Best of BaseCamp Live: Telling Better Stories with Jacob Hess

In this Best of BaseCamp Live flashback, host Davies Owens sits down with pastor, musician, and author Jacob Hess to explore how story, liturgy, and imagination shape the hearts of our children - and why the stories we tell matter now more than ever. 🎧

In this episode:

• Life is liturgy: how small, repeatable rituals - at dinner, in class, or before bed—tell the Gospel story.
• Formation over information: why habits shape what we love (Charlotte Mason; James K. A. Smith).
• Worship in every moment: practical ways to make the ordinary sacred using tools like Every Moment Holy.
• Why fiction matters: Jacob’s The Bright Abyss (think Star Wars meets Tolkien) as a case study in shaping imagination.
• A takeaway for this week: identify one small ritual that tells a better story—and practice it faithfully.

🎧 Join Davies Owens and Jacob Hess as they unpack how to fill our homes and classrooms with better stories that train hearts to love what God loves.

Resources Mentioned:

• The Bright Abyss
• RSVP Now for ADVANCE Retreat

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The Herzog Foundation
The Champion Group
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Wilson Hill Academy
Life Architects Coaching

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