Finding Faith Everywhere

Do you know what all of these stories have in common? Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien Ender's Game, by Orson Scott Card The...

Alice in Wonderland with the potion that changes Alice's size, the white rabbit, Cheshire cat at the tea party with lots of tea and tea cups

People don't think like angels, but some of the ways that ideas are taught don't take into account the way that we learn

They have an advantage: there is a method in their madness! If you read or watch enough detective stories, you know that there are...

Why is Lent only 40 days instead of 46 days? If we counted all the days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday, there would be 46 days.

Is there a way to read the Bible literally and still make sense of what's written in the scriptures?

Using a real demon as a character in a fictional story creates an incredibly boring story. The solution? Use a devil in disguise!

How do you explain turning bread and wine into Jesus in the Eucharist so that it makes sense? Read this blog post to see how

If you’ve ever tried to teach anyone about the Eucharist then you know that it can be difficult, especially the first time you teach it!

If you’re going to teach anyone about virtue, teach them the definitions. If you want them to internalize virtue, then read good stories.

Beginner's Guide to Finding the Christianity hidden in fairy tales and fiction shows you the Christianity hiding in plain sight in stories

In the Harry Potter series, Sybil Trelawney can be difficult character to defend for Christians. I'll show you how to do that in this post

I will show you how to start teaching critical thinking skills using any story, and engage in creative thinking at the same time.

There’s a lot of talk about what a classical education actually is, but what is its goal? And why is it associated with wonder?

I haven’t seen very many good explanations of what wonder actually is in the recent materials that I’ve read, which is really odd. Why would

This unfortunately popular way to teach children about stories is actually a big problem. I’ll explain why and show you a better way

The sacrament of confirmation is probably the hardest sacrament to teach. If you ask most Catholics what it is, they’ll likely tell you that

The Little Mermaid by Disney was based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson. The original was built on a Christian framework

The Disney fairy tales are based on older versions of the stories by Mother Goose, the Grimms, and Andersen. Is that a good or a bad thing?

Why Does Cinderella Wear Glass Slippers? That was a question a student asked me once when I was teaching high school literature. We’d...