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Kindling Imagination for Kingdom Anticipation

The Warren & The World Vol 11, Issue 39

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Okay, who loves Thanksgiving leftovers? Who hates them? Who eats Chinese or Mexican food on Friday and Saturday just to have something different than the Thanksgiving feast?

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How to Find Gratitude in the Trenches of Motherhood

Some days, it’s hard to be grateful. Janet Perez Eckles explores how to find gratitude in the trenches.

  • Envy is not from God, I reminded myself. But as I fumbled to tie my 5-year-old Jeff’s shoes, I heard my neighbor’s car across the street zoom away. No doubt, she headed to the mall or to an appointment. She had her independence. But not me. My independence was a thing of the past. It had left along with my eyesight.
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Fake Fruit

Mandy at life.faithful tells a story that reminds us how easy it is to be enticed by fake fruit.

  • Probably close to 20 years ago, my sister and I taught the preschool class for VBS. The theme that year was Creation, so our room was decorated with all sorts of colorful, unique examples of plants and animals. Among those decorations was a basket of wax fruit, made to look remarkably life-like. The first morning, we noticed that one little girl had something red around her mouth that hadn’t been there when she was dropped off. The quick investigation revealed one of those wax fruits–a bright red apple–held in her hand, hidden behind her back, with two neat rows of teeth marks in it. 
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The Hiding Place, A Christmas Carol, Hinds Feet on High Places, and Les Miserables: An Engaging Visual Journey

Megan at Redeemed Reader reviews the Engaging Visual Journey series.

  • The four books in the Engaging Visual Journey series provide beautiful, dignified forms to stories that are dearly loved spiritual classics.
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The Faith We Need for Holidays, for Ordinary Days, for Hope in Seasons of Suffering

Joni Eareckson Tada writes of faith and hope in suffering.

  • Suffering has a way of heaving you beyond the shallows of life where your faith feels ankle-deep. It casts you out into the fathomless depths of God, a place where Jesus is the only One who can touch bottom.
    For more than half a century, my quadriplegia has taught me how to swim in the depths of God. I am not saying that I swim well. Sometimes I feel like I’m only dog-paddling. Other times I think I’ll drown in the waves of pain that crash over me. But Jesus is always my rescuer. He is my anchor, and I cling tighter to him now than ever before. It’s because I need him more. 
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The Zany Joy of Familects

Kathryn Butler explores the wonder of familects. 

  • In our household, song lyrics go awry.
    My kids will happily inform you that the correct rendition of the Brady Bunch theme song declares, “the youngest one ate squirrels” (“had curls” is so banal). The 90s hit, “Please Don’t Go” actually says, “Pizza Dough.” In Pat Benatar’s 80s smash single, she sings, “Love Is a Felony,” not “Love Is a Battlefield.”
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Spackle Interpretations, Part II

Isabel Chenot tells a tale of spackle interpretation.

  • Some people are called to do great things, like compose Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, or be the mother of the man who wrote Moby Dick, or invent the electric tea kettle. My calling is less beneficial to the human race, but we don’t get to choose. In the nature of the case, a calling seeks us out and summons us, sometimes pestiferously. I did not choose to fashion myself thus, and I doubt my mother saw it coming when she suggested I could study accounting. Apparently I am called to be a spackle interpreter.
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Something to Do with Your Kids

I’m a firm believer that holiday weekends should include family game time (if you can find a moment between the eating and the leftovers. Here are some traditional board games from around the world to consider.

Something to Watch

Ever wonder exactly how an engine works? Here’s a great look at one from Destin at Smarter Every Day.

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side. 

–The Story Warren Team

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