Amy MacKinnonDec 15, 202014 min readBeginner’s Guide to Finding the Christianity Hidden in Fairy Tales and FictionBeginner's Guide to Finding the Christianity hidden in fairy tales and fiction shows you the Christianity hiding in plain sight in stories
Amy MacKinnonApr 4, 20204 min readDisney and Fairy TalesThe 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?
Amy MacKinnonMar 27, 20204 min readWhy Cinderella Wears Glass SlippersWhy Does Cinderella Wear Glass Slippers? That was a question a student asked me once when I was teaching high school literature. We’d...
Amy MacKinnonAug 23, 20195 min readBeauty and the Beast: A Christian Fairy TaleThis summary is based on the version of Beauty and the Beast by Charles Perrault, which is also the version that used and adapted by Disney
Amy MacKinnonAug 3, 20195 min readCinderella: A Christian Fairy Tale Part of the Fairy Tale Fridays series, the Fairy Tale Summaries with Cinderella! And finding the Christianity that’s hidden in plain sight
Amy MacKinnonJul 26, 20196 min readHow Are Fairy Tales Christian?The classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen, are intentionally Christian stories
Amy MacKinnonJul 19, 20194 min readFairy Tales, Cautionary Tales, and MythsNo one gets married, and then lives happily ever after. Or kills an evil witch who’s trying to eat them, and then lives happily ever after
Amy MacKinnonJun 14, 20194 min readWomen in Fairy Tales: Good or Bad?Is it true that women in fairy tales are just passively waiting around for some man to come and save them?