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The Kindling: Read the Tragedy, Live the Comedy
“I hate the book,” replied one of my students. “The end is so depressing.” She was right, the story is tragic. The American Dream kills...
Oct 5, 20171 min read


The Kindling: I Know Him, Because I've Heard His Story
My great-grandfather was the only cowboy I ever knew. He was an actual cowboy, a real pagan one, too, until God rustled him. The cowboy...
Sep 28, 20171 min read

The Kindling: Steal Past the Dragons
How have you seen stories sneak past someone's defenses? Perhaps they wouldn't hear what you had to say, but they would let you tell a...
Sep 21, 20171 min read


The Kindling: Imagination and Religion?
What is the connection between the imagination and religion? Janine Langan writes, "My contention is that there is nothing more...
Sep 14, 20171 min read


The Kindling: G.K. Chesterton
The Kindling: A small quote for a big fire “I had always felt life first as a story: and if there is a story there is a storyteller….God...
Sep 7, 20171 min read


The Vortex of Bent Stories
Editor's Note: In the upcoming weeks, Dane will be examining two common types of stories in a series titled, “The Stories we Tell.” Each...
Mar 8, 20177 min read

The Stories We Tell: Some Stories are Made to be Broken
Editor's Note: In the upcoming weeks, Dane will be examining two common types of stories in a series titled, “The Stories we Tell.” Each...
Feb 22, 20175 min read


Welcome to Stage & Story
Welcome to Stage & Story Welcome to Stage & Story (and to our eponymous Stage & Story Blog)! My prayer for this blog is to provide a...
Feb 7, 20172 min read