Curtis: I find meaning from that story in the ways that you just described as well. It also makes me think that it also helps make sense of the world, because it reminds me of how far back our cultural and ideological divisions go. Even this far back, people were putting each other in these sort of straight jackets and that prevented from basic sort of human care. And it's striking that we're still living with that in even more intense ways.
Curtis and Nancy French explore the power of storytelling in everyday life. Nancy, a professional storyteller and New York Times best-selling author, urges listeners to “read” the stories of their own lives – in order to see how the ultimate Author of their stories (God) has shaped their destinies. Curtis and Nancy also encourage people to inhabit other peoples’ stories and to interview family members, such as parents, to more clearly see the context of their “origin stories.”
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