engaged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of King David. Gabriel appeared to…
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Luke Learns to Listen — A Bible Story
Luke Learns to Listen ———– Acts 16:6-10 (The Message) They went to Phrygia, and then on through the region of Galatia. Their plan was to turn west into Asia province, but the Holy Spirit blocked that route. So they went to Mysia and tried to go north to Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus wouldn’t…
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How Psalm 23 Came to Be — A Bible Story
How Psalm 23 Came to Be An imagined moment with the poet king The King sat on his throne, harp in hand, looking out the window from his palace on the hill called Zion. The hills around him were green with spring and across the valley a huge flock of his own sheep grazed happily,…
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Martha’s Mastery — A Bible Story
What if you were Martha? The Martha who chided Mary for sitting at the Master’s feet and got chided herself by Jesus. How did that feel? I put a story around that question. I hope it awakens the right kind of wonder and discomfort in you. Martha’s Mastery ——– At the Home of Martha and…
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On the Holy Mountain: A Christmas Story
My dad posted one of his Christmas Stories this week on his blog, Development, at circleofhope.net/rodwhite. I had at least 3/4 of a mind to do the same before he did so I took it as confirmation. My family began writing Christmas Stories together when I was seven years old. I love it. Here’s some…
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Conversations with Lamentations
Biblical lament is hard to handle. Lament is hard to handle. When we decided to practice lament as a way to hope for Advent, the idea resonated with me but I don’t know if I knew how hard the practicing would be. I’m finding all kinds of reason to avoid the difficulty. They come in…
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Long for the Light Like a Marine Iguana Must
My family has a tradition of writing Christmas stories. Here’s one of mine from a few years ago. Christmas in Cold Blood Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos 4:48am GALT (GMT -6hrs) An hour and five minutes before sunrise on December 25, 2011 The sun is rising. It is still dark but he knows the…
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Hope for the Darkness in Story Form
Here’s a short story I wrote. John the Baptist Died in Hope a story by Ben White imagined from Luke 7:18-25 and Mark 6:14-29 Tonight there was a torch in the hall. So, as had become his custom, he lay his cheek against the cold stone floor of the cell to watch under the door.…
Today, if you hear his voice 