Ep 231 Storytelling and Sanctuary with Susy Flory

Thinking of writing your story? Susy Flory thinks you should begin, like today.
Currently in seminary working on her doctoral degree, Susy Flory directs the West Coast Christian Writers Conference, and knows a good story when she hears it. Raised by an Irish mother who could tell a good yarn, Susy is a 17 book New York Times best-selling author whose favorite books are memoirs. Today we discuss how she came to co-write her lovely book, Sanctuary about a young man named Patrick who lost his way and the rescue donkeys that led him home.
Susy leads Everything Memoir, both a free facebook group with loads of quality free offerings, as well as a year long coaching group on how to write your memoir which will be starting up again this coming January. Learn more about both on her website: susyflory.com and find all her links HERE.
Some gems:
I find people endlessly fascinating and I love helping them tell their stories in any form but especially in written form.
From getting to know Patrick and how God met him in all his struggles, I came to appreciate in a deeper, broader way that those who follow Christ are all a part of one church.
From Patrick's story we see again how God doesn't give up on us no matter how many times we fail.
Words have an eternal quality to them, which is reason enough to begin writing your story.
Everyone who loves God has a God-story that needs to be told, even if only for one person to hear it.
Patrick felt accepted and unconditional love from one particular donkey named Aran and that helped him feel less alone and eventually led towards his healing.
Writing our stories gives us joy in that it helps us feel like there's a reason for why things have happened in our lives.