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Kindling Imagination for Kingdom Anticipation

The Warren & The World Vol 12, Issue 33

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I’ve been rewatching old seasons of The Great British Baking Show—when the weather turns each year, I just want to go back to a bunch of Brits overcome tempering chocolate in high temperatures. The tail end of summer is my busiest season and I think I return to this show annually for a bit of peace and joy (even if that joy comes with tears sometimes.)

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Parents Are Stressed. The Church Can Help.

Kira Nelson reminds us that the Church is a place to belong when things are hard.

  • Parenting has always been hard. Ever since the fall in Genesis 3, kids have grown up in a dangerous, twisted, dark world. The first baby grew up to murder his little brother. And sin has infected children and parenting ever since.
    But modern parents seem to be having an especially hard time. The U.S. surgeon general recently released an advisory warning that parental stress is a significant public health concern as 4 in 10 parents say that most days they feel so stressed they can’t function. 
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Generative Creativity and Collaborating with Other Humans

Rachel S. Donahue shared a dream and it became something.

  • A quick internet search of the word “generative” brings a host of returns about artificial intelligence, but that’s a sad use of such a green and lively word! Generative means “having the power or function of generating, originating, producing, or reproducing.” Forget for a minute any paltry associations with AI, and consider the term in the context of human creativity.
    Have you ever had a big, exciting, scary, delightful idea? An idea bigger—much bigger—than you are? One that sparked more ideas in you and other people? 
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3 Picture Books about “How”

Janie at Redeemed Reader reviews books that bring you behind the scenes.

  • Three new picture books give readers insight into words, maps, and stories.
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Storytelling: The Parenting Tool You Didn’t Know You Needed

Betsy Child Howard reminds us of a tool in our pockets.

  • Shortly after I moved into my first apartment, I decided to make my mother’s beef stew. The recipe called for red wine, but after I started cooking, I realized I didn’t have a corkscrew. I tried everything I could think of to open that bottle. I don’t remember how I did it in the end, but I do remember that wine splattered all over my new kitchen. A corkscrew is a simple tool, but it makes the job of opening a bottle easy. I bought one, and I’ve never since tried to take out a cork without it.
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The Last Unicorn

Aimee Davis looks back at how the classic story of The Last Unicorn shaped her.

  • I was seven when the animated movie The Last Unicorn came out, so my memories of it border somewhat on the nostalgic. But I do remember how it made me feel. It unsettled me in ways that my short life had not really been unsettled before. I probably watched the movie multiple times and, in many ways, I think I was watching it to understand why I felt the way I felt.
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“The Luck of the Buttons” and the Love of Iowa

Rebecca Levake shares a story that made her love her home even more.

  • Soren was wondering why we live in Iowa. There are no mountains, oceans, or deserts. None of the things that we travel to see. He wondered if that could be the reason: “Do we live in Iowa so we have a reason to travel to the ‘cool’ places?” 
    “No,” I told him, “we live in Iowa for a handful of reasons, but one is so I don’t have to travel to see my very favorite kind of landscape. I can just step outside.”
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Something to Do with Your Kids

Looking for fun ways to incorporate math outside of school? Erica at What Do We Do All Day? has excellent recommendations.

Something to Watch

Which is the best trick video?

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side. 

–The Story Warren Team

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