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The Seven Basic Plots and the One Basic Plot: Cosper, Booker, and The Stories We Tell

Will Herron | 9 min read

Being parents of young children, it was a rare occasion (even pre-pandemic!) when my wife and I were able to get out to dinner and a movie. Our last cinema outing had ended with us both falling asleep (an unfortunate reflection of our engagement with The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug). On this occasion, however,...

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Culture • Christianity & Culture

Metanarrative and Narrative

Dr. Steven Garber | 5 min read

Words we live by— metanarrative and narrative. Most of us find it possible to get on with our lives without using those two words every day, if ever. But whether they make their way into our minds, we live with them from morning to night, as their realities are integrally woven into every heart. Everyone...

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Vocation • Finding Your Vocation

Let’s Start at the Very Beginning (Again)

Rev. Dr. Bill Fullilove | 3 min read

We all live our life by some narrative, even if it’s only “I owe, I owe, so off to work I go.” The narrative frames the activity and gives it meaning.  Of course, most of us have lived our lives without thinking carefully about the narrative that drives us.  We go to work because everyone...

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