Inviting the Wolf In

Thinking about Difficult Stories

By: Loren Niemi, Elizabeth Ellis

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A difficult story is any story whose content makes it challenging to tell or difficult to hear. Told for the wrong reasons, it can be as painful for the listener as for the teller. However, as we know from literature and media, Sophie's Choice to The Sixth Sense, told properly, a difficult story can powerfully alter not only he who tells it, but those who hear it.

How can we tell the stories of wickedness and loss, sorrow and grief? How do we respectfully engage our audience and get to the core of a story's meaning? Niemi and Ellis begin with the assumption that it is essential and beneficial to tell difficult stories. Stopping our ears or stilling our tongues will not make tragedy go away; rather, the first step in ending suffering is to name it for what it is.

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Introduction: What Is a "Difficult Story"?	p. 7
Who Benefits from a Storytelling Approach to the Telling of Difficult Stories?	p. 8
What We Are and What We Are Not	p. 15
The Need to Shape and Artfully Tell the Difficult Story	p. 19
Story: "By the Grace of God," Loren Niemi	p. 24
The Value of Speaking Truthfully	p. 32
Personal Meaning and Shared Meaning	p. 33
Story: "Demeter and Persephone, 1984," Elizabeth Ellis	p. 35
The Value of Speaking Artfully	p. 40
Story: "Mitterand's Last Meal," Loren Niemi	p. 41
Self-Censorship	p. 47
A Consideration of Some Basic Principles	p. 55
Trust	p. 56
Permission	p. 58
Ownership	p. 59
Traditional Stories	p. 61
Story: "Mister Fox," Elizabeth Ellis	p. 63
The Gift and Shadow of "Modern" Retellings	p. 70
Story: "Hansel and Gretel," Loren Niemi	p. 71
Historical Stories	p. 79
Story: "Mary McLeod Bethune," Elizabeth Ellis	p. 83
-isms of All Kinds	p. 88
Emotional Timelines	p. 91
Jealousy	p. 92
Story: "Just Perfect," Elizabeth Ellis	p. 94
Story: "Seeing Miss Julie," Loren Niemi	p. 99
Grief	p. 104
Story: "Thom's Dream," Megan Wells	p. 106
Structural Elements Used in the Creation of Stories	p. 115
Tone	p. 116
Point of View	p. 119
Story: "Hannah on a Summer's Day," Loren Niemi	p. 121
Point of Entry	p. 126
A Wickedness-Loss Continuum	p. 131
The Continuum as Story Tree	p. 132
The Seed Story	p. 139
Examples of Wickedness	p. 142
Examples of Loss	p. 148
Overarching Structural Elements	p. 157
Emotional Arc	p. 158
Story: "Slaughter House," Tim Herwig	p. 160
Moral Framework	p. 166
Story: "The Rug," Loren Niemi	p. 167
Story: "Political Prisoner," Elizabeth Ellis	p. 172
Confidentiality, Community, and Practice	p. 183
Bibliography: Difficult Stories and Spirituality	p. 187
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