A BETTER STORY TO LIVE BY

Why Jesus is a better story to live by

Sir Ben Okri, Nigerian-born British poet writes: “One way or another we are living the stories planted in us early or along the way, we are also living the stories we planted - knowingly or unknowingly - in ourselves. We live the stories that either give our lives meaning, or negate it with meaninglessness. If we change the stories we live by, quite possibly we change or lives.”

We all live by a story or collection of stories. Those stories tell us tales of who we are, what we are worth, what our purpose and meaning are and what the future means for us. Parts of those stories we choose. Others were chosen for us and some have just slipped into our subconscious. 

A Better Story is a series of talks in Emmanuel Church’s morning service and seminars in our evening service for atheists, all religious backgrounds, skeptics and Christians, young and old. It’s an opportunity to reflect on and examine some of our culture’s mainstream stories we live by. We’ll compare those narratives against the best story ever - God come to rescue us in Jesus Christ. 

The stories we live by shape us, but not all stories are good for us!  Make a new start in the new year by examining the stories you live by and reflecting on whether there is a Better Story to Live By.”

Sundays at 10am and 6pm