A Story is Born

Good Day World,

Make Hope Tour is ready to set sail for the west. 

With that being my reality I took this time to truly "be" at home this weekend. 

To Be Present In Each Moment. 

Taking a cue from my wife's lenten resolution

No internet, no phones, no electronic devices on Saturday or Sunday.

My boys and I only had one exception..

11 minutes to play as many rounds as possible on Super Smash Brothers!

We had a blast! The 11 minutes turned into 14! 

And for anyone that knows me, that's making really good progress. 

For those of you who are getting to know me better, 

let's just say that "time" is not really my strong suit.

As I sit playing with my boys, I started to think how cool it was...

 A majority of the characters being played with this new generation

 were the characters from when I as a kid.

I got to thinking about stories. It seems they started off as word of mouth,

then they found there way to the pages. Next came sound recordings.

 Followed by our stories finding their way on the silver screen.

Now with video games you can  interact and impact the story itself.

I believe the tapestry of stories have two common threads.

1. Imagination

2. Creation

When woven together the myths and tales have...

put our kids to bed,

given us the perfect recipe,

provided us the right notes to a song, 

allowed us to escape into another galaxy

and even given us something to believe in: 

a message of hope.

One question I have for you world. 

In what stories, myths or tales by (word, paper, sound or screen) have you found Hope?

I'll share one that kind of sparked this whole blog.

Super Mario Brothers.

I love it! Two Italian plumber brothers figure out how to travel through pipes,

to strange and distant worlds. Fight really wild beasts 

and battle a huge fire breathing "dragon" only to rescue the princess. 

It reminds me of how I met my wife ; )

It's a blessed and busy road and I look forward to seeing you on it.

peace. 

love,

ND