When God Gives You (Or Makes You) a Joke, Laugh

Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a great deal of telling anyway. They stayed in …

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Our Pilgrim’s Progress Birthday Party

A few months ago, my eldest daughter finished listening to part two of Little Pilgrim's Big Journey for the 500th time (probably only a slight exaggeration!) and proceeded to tell my wife that she wanted a Pilgrim's Progress birthday party. Tiff and I both thought that was an excellent idea and immediately began to imagine …

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C. S. Lewis, Fantasy, & Scaring Children

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Hhd1RmtSKiwTKTvqnwfZq?si=XJNUQBIWQHqwfr4TOhbf4g I have recently been reading through a few of C. S. Lewis’ essays on fantasy (compiled in the book Of Other Worlds: Essays and Stories[1])and came across the following paragraph within an essay titled “On Three Ways of Writing for Children,” which was very intriguing since I have recently discussed the relationship between children …

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