Finding Untold Stories By Stan L. LeQuire Abstract In 2003, gunmen stormed the home of José Matilde Bonilla and murdered him as he ate dinner with his family in the Honduran village of Palmital. For the gunmen, his crime was interference in their business while trying to assure clean water for his remote, impoverished village. How are theologians and public servants to make sense of this story? Using principles of theological thinking, the Matilde narrative will be interpreted in the light of the Judeo-Christian metanarrative. Then, it will be compared to other stories of caring for the environment. One element of the Matilde story will stand out from the others – the context of the events is unusual enough to give the reader pause. The price paid by José Matilde Bonilla to care for creation is surprising to Western listeners. Customarily, environmental stories are situated in far different contexts and do not usually resolve in this way. The case will be made that in fact, it is audience context which may even hinder the theologian from discovering this and similar stories. The story of Matilde - and perhaps others - risk being undiscovered, forgotten, untold. Are there other such stories waiting for an audience? By a renewed commitment to disciplined observation, the theologian can make sure that she asks the right questions thereby capturing valuable stories about the ways of God in the world and the actors in God’s metanarrative. This article makes a proposal that inductive cross-contextual observation needs to be engaged by the theologian-storyteller. Five practical suggestions are elaborated to help theologians improve upon their skills of observation. The article concludes with applications for the global theological community.