The Hero’s Journey is Also Mine

Just over three weeks ago, I sat in an amazing workshop at the ACFW Conference and took pages of notes as Christopher Vogler outlined the essential stages of a hero’s journey to a room full of storytellers. As I’ve mulled over the stages since (especially while brainstorming the essential scenes for my next book), I’m reminded that these same stages are part of my personal story. And yours.

The overview: Hero lives in an ordinary world doing ordinary things and then receives a call to adventur...