Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 13, Issue 41

Hello!

Welcome to the month of November! If I had to choose one word from children’s literature to describe my week, it would be “blustery.” We had a good dose of rain and wind this week. It felt like autumn had finally well and truly arrived.

Today is the last day to enter our contest for Green Ember costumes! You can enter over on the site. Do you have any Green Ember character costumes to share with us? We’ll announce the winners on Monday.

Around the Web

What does it mean to remember someone’s name? “Learning and using someone’s name are the most basic, yet powerful, ways to practice hospitality. When we make the effort to remember, we communicate: You matter. You belong. You are worth remembering.”

Why (Really) Do We Become Prayerless? “When my son comes home from school, I love it when he tells me about his day. Even if I already got a report from the teacher, I love hearing it from him. ‘Whom did you play with? What did they teach you? What was the happiest moment of your day? How did it go with that kid who can be mean?’ A father’s heart delights in the words of his child.”

Around the Warren

Don’t forget to enter the Green Ember costume contest! If you’ve got pictures from a recent outing with some Green Ember book characters, we’re excited to see them! You can find out more about how to enter right here.

Mythopoeic Grace:  “I would argue that most theology has a tendency to overcompensate for its mythical-sounding claims by overemphasizing an academic approach (as if that might help the modernists to forget about the baby born of a virgin, or the dead man rising from the grave). This exclusive bent toward cold, hard, Christian ‘reason,’ I think, is what Tolkien and Lewis wished to balance through their work in giving the world new, modern, Christian myths.”

Something to do with your kids

IA Thankful Countdown to Thanksgiving: Simple Ways to Teach Kids Gratitude and Praise. Some cute ideas here, like a “praise pumpkin” or a “gratitude tree.”

Something to watch

It’s often said that English is extraordinarily difficult to learn as a second language. Here’s some insight into that common English phenomenon, silent letters.

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Kelly Keller

Kelly Keller is the managing editor of Story Warren. She has her BS in Elementary Education from Messiah University and has taught various ages, but her favorite was worldview and literature with high school students. The “gap” in her resume is actually a window of eighteen years of homeschooling, which she recommends as an effective, though demanding, way of expanding one’s home library.

When she’s not behind her laptop, Kelly enjoys live music, baseball, reading great books, and traveling with her husband, David. Kelly hails from beautiful snowy New England, but after nearly two decades in North Carolina, she feels right at home.

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