We got in bed very late last night. The last few weeks have been discombobulated to say the least. I was exhausted and drained. I had already settled down once only to realize I left my book in the other room and had to get up to retrieve it (knowing full well that it would […]
Carrying the Story
Every year in December, our church presents a unique event called the Live Nativity Hayride for two evenings a couple of weeks before Christmas. Bundled up against the frigid temperatures, guests board a hay wagon and begin a 20-minute ride through seven scenes, as audio narration and live actors tell the story of the Nativity, […]
Anticipating The Right-Side-Up World Through Imagination
An old man kneels by a fire, telling imaginative tales to eager children. They hang on his every word, transported from their world to another. Their world is beautiful, but broken. He speaks words into their hearts, words that string together to form new worlds, anticipating the one which will surely come. These are the […]
Fantasy Fiction, and the Places it Takes Us
Fantasy is a relatively new genre to me. It used to be one of my forbidden things, out of concern that the magic which is often included might make it unbiblical. Granted, there still is fantasy I wouldn’t read. But then there are books in every genre I wouldn’t read, and banning a specific genre […]
Stories, Soup, and Sewing Needles
This story begins within the walls of a castle, with the birth of a mouse. A small mouse. The last mouse born to his parents and the only one of his litter to be born alive… His ears are too big,’ said his sister Merlot. ‘Those are the biggest ears I’ve ever seen.’ ‘Look,’ said […]
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