JACKIE SMALLBONES
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The journey rather than
the destination is what matters most

We can journey through life either as storymakers or as listmakers,
​using the same ordinary stuff that makes up our lives in very different ways.

Listmakers, as the name suggests, use the stuff of life to make lists—to do lists, to have lists, to achieve lists, and so on.  While a useful and sometimes even necessary way to live, the dangers for listmakers include legalism, hypocrisy and a greater concern for progress than the process of living.  Storymakers are people who choose to live their life as a story, as an unfolding plot that inexorably moves towards resolution and its ending.  Storymakers focus on the process of living in the now rather than on making progress by accomplishing predetermined goals.  The journey rather than the destination is what matters most.  They embrace the ambiguity and mystery and subjectivity of story, living the questions that can’t now be answered.

Christian storymakers immerse themselves in the Grand Story of Scripture, a story of creation, chaos and redemption, in order to live a life narrated by this Grand Story.  

Because I desire to be a storymaker and help others live this way, I have called the work I do StorymakerLife.   My purpose is to facilitate Christian spiritual formation in the Way of Jesus through a variety of practices.  These include Storymakers, a discipline of reading the Bible together for all its worth; spiritual direction, a discipline of telling and listening to one’s personal sacred tale; retreats, an opportunity to pull away from distractions and be attentive to God and self; and also prayer pilgrimage as a way of praying for and in the local church.

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Jackie's latest book
JOURNEY TO JESUS
with Mark's Gospel as Guide

JOURNEY TO JESUS is a 100-day devotional and thoughtful journey through the Gospel of Mark, bringing head and heart together in wholesight. The slow pace of the journey through Mark gives readers time for deep reflection on the Jesus Mark reveals and the response required from them today. The journey with Mark is sometimes enlightening, sometimes trying; always challenging, always worthwhile. An amazing Gospel and a wonder-filled devotional journey.  It is available at: 
http://www.lulu.com/shop/jacqueline-smallbones/journey-to-jesus/paperback/product-24293702.html
https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Jesus-Jacqueline-Smallbones/dp/0359969682/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=Journey+to+Jesus&qid=1587428106&s=books&sr=1-7

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Let the redeemed of the LORD tell their STORY
(Psalm 107:2 (TNIV))
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  • Home
  • LIVE THE STORY
    • READING the BIBLE for all YOU’RE WORTH
    • READING the BIBLE TOGETHER for all its WORTH
    • Tell me a story and put me in it
  • Read Your Bible
    • Lent and Easter 2023 >
      • A Second Gaze
    • Advent 2022
  • Spiritual Practices
    • SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
    • RETREATS >
      • Next Retreat Date
      • Personal Retreat
  • Sacred Sagas
    • Smallbones Saga 2022
    • You just need to be thirsty
    • Power the Jesus' Way
    • Response to Jan 6
    • Binding the Strong Man
    • Come, everything is ready
    • Help my Unbelief (Mk 9:14-29)
    • Off with your shoes
    • Psalms and prayer
    • Praying in Ugly Times
    • The Messiah we Want
    • Why I can't vote for Trump
    • Worship & Discipleship
  • About Me
  • Contact