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On Christians Reading Fiction: Stealing Past Watchful Dragons

February 7, 2022 by Kelly Keller 5 Comments

Last fall I dropped by the church office to drop something off. After a few minutes of chatting with the staff, I picked up my keys to go home. One of our interns then asked me the question, “what would you say to someone who thinks it’s not valuable spiritually to read fiction?” I put […]

Filed Under: Faith & Vision, Featured Article, Fostering Imagination, Valuing Imagination

To A Beginning Reader

August 16, 2021 by Kelly Keller 6 Comments

NOTE: We plucked this one from the archives, because I think Kelly’s lovely welcome to new readers should be repeated for ALL new readers! – JDW Dear Child, Today you read your first word. It was “at.” You then proceeded to read “am,” “an,” and “ad.” These are small words as the English language goes […]

Filed Under: Fostering Imagination, Parenting

Mike Mulligan and Beyond: the Work of Virginia Lee Burton

June 30, 2021 by Kelly Keller 4 Comments

Remember the scene in Pixar’s 2009 film Up where we see the sweet little house dwarfed by towering skyscrapers? That shot has always reminded me of a book I’ve loved sharing with my children: Virginia Lee Burton’s The Little House. In Up, the house is pulled up by an enormous colorful bouquet of balloons; in […]

Filed Under: Books, Discovering Resources

Bed in Summer

June 9, 2021 by Kelly Keller 1 Comment

If you’re looking to start reading poetry regularly in your family, Robert Louis Stevenson’s A Child’s Garden of Verses is an excellent place to begin. You may be surprised at how some of the poems are already familiar to you! The following poem is one of our favorites from the collection, and it comes first […]

Filed Under: Books, Discovering Resources

A Seat at the Table with Phil

March 3, 2021 by Kelly Keller Leave a Comment

Over the weeks and months of staying home brought on by Covid, I looked for ways to keep things exciting inside our four walls. One day threatened to blur into another as the seven of us bounced off each other inside the house. Boredom and repetition made us all a little bit crazy. For a […]

Filed Under: Discovering Resources, Movies

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