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Kindling Imagination for Kingdom Anticipation

The Warren & The World Vol 12, Issue 29

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The temperature dropped this week. It’s a false fall—I know that—but if my Facebook memories are any indication, the same thing has happened about this time in past years. I know it’s a fleeting moment, but that didn’t stop me from brewing a cup of tea and lighting a fall candle this evening and reveling in a few moments of “mental autumn.”

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Have You Ever Tried Praying Poetically?

Tim Challies shares poetic prayers.

  • here are many ways to pray. There are many ways to pray that are good, appropriate, helpful, and honoring to God. Christians have often found it a blessing to pray words that others have written. Perhaps you have benefitted from praying the words of The Book of Common Prayer or The Valley of Vision. But I ask: Have you ever tried praying poetically?
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2 Books about Bikes

Janie at Redeemed Reader shares two picture books about bicycles.

  • Two recent picture books about the development of the bicycle entertaining introduces kids to history they can relate to.
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What’s in Your Worldview?

Stephanie Hubach shares how our worldviews shape our perspective.

  • About twenty years ago (I just realized that phrase can only be casually tossed out when one is over age sixty) Capital One created a series of commercials that ended with the question, “What’s in your wallet?” Each commercial envisioned an admittedly outrageous scenario (read: Vikings vacationing in the Grand Canyon) which ended up having some serious financial ramifications. In other words, as crazy as the storyline was, in the end—all that really mattered was, “What’s in your wallet?” The implication being: “If you don’t have a Capital One card—you are in deep, deep trouble.”
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Motherhood Can Be Hard, But it Doesn’t Have to Be Lonely

Amy Lowe writes a word of encouragement for moms.

  • One moment in my life changed my perspective on motherhood for good, and it came when I asked my 93-year-old grandmother to tell me about her favorite season of her life.
    Her answer? The years when her children were little.
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Can a Story Change a Soul?

Annie Beth Donahue reflects on how stories shape us.

  • A long time ago, when I wore a different occupational hat, I held music therapy sessions for children with special healthcare needs. These sessions often included children on the autism spectrum. And as their therapist, I was trained to create sessions that not only addressed their goals, but also pulled in elements from the other sessions they were having or from therapies their parents were working on in the home. I wanted to serve the best way I knew how and one way to do this was to systematically review all the interdisciplinary documentation on what makes for good therapy.
    That is where I first learned about social stories.
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Indescribable

Théa Rosenburg reviews Louie Giglio’s book that has taught them how to love the world better..

  • On redback jumping spiders and the glory of God
    Not long ago, a single spider could clear any room of our house. (I take no pride in saying that I was often the first one to leave.) One report of a spider in the play room and no one would go up there again until Mitch had presented evidence of a body; one web on the front porch, and no one would use the front door until every corner of the porch had been swept.
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Something to Do with Your Kids

Who needs some dinosaur-themed art lessons? We gotchu.

Something to Watch

Who wants to take a trip through the history of punctuation? Who doesn’t! Join RobWords for the journey.

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side. 

–The Story Warren Team

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