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

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

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

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?

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 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...

Why Did Dickens Name His Book “A Christmas Carol?” Is a story that takes place at Christmas enough to make the story Christian?

What kind of magic is there in the Lord of the Rings? How are the elves magic? What about the one ring, Sauron and the magic rings of power?

Is there magic in The Hobbit? What About the Magic Ring in The Hobbit? And what is elven magic? From the series, Magic in Christian Fiction.

Why is the wardrobe magical? Aslan talks about the “deep magic” that rules Narnia, but what is that? What about the White Witch?

If fairy tales are Christian stories, and Christian stories are always about salvation, how do we explain the magic in fairy tales?

A story that is about a practicing Christian who does nothing wrong is boring. So what makes a fictional story a good story?

There are 3 reasons in this blog post about why I think that Harry Potter is a fairy tale, and that Harry is from the world of Faerie.