Here’s to the Niche Hobbyists
While I still feel it would be far better for our society if reading weren’t a niche hobby, but a widespread habit—a necessity—I am glad to serve the niche hobbyists. And I am glad to be one of them.
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Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 14, Issue 29
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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Review: Jude and the Extraordinary, Spectacular, Miraculous Day
The reader is greeted by the happy conclusion that our most humble, ordinary offerings can turn into miraculous offerings in the hands of Jesus.
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The Last Summer
These Augusts have a heartbeat we forget.
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The Lie of Optimization
You have plentiful hours in front of you. Do not let our optimization-obsessed culture prevent you from resting in that.
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Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 14, Issue 28
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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We Weren’t Always This Way
We bring all these years with us into the conversation, yet we sometimes forget that not everyone was alongside us for them.
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Old-Souled Stories
The stories that burrowed deep into her heart told the truth, that the darkness exists, it is real, but it is not the end of the story. They taught her about mercy, treachery, beauty, home, exile, and hope.
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The Beautiful Ordinary
I have read this book at least four times, either as an individual or in groups, and each time, at each phase of my life, it has met me differently.
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Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 14, Issue 27
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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The Words We Need to Speak
There’s something that happens in written stories, the novel, the picture book, the poem, that forces us to come face to face with our feelings.
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Review: Heart of Stone
An exciting story of heroic bravery, adolescent uncertainty, and the staying power of steadfast love.
