Charles (Charlie) Crowe believes that the best moments in life are always good stories. Even the worst moments in life come to us as the stories we hear or the story we live. He loves to tell and to hear good stories. Starting when he was only four years old, on trips to visit his Granny Bell, he always insisted on having a joke to tell her. Growing up in a preacher’s home there was constantly a story going on.
Charlie was not a particularly good student because he discovered day dreaming more interesting than classroom work. He can vividly remember daydreams from first grade. One day he got into trouble daydreaming about a heroic fight with a giant spider, which was much more interesting that whatever was going on in the classroom at the moment.
During his ministry, Charlie consistently tried to communicate the greatest story ever told by means of stories. Beyond the discipline of hermeneutics and exegeses he loved to share the story of scripture. As a church consultant, he still uses the power of story as a way to teach what churches should do and what they need to avoid.
Charlie’s children grew up on the oddity of Theodore Rex Lizard, aka Teddy the Wonder Lizard, from the planet Zortron who managed to appear at bedtime, the dinner table, and even at birthday parties for children too old for stories. He firmly believes that if you can get people to tell you their story and listen to your story you will most likely become friends.
On his tombstone there may well be Charlie’s trademark quote, “That reminds me of a story....
Charlie was not a particularly good student because he discovered day dreaming more interesting than classroom work. He can vividly remember daydreams from first grade. One day he got into trouble daydreaming about a heroic fight with a giant spider, which was much more interesting that whatever was going on in the classroom at the moment.
During his ministry, Charlie consistently tried to communicate the greatest story ever told by means of stories. Beyond the discipline of hermeneutics and exegeses he loved to share the story of scripture. As a church consultant, he still uses the power of story as a way to teach what churches should do and what they need to avoid.
Charlie’s children grew up on the oddity of Theodore Rex Lizard, aka Teddy the Wonder Lizard, from the planet Zortron who managed to appear at bedtime, the dinner table, and even at birthday parties for children too old for stories. He firmly believes that if you can get people to tell you their story and listen to your story you will most likely become friends.
On his tombstone there may well be Charlie’s trademark quote, “That reminds me of a story....