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 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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Pearls Before Breakfast
I don’t want to be looking over at every screaming train whistle. Not all of them need my attention.
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The Stories We Hear
Rather than either retreating from or approving of untruths, Christians ought to remain faithful and joyful as we run our race.
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Think It Over
Any encouragement to slow down and take a minute to think is much needed in our day and age. Insert pre-teens or teenagers into the mix, and you can multiply that need by ten or a hundred.
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5 Ways to Develop Healthy Imagination In Your Kids
A student with a healthy imagination, who looks at the world around him with awe and wonder and joy will naturally become creative, thoughtful, and hard working.
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A Liturgy for When the House Feels Too Full of Children
You, also, were a child once.
A boy with skinned knees, a growling belly,
a need for snuggles and snacks.
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I Am the Captain of My Soul, and Other Lies We’ve Believed
While I sympathize with the sentiment to try to conquer whatever circumstances are currently befalling us, we are still at the mercy of the tides.
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From the Team: What We Learned from Dad
As we head into the weekend, the Story Warren team wanted to pause for a minute to appreciate dads. Here are a few snippets of things we learned from ours.
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More than Parenting Books
More than tips and tricks for child-rearing, these books talk about a view of the world.
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The Gift of an Unscheduled Summer
I believe we parents just as much need a break from all our shuttling back and forth, from all our spinning plates (or at least from a few of them). Because our kids aren’t the only ones who need a chance to dream, to imagine, and to just be.
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When Discipleship is Difficult, Start With Delight
We want to help others love Who and what we love—to delight in the God who delights in us. And to do that, we need to let others see our love for him.
