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Keepers of the Story
by Megan
McKenna
More wonderful
tales—and how to tell them—from master storyteller Megan
McKenna. A coyote, a woodcutter, a Buddhist Zen master, a boy named
Samuel, a Sufi mystic, two men walking to Emmaus—all are
central characters in stories told by Megan McKenna and Tony Cowan.
As we listen to “Once upon a time,” their lives become
our lives. We learn from their mistakes, and we profit from their
wisdom.
Megan
McKenna’s stories, and those of her friend, storyteller Tony
Cowan, draw from many religious traditions—Hebrews Scripture,
Sufi mysticism, Native American traditions, Eastern religious, and
the Christian Gospels. Keepers of the story also offers readers
fascinating and helpful information about storytelling itself. In the
final chapter, Megan explores how the storyteller becomes a
theologian, talking and teaching about God, the Keeper of the Story
of us all.
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