The Warren & The World Vol 13, Issue 8

ByCarolyn Clare Givens

I got to talk with kids about books tonight—lots of kids who wanted stories about dinosaurs or dragons or owls or mysteries or…well, just about anything. Watching a kid get excited about a book is so much fun. Watching mom and dad see that excitement and fan the flame is even more fun.

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Sanctifying Relationships

Kristi McCown shares how relationships grow us.

  • My personal struggle is, most of the time, “between my ears,” as Susan Tyner would say. My mind is a battlefield—a place where intrusive thoughts, fears, and sinful desires battle for control. Relationships are at the top of the list of the daily battles that I struggle with. This is why I am grateful for gospel friends.
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My Presentation Today Is about the Anaconda by Bibi Dumon Tak

Janie at Redeemed Reader shares about a middle grade novel.

  • Animals give school-style presentations about other animals. Guess whose Presentation Today Is about the Anaconda?
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Using Movement in Reading Lessons for Active Kids

Do you have wigglers? Here are some thoughts on incorporating movement into reading with them.

  • Have you ever tried to get a wiggly child to sit still and focus on reading? Sometimes it can feel like an impossible task. But what if movement wasn’t the enemy of literacy, but rather the key to unlocking it? 
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Conversations with God

This conversation among Melissa Krueger, Courtney Doctor, and Nancy Guthrie is worth a listen.

  • In this episode of The Deep Dish, Courtney Doctor and Melissa Kruger talk with Nancy Guthrie about their prayer lives. They discuss why it makes sense to pray even when we believe God has already determined what’s going to happen, and why it makes sense to let God’s Word shape our prayers.
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Around the Warren

Coming of Age

Jessica Burke considers the edge of grown up.

  • I couldn’t make it stop. Even though I had been in bed for two hours, my mind wouldn’t stop running through the possible interview questions and how best to answer them. I had spent two months prepping for the next day, thinking, getting feedback from people, running through questions and answers. Now, sleep evaded me as I ran back answers and tried to craft them as eloquently as possible. 
    Two interviews the next morning had the possibility of making the dream college affordable, except I wouldn’t even be there. My oldest child would be interviewing, and I’d be somewhere else, waiting powerless. Was he ready? Am I ready? 
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Nanette’s Baguette, Attachment, and Connection

Alan Howell reviews a Mo Willems book.

  • I have a new favorite children’s book – it’s one that has been on my mind a lot recently.
    As I’ve shared here at Story Warren, The Napping House, by Audrey Wood is an absolute favorite. And Mo Willems’ imaginative retelling of a classic tale, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs, is also at the top of the list. But there is a new-to-me story that is taking up more and more room in my imagination, and I realized that I must share it with the Story Warren family. It’s a seemingly simple story that I believe playfully offers a useful pathway for considering and approaching the widespread and widening connection crisis in the world and in the church.
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Something to Do with Your Kids

This is a fun watercolor lily pad design to try out with the family.

Something to Watch

Zac King creates the ultimate hide and seek hiding spot.

Thanks for reading. We’re on your side. 

–The Story Warren Tea

Carolyn Clare Givens
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