The Cost of Slowing Down
While some families seem to thrive when they have plenty to do and lots of people to see, ours is quieter, more homeward bound.
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Eight Thanksgiving Books I’m Thankful For
To help embrace the month of Thanksgiving with that attitude, here’s a list of eight Thanksgiving-themed books that I have loved reading aloud with my family.
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Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 13, Issue 42
Links from around the web, the weekly run-down of Story Warren, all in one convenient email. What more could you ask for? Dragons?
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What Does Christmasification Mean to You?
Our store has been Christmas-i-tized or something like that.
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The Green Ember Costume Roundup (Winners Announced!)
Here are our winners for 2025!
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Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 13, Issue 41
Hello! Welcome to the month of November! If I had to choose one word from children’s literature to describe my week, it would be “blustery.” We had a good dose of rain and wind this week. It felt like autumn had finally well and truly arrived. Today is the last day to enter our contest…
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Mythopoeic Grace
The Bible tells us that grace comes through faith, and that faith is the conviction of things unseen. It could be argued, then, that grace is the result of faith in something our modern culture would consider a myth (the unseen world).
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Green Ember Costume Call
It’s that time of year! Whether you’re attending a fall festival, a Halloween party, or a trunk-or-treat, this week is the time when you might be putting together a Green Ember costume for an adorable small person in your life.
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Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 13, Issue 40
Hi everyone, This week at Story Warren we celebrated our newest addition in the Green Ember universe, Helmer in the Dragon Tomb. If you missed our livestream on Tuesday, you can watch the replay right here. We know many of you have been waiting for a long time for more about our hero Helmer, and…
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Louis L’Amour and the Moral Imagination
In our imaginations we explore other worlds, we put ourselves into situations we’ve never actually been in, and we inevitably wonder: What would we do there? What would we be like?
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Review: Katie Luther: The Nun Who Escaped to True Freedom
Even though she was not perfect, Katie Luther’s life shows us what living in freedom looks like: no longer striving to be flawless to please God, no longer slaves to sin, but letting God work in and through us as we extend his love and kindness to those in our lives.
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Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 13, Issue 39
Last week I visited Boston in the Fall (thank you, VeggieTales, for that particular turn of phrase), and I remain convinced that New England in October is a foretaste of the Kingdom.
