From Father Stephen Freeman:
The public narrative (news and history) is like watching actors in a play. However, the actors have stumbled into the notion that the play is reality. They react to each other and the narrative within the play, but the reality off-stage (which is the rest of the whole world) is nowhere in sight. We might easily conclude that the entire idea of a public narrative is absurd (and it is, largely).
But people are story-tellers. If you ask, “What’s happening?” the answer will take some sort of story form. Apparently, God is a story-teller as well. In St. John’s gospel we read:
“No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.” (John 1:18)
The Latin translation of this verse says that the only-begotten Son “narrates” Him (enarravit). And this is precisely the case. The Christian claim is that Christ Himself is the story of the universe. He is the author and the protagonist. He is the meaning of the true story. Every sub-story (my life and yours) gains its meaning and purpose from the greater story of which they are a part.
Read the whole article here: World Story – The News and the Good News
Gladsome Lights 
Very good! It’s such a mystery.
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Yes, this is the real news. How to keep it in the headlines is the question. I am forwarding this to family and friends.
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I guess I at least have the power to keep it in the “headlines” of my heart. And my Christmas cards! 🙂
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I loved this! Thanks for sharing it GJ.
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This: “But people are story-tellers. If you ask, ‘What’s happening?’ the answer will take some sort of story form.”
I read that, and suddenly remembered the patter from Jesus Christ, Superstar: “What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s happening!”
I remembered it as “What’s the news?” and then discovered I was wrong. But more formal language or slang, the meaning’s much the same — as is the hunger for a good story to explain it all.
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