Category Archives: Longstories

Longstories are our more broadly scoped stories. They are our source of context and meaning for stories by which we live our daily lives. These include religious stories, stories about providing for our family, national stories expressed in constitutions, and our global longstories about how life on earth will unfold over the next ten thousand years.

Confessions of a Nontheist

Posted on January 6, 2012 by David Thompson

Preface: This blog is my attempt to build a new language of stories, a language built from stories told and collected here. Each piece is an aspect of our storied experience, and each piece is part of my attempt to … Continue reading →

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Confluence of Cultural Stories

Posted on March 7, 2011 by David Thompson

“She threw it on the ground”, complained Sara, the young Mennonite woman. Then Sara said she wanted to move back to Canada where she’d attended college. Sara was raised here in Paraguay’s arid Chaco Region. We met her in her … Continue reading →

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Which Stories?

Posted on December 16, 2010 by David Thompson

AMID and USER Stories Story means many things. Some stories describe what happened, or what we believe will happen, and some stories are created to stimulate our wonder and emotions. These stories are often less about what animates us, and … Continue reading →

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Freedom From Story Condemnation: Part 2, Stream and Pond Stories

Posted on December 13, 2010 by David Thompson

As we passed the baton of conversation, Lee pointed me to the metaphorical lines from The Silver Chair, by C. S. Lewis. A thirsty little girl named Jill encounters the powerful and wise Lion, Aslan, as she approaches a stream … Continue reading →

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Freedom from Storied Condemnation

Posted on December 7, 2010 by David Thompson

I met Lee at a gathering, a celebration for a friend who had finished his Nursing degree at age 50. Lee was an 80 year old man, soft spoken, unassuming, and quiet among animated conversation. Eventually, Lee started asking insightful … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Constellation

Posted on November 15, 2010 by David Thompson

Written January 2010 (Revised 15 November 2010) Pete gave me a lesson in the power of infectious longstories. Pete is a roughly handsome and fit looking 60+ year old man, of medium build, with a rugged longshoreman’s face and New … Continue reading →

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Finding Meaning Through New Longstories 2

Posted on November 8, 2010 by David Thompson

Our influence on future terrestrial life is our tangible and concrete after-life. Humans are currently suffering in a shared global longstory crisis.  Longstory crisis is my way of saying that our current global stories and objectives lack meaning for our … Continue reading →

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Finding Meaning Through New Longstories

Posted on November 1, 2010 by David R. Thompson

Welcome, Though this site is still under construction, I am adding this first post to get the juices flowing. I have added background to the About Author page, and I’m in the process of writing an introduction on the About … Continue reading →

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