A couple years ago, I read an op-ed in the paper where the author bemoaned how toy manufacturers always marketed their products as “educational.” Nowadays, it seems as if every dolly and digger needs some sort of salubrious rationale before a kid can play with it. What’s the problem with simply having fun? the author […]
Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes: Book Review
Editor’s Note: We are very pleased to welcome our very first ever Guest Poster here at Story Warren. Carrie Givens is a fine writer from Pennsylvania who we met at Hutchmoot in Nashville last year. I’m grateful she said “yes” when I asked if we could post her book review to SW. If anyone would […]
The Stories We Shared
A couple of days after Thanksgiving, just minutes before I left to take the visiting half of my family back to the airport, my brother Nate pulled me aside. “Can I borrow Peace Like A River?” he begged. He needn’t have begged, because he knew I would instantly grin and agree. The mention of that […]
Behold the Lamb of God
Trickle-down imagination, SD Smith calls it: “We want to share [things] that will inspire, encourage, and foster holy imagination in you. Children become engaged when we are engaged.” (Why Story Warren) That’s what Russ Ramsey’s Behold the Lamb of God has done for my family this year. An advent narrative with twenty-five readings, Ramsey’s book […]
Newly Minted Familiarity
Fantasy is a two-edged sword. It can amplify our disenchantment with the world, or refresh our appreciation of it. William Jay Smith does a great job communicating the romance of domesticity and refreshing our appreciation of life in his poem, “The Toaster.” He uses the unfamiliar (dragon) to refresh our wonder at the familiar (toaster). Tolkien […]
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