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.
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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick: As Spooky As You Want Them to Be (and Maybe Not At All)
The artist agreed to bring the stories the next morning. He left the fourteen drawings with Wenders. But he did not return the next day. Or the day after that. Harris Burdick was never heard from again.
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Why Imagination Matters—and You Need Allies
We wanted to make a place we would want to visit and read, and be encouraged and inspired to serve our families better. This was, and is, a golden rule project.
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The Warren & The World Vol 13, Issue 38
We come to you today with Big News—News of Great Importance, as we must honor Someone of Praiseworthy Faithfulness.
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Stomping the Grounds
But in reading great literature I become a thousand men and yet remain myself. Like the night sky in the Greek poem, I see with a myriad eyes, but it is still I who see.
-C.S. Lewis
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Review: The Kingdom and the King Storybook Bible
The book covers the overall story of Scripture – creation, the fall, redemption, and the new creation – by carefully tracing the kingly theme through all seventy chapters
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The Warren & The World Vol 13, Issue 37
It’s the baseball post-season and my team (the Detroit Tigers) just made it through the Wild Card round. To do so, they defeated my dear friend (and SW contributor) Laura’s team (the Cleveland Guardians). And if they win the next round, they could potentially be up against my dear friend (and SW managing editor) Kelly’s…
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Selections for World Animal Month
Animal books educate children on different species, and reading from an animal’s point of view can nurture empathy for that creature. Here are a few books that middle-graders can check out during this special month.
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Winter is Coming: A Book for Autumn
I’ve always thought that fall ends more abruptly than the other seasons. Winter slowly melts into spring, spring warms its way into summer, and summer fades into fall. But the winter edge of fall has always seemed sharp to me. When leaves that shimmered overhead one day would crunch beneath my feet the next, when…
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The Warren & The World Vol 13, Issue 36
I spent the day in back to back (to back) meetings and found myself scrambling at the end of the day to fit in a few small things that needed to get shipped. I work on an amazing church team with leaders that really care about developing the staff, so every single meeting today was…
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Review: The Song of the Stone Tiger
Fiction ought to make us ask, “What if it’s real?” In our broken world, the best stories should help us believe that something better is coming—that something better is possible. Glenn McCarty’s new title, The Song of the Stone Tiger, does just that.
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It’s Hobbit Day!
In the world of Middle-earth, today is the birthday of two distinguished hobbits: Bilbo Baggins of the Shire and his nephew, Frodo. It is, of course, the auspicious occasion of Bilbo’s eleventy-first birthday party, which is the opening scene of The Fellowship of the Ring. This same day was Frodo’s coming of age at the…
