We have one-hundred seats left for Storyline so if you’ve been daydreaming about a trip to Portland you’ll want to register soon. Hundreds have just left Portland for the Q conference which was fantastic, and it got me thinking about the Storyline Conference and how only five weeks from now hundreds more will be descending on the city so we can talk together about what amazing things we can do with our lives. It’s going to be a terrific time.
Last year about 500 new and old friends came up for Storyline and spent two days going through five lectures, small group meetings and a robust workbook analyzing our gifts, our skills and our passions in an effort to map out how God has wired us so we can participate with God to do amazing things. If you find yourself wondering what could be next in your story, Storyline is for you. Check out the website and lets take this journey together!
To register, simply click this link, watch the video and tell your friends. Tomorrow, I will be making a special announcement about a treat that only Storyline attendees will experience. Stay tuned!
Ooh I would so love to go! If only I wasn’t a whole ocean away!
Have a great time, storyline-ers! xxx
Woot! Storyline treats are the BEST.
The first thing I thought when I saw his conference was, “wow, that would be a fun conference” and then the second thought came tumbling after, completely eclipsing the first: “but I can’t. I’m to busy living the story already”.
I am. It’s a lovely and terrifying thing all at once. I live and work in urban N Philadelphia in neighborhoods where poverty (particularly poverty of the heart) and violence are gaping wounds in the lives of many. I walk, bike and drive through neighborhoods that terrify many of my friends. Sometimes they terrify me. But I work for a health center that holds out hope in the midst of it… and I am living the story that I was made to live. But so many of my patients are not. And I never thought of ‘the story’ of a life quite like you present it, but I’ve come to recognize this as one of the things so many of my patients lack. Honestly, even though I think for myself, I’ve always known somehow that my life was part of an epic tale, I couldn’t put into words why that is just so vital, until I read snatches of your book when I picked it up from a friend’s bedside table when napping at her house one day.
Now I can see the problems in my patients’ lives when their stories are too small, mean and self-centered. Many are literally aching for a better story and I get to remind them of that, sometimes just with a word of hope, sometimes with an up front challenge. So thanks for the invitation to learn about living a better story. Sometime maybe I’ll have a lull in my own story and get to come. Until then I’ll just point my patients to The Story and the possibility that they could live a piece of it themselves.
I understand if you don’t publish this (way too) long post. But I wanted to say thanks and tell you how, in a roundabout way, your voice is echoing on the streets of Kensington and Hunting Park, in N. Philadelphia.
Not sure about your pseudo-self-help slogan (or your orange capitals that seem to be yelling your message) BUT I certainly do wish I could attend.
Wanted to encourage everyone to consider making the trip for Storyline. I had so much fun attending last September with one of my best friends, both of us needing the time to reflect on where our lives were headed. It was fantastic. Plus we enjoyed our time in Portland eating great food, taking long walks around the Pearl District. I still go to my notes as I make decisions because the themes I picked up on at Storyline haven’t failed to help me focus and be intentional. I highly recommend it!
I’ve taught two multi-week Bible studies at my church with the material I learned at Storyline. There’s something to this story “thing.” No doubt.
Not so much about this post, but thought you might like this recent article from the Onion: http://www.theonion.com/articles/mans-life-riddled-with-continuity-errors,20492/?utm_source=recentnews.
Please come to do this conference in New York.. Some of us broke college graduates would love to learn from you out here
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