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Kindling Imagination for Kingdom Anticipation

The Warren & The World Vol 13, Issue 21

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We’ve been moving offices at my church job and this week the first set of signs came in. The new shared office spaces are named after streets in our city to tell them apart, and we needed signs for over the doorways. I landed on the idea of formatting them as street signs, and I got to put them all up this week—every time I’ve walked into the space since, I’ve been utterly delighted at how they look. It worked SO well. What’s the last thing you tried that just WORKED exactly how you imagined it?

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Our Father Values His Children

Kari Stainback reminds us of our identity as beloved children.

  • This morning a nest of baby finches on my patio exploded with activity. Wild finches love to nest on my third-floor patio behind my wall lamp. I assume they see it as a safe place to start off their family, out of sight and away from so many natural dangers. I hear the baby birds’ squeaky chirps and the joyful songs of their mom and dad sing as they happily share the responsibility of feeding these tiny babies. How amazing that the finches know just where to build a secure nest to establish their offspring. Each parent cares for and warms the eggs until the baby birds hatch. 
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Humble Beauty and the Art of Hospitality

An interview with Houston Coley digs into the art of hospitality.

  • Can you briefly summarize what A Kingdom of Tea and Strangers is about?
    The funny thing about this movie is that it’s about this place called L’Abri, which is notoriously hard to describe, and that’s part of why we wanted to make the film. L’Abri was founded by Francis and Edith Schaeffer in the 1950s, as a shelter where people from all backgrounds around the world could engage with their deepest questions, thoughts, and doubts surrounding faith, philosophy, and human life while living in community for a short term stay. This film is a portrait of one summer at L’Abri, focusing on five particular strangers from around the world who are wrestling with some questions of their own, particularly about how to find community and spirituality in their ordinary lives.
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What’s Lost Isn’t Always Lost

SDG Morgan considers the stories we don’t write down.

  • Our most memorable losses are sometimes the most inconsequential ones.
    Once when I was five, my brother and I were bored outside of church, because our parents were talking to the big people again. So we started playing catch with my Luke Skywalker action figure and after one fumbled throw, Luke dropped through the iron grate of a storm drain. I still have the memory of seeing my prized toy only four feet away, but absolutely inaccessible.
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*The Crayon Man by Natascha Biebow

Betsy shares a starred review of a lovely picture book.

  • Anyone who has colored with crayons knows that Crayola crayons really are the best. Cheaper, knockoff versions break more easily, don’t have the same brilliant pigment, and just aren’t as good. But how did those familiar childhood art supplies come to be?
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Review: The Story of Juneteenth

Heather Morris shares a review of a picture book about our newest national holiday.

  • It’s not every day that our nation declares a new holiday. But in 2021, the United States government added our first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day (established in 1983) to the calendar.
    This new holiday is called Juneteenth.
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Two Poems for Summer

Renée Emerson shares two poems for the season.

  • Swingset: Used, Free
    Choked up with weeds,
    hard to mow around now
    the grass has grown back
    where feet always wore it thin.
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Something to Do with Your Kids

We often share resources for families with younger kids, but some of those families also have older kids! Here’s a great list of ideas for family activities involving your teens.

Something to Watch

Destin at Smarter Every Day explores the topic of local manufacturing in a documentary that took four years to make. 

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side. 

–The Story Warren Team

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