To Be Told Workbook: Embracing the Stories of Your Life by Dan B. Allender

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Synopsis

God Invites You to Coauthor Your Future.
It Starts with Reading Your Past.

In this companion workbook to Dr. Dan Allender’s groundbreaking book To Be Told, you will find practical, easy-to-follow exercises to help you explore and embrace the stories of your life. The exercises inside will equip you to:

·recall past experiences and find the meaning God has written there
·understand how individual events fit into the bigger themes of your life
·write down your stories in a way that reflects God’s authorship of your life
·identify the passions that drive you, and see how God uses them to guide you into the future
·tell your story in a way that brings glory to God and reveals him to others

Learn how to read and study your story, and then start telling it to others. God invites you to co-author with him the rest of your life’s story–a story that opens up your future and glorifies God.

Publishers Weekly

When confronted with an interesting person, we often wonder, "What's his or her story?" Allender, a professor of counseling from Mars Hill Graduate School near Seattle, urges us to ask that question of ourselves and then pay close attention to the answer, as it reveals not only who we are but also who God is in our lives. "You are a story," he says, "authored by the greatest Writer of all time." Allender is generous in telling his own story-one including drug abuse, childhood sexual abuse, a conversion to Christianity and, finally, a call to work with others who were sexually abused. He blends an understanding of psychology and spirituality with a gentle, inviting tone, ending each chapter with a few key questions for journaling. The goal is that we begin to see how we are "coauthors" with God of our own story. This is no shallow reflection-Allender walks us through the painful parts of our story, emphasizing that our "plight is also our redemption." While our culture is fascinated with watching or reading other people's stories, this book skillfully reminds us that we each have a story of our own, which we need to face boldly and lovingly. (Feb.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Biography

Dan B. Allender, Ph.D., is a fly fisherman who also serves as president of Mars Hill Graduate School near Seattle, Washington. He is a professor of counseling, a therapist in private practice, and a frequent speaker and seminar leader. Dan is the author of How Children Raise Parents and The Healing Path, as well as The Wounded Heart, Bold Love, and Intimate Allies. He and his wife, Rebecca, are the parents of three children. For more information, visit his website at www.danallender.com.