Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 14, Issue 25

ByKelly Keller

Good morning,

On this day in 1899, the author E. B. White was born. Most people know his children’s titles (Charlotte’s Web, The Trumpet of the Swan, and Stuart Little), but do you happen to have a copy of his other title in your home: The Elements of Style? That’s right: “White” of Strunk and White is the very same E. B. White.

Around the Web

How Gratefulness Right Now Can Snuff Out Fear and Fuel Hopefulness. “No pain gets to be the loudest part of your story, and no brokenness gets to claim your whole story and steal all your joy: There is heartache and there is still holy joy. There is loss – and there is still love.”

The Quiet Theology of “All Creatures Great and Small.” “In a culture that prizes spectacle and speed, the show quietly insists that faithfulness is usually slower and smaller than we expect. Care given in unnoticed places still counts. Work done well still matters. Kindness offered without recognition still has value before God.”

Around the Warren

On Monday we revisited that violin-player-in-the-subway-station experiment with “Pearls Before Breakfast.” “The lesson, of course, is one we know, but routinely ignore. We are too numbed by our frantic, busy pace to recognize beauty. Even when it is loudly echoing around the chambers in our usual subway stop, even when our children are begging us to stop, we blaze through, hellbent on completing whatever task or errand we might see as essential at that time.”

We also got a chance to remember the delightful contributions of Leslie Bustard with the first of her series about enjoying poetry with kids. “Summer is just the right time to discover new poets and add poems into your home life. With the school year and all that must be accomplished left behind, reading poetry can become source of delightful “that’s me!… and you, too?” moments with loved ones. Although it is easy to put poetry in the “too hard and too good for you” category, enjoying how words are put together and how they capture the joys and sorrows of everyday life may add another layer to the making of good summer memories.”

Something to do with your kids

Make a nice hand-stitched blank book with your kids! Or, if they’re old enough—set them at it themselves.

Something to watch

This one is mesmerizing:

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side.

Kelly Keller
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