Creating Community One Story at a Time
Front Porch Storytelling
A place where advice is garnered, jokes are told, songs are sung, and stories are spun.
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Books
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The Magic You Don't See
Music
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New Releases
Coming soon "Howl at the Moon" by Bob Bates
Dear Mr. Varney
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Several years ago I performed on the Grand Ole Opry with Charlie Louvin from the Louvin Brothers. I came to love the Louvin sound and when I wrote Dear Mr. Varney I decided to sort of recreate that old fashion sound that Charlie and Ira produced that was so simple and yet so effective.
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The Magic You Don't See
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The magic you don’t see
Is what you need to believe
If you smile at me
What you give we receive
Cat and Mouse
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About Us
The Fabric that holds the work together.
Connect: Engaging in the needs of the community.
Relationships: Forming and nurturing social groups that create and support healthy communities.
Purpose: Helping people use their strengths to create innovative and sustainable solutions and deepen their sense of purpose.
Service: Activating and cultivating Acts of service to humanity.
Gratitude & Celebration: Expressing and nourishing the accomplishments of the work and giving back so that the good continues.
What’s in the book/music?
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1. Provokes Thinking
2. Spreads a Message
3. Advances the work
4. Touches Others’ Lives
Front Porch Storytelling
The American front porch is open and sociable. In essence, it is an outdoor living room for family and friends to pass the time- a place where advice was garnered, jokes were told, songs were sung, and stories were spun. The front porch represented the cultural ideals of family and community.
The power of a story is magnified when it is shared.