story-tellers
I find this truly odd. I really ENJOY listening to my pastor speak. He is a good speaker, a good story-teller. I have always enjoyed listening to people tell stories. I have never enjoyed listening to educational speakers – they are usually not very engaging to me. But give me someone that can tell a good story and I am all ears. One of my favorite things about my ex-boyfriend was that he would talk to me for hours – every day. He would make up stories and tell them to me as I fell asleep. He was always more of a talker than me and I loved to just listen. He always did better with creative writing than I did and I could always help him out with technical writing. With most things in life, I am better with the technicalities, the little details – not the creative part. I can not tell a joke to save my life, I am not a good story-teller, I typically do not exaggerate. With me, what you see is what you get – what I say, is what I mean (unless I am flat out lying). But I get exceptional pleasure out of listening to someone tell a story – or if someone will not tell it to me, I enjoy reading it or watching it. Church though, well that just brings back childhood memories of boring pastors or sitting in the back playing with my friends. I have listened to plenty of pastors, I have heard plenty of good sermons, but I have never found myself saying – wow, I really look forward to listening to what this pastor has to say. I work in the church nursery – 2yr olds & 3yr olds – on the weeks that I work, I am given a CD of that day’s sermon – I have actually listened to a few of them, outside of church, in my vehicle when I could be listening to music. Me, I hate talk radio – I hate morning shows – I hate commercials – I want music only, forget the rest – but I have chosen to sit in my vehicle & listen to a pastor speak. It is all very weird to me.
