The Truest Story Ever Told: What the World's Most Timeless Stories Reveal about Finding Fulfillment, Joy and Adventure (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780692171882)

Humans are hardwired for stories. We need stories to make sense of our lives and for insight on what the universe is expecting from us next. The Truest Story Ever Told shows readers how one specific story arc found throughout the world's most sacred stories can be used to find greater purpose, joy and adventure. This storytelling structure, labeled by the late mythologist Joseph Campbell as the HERO'S JOURNEY, describes the persistence of a particular set of themes in mythology and still used by today's best storytellers. While stories come in endless variation, the most profound ones follow a nearly universal format: A hero ventures out of an ordinary world and enters into a mysterious world full of adventure and challenges. During the Hero's Quest he or she is initiated into a more whole and alive condition before returning to the ordinary world to share the rewards of the journey with his or her community.Before walking readers through how to apply the various themes of the HERO'S JOURNEY in real modern day terms, Eddy points out that the reason these stories repeat themselves so often through history and have such power over us is because they all reflect one particular story-The Truest Story Ever Told - the Gospel story of Jesus Christ. Jesus came as the ultimate expression of life and as an example God's love for his creation. He was the Hero of all Hero's and now he invites us to join the narrative and to have his Hero story intertwine with ours so through our life we might continue to tell the Hero tale. What we learn through Eddy's take on the HERO'S JOURNEY is that our most cherished stories are not just a place for our imaginations to go to escape. They are pointing us toward an eternal truth about what it means to be the image-bearers of God. We have a new destiny. Come lean how you can be a part of The Truest Story Ever Told.

Author: Michael B. Eddy
ISBN-10: 0692171886
ISBN-13: 9780692171882
Publisher: Wholehearted Media
Language: English
Published: 10/19/2018
Pages: 210
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.48d