Story Warren Weekend, Vol. 14, Issue 27

Hi there,

I regret to inform you that August is next week. Does this fill you with delight? Dread? A mixture of both? Here in the Southeast, it means a shift towards school schedules again. I know that does not happen up North until a little later.

Around the Web

Technology is Fast, Sanctification Is Slow, and Claude Can’t Do It For You. “What if the inefficiency of creativity is a benefit rather than a drawback, a feature rather than a bug? What if the purpose of creativity is greater than merely generating the output? What if creativity fosters a kind of inner formation that is every bit as important as the work that eventually results from it?”

Realistic Fiction For Practical Tween Boys. Our friends at Redeemed Reader have a list just for those boys who are deeply grounded in reality; these readers don’t want magic, history, or anything else of the sort. They want now! Today! Reality! I had a kid like this. Do you? Check out these books!

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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We were pleased to hear more about the new Emma Fox book, Heart of Stone. “Published by Owl’s Nest Publishers, Heart of Stone follows Lilia and Dmitri into the crucible of deciding whether to follow their hearts or lay their hearts down to save others. It is an exciting story of heroic bravery, adolescent uncertainty, and the staying power of steadfast love.”

We revisited The Words We Need to Speak, from contributor Glenn McCarty. “‘How are you feeling?’ Depending on the chapter in my life, my response to that question has been excitement, anxiety, or downright queasiness.”

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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 two decades in North Carolina, she feels right at home.

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