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Kindling Imagination for Kingdom Anticipation

The Warren & The World Vol 11, Issue 20

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Summer has begun (astronomically), and we’ve passed the longest day of the year. Somehow, we’re halfway through the year—I can’t figure out how that happened!—but perhaps the best is to come. What adventures do you have on your horizon?

Around the Web

Finding My Place in the Battle

Jennifer Harris navigates what it means to fight for what is good.

  • 1980’s cartoon shows were a daily entertainment in my growing up years. After school, my sisters and I would come home, turn on the 13-channel television and make our snacks. We’d settle down on the couch for an afternoon of respite from the world and our studies before jumping into piano practice, homework, and midweek church activities.
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I Remember a Dirt Road

Melissa shares what a road can represent.

  • I grew up five miles outside of a small Texas town. That five mile drive seemed like a huge part of my life for as far back as I can remember. When I was very young, the road was dirt during dry times and a wild adventure of mud and rain-birthed lakes when things got stormy. I remember days of not being able to get to town. My dad would go out in his truck and test the roads to see if they were passable, often coming upon a neighbor who was stuck in a ditch. I recall one particularly adventurous drive where we passed several abandoned cars on the side of the road, their occupants having bailed out to walk the remainder of the way to their homes.
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High School World Literature: A Thematic Approach

Betsy at Redeemed Reader digs into how to build a world literature collection or reading guide.

  • “World literature” can mean literally any book ever written. The hard part of planning a world literature class is narrowing the focus: Do we cover antiquity to the present? Do we focus on broad world-wide representation? Do we read “the classics” (European classics, that is) that haven’t already been covered in British literature? Do we read modern American books that are written by authors with global backgrounds (i.e. non-European)?
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Beautiful Hand-Painted Bookmarks

A 100-year-old grandmother is making something new.

  • I believe God can use anyone to fulfill His plans no matter how old you are. I’m 100 years old, and I paint freehand bookmarks with artwork on the front and “God Loves You” on the back. They’re distributed randomly to people we meet to remind them of God’s love.
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Around the Warren

Sir Raleigh, Storytelling, and the Sea

Alan Howell shares how a painting has captured his imagination.

  • A wonderful painting hangs on the wall of my office. This gift from my lovely wife is a reproduction of Millais’ The Boyhood of Raleigh, and I hope it continues working its way into my heart and imagination.
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Mike Mulligan and Beyond: the Work of Virginia Lee Burton

Kelly Keller shares the classic work of Virginia Lee Burton.

  • Remember the scene in Pixar’s 2009 film Up where we see the sweet little house dwarfed by towering skyscrapers? That shot has always reminded me of a book I’ve loved sharing with my children: Virginia Lee Burton’s The Little House. In Up, the house is pulled up by an enormous colorful bouquet of balloons; in The Little House, the house is picked up on wheels and driven away by a family who loves it.
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Something to Do with Your Kids

Have you ever wanted to be an archaeologist? Here’s a chance! First you get to make the pottery and then you can do whatever you want with it, but I recommend putting some in the garden and digging it up next spring.

Something to Watch

Destin is trying to make two bullets collide, and it’s fascinating.

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side. 

–The Story Warren Team

Carolyn Clare Givens
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