Gentle Reader,
So if there is one thing to know about The Mod Sub, it is that she loves a good story. Always has, and one suspects, she always will. There is no distance too great that she would not search for the elusive yarn. It is why she perennially posts to this blog that is read by a precious few. It is why she interviews guests on her podcast, Well, Don't Tell the Kids!. But for more than these reasons, she has come to discover that, actually, she IS the story. Astounding.
There is a concept that stories follow a common thread. The protagonist in a given initial state is challenged, repulsed by the contradiction to her expectations, expends much energy running away from it, only to be transformed, and returning to the original challenge with a new outlook. We see the pattern with Jonah and Nineveh via the belly of a leviathan; with the prodigal son by way of loose living; with Elizabeth Bennet through the Lake Counties.
The Mod Sub is one for established tradition, security in the mainstream, rising adeptly through the ranks to general good regard. Imagine her dismay and utter surprise when these prejudices were overtly challenged and riotously overturned. One can spend a lifetime running from the astonishing. But the Lord pursues and while not onerous, remains persistent. The Mod Sub attributes the persistence to the character of the original master Storyteller.
As Ever,
The Mod Sub
