Stories and folktales are what bind us together as a community. They tell us who we are and why we have obligations towards each other.
Robin Dunbar • Friends: Understanding the Power of our Most Important Relationships
It is here religious stories, if we read them intelligently and not as the script for yet another rescue plan, can be a help. They show us what it is like to be this thinking, feeling, troubled creature, formed by forces it had no control over, wandering in the haunted wood of existence.
Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
Our individuality is entwined with our connectedness; so the work of healing and growth happens both alone and in relation to others.
Mia Birdsong • How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community
