Co-Authoring Your Story in Light of God's Epic: Human Identity and the Divine Word
Keywords:
character, identity, scripture, Augustine, Johann Hamann, Bible, Divine Author, TransformationAbstract
Suspending our disbelief in reading scripture puts us in touch with the Author God, who is revealed as such through diverse metaphors. This encounter often unfolds dramatically in crisis, but, just as important for character and identity formation, in daily reading. The Word of God (written, preached, paraphrased, or above all, incarnate in Jesus Christ) encounters people, reorients their lives for the good, invests them with a new identity, shapes their character and vocation, and even continues to “author” their lives afterward.
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