Storyformed Launch – Day Three!
Welcome back to the last day of the launch celebration! I have immensely enjoyed reading your numerous comments (thank you !). I love discovering the many kindred spirits out there in this endeavor to...
View ArticleGiveaway Winners!
Good morning, friends! The last few days of launch celebration around here have been lovely. I’ve never really done anything like that before. Thanks for your comments and encouragement and hearty dose...
View ArticlePlans & Dreams
Well. I have reached a moment of halfway calm poised between the launch of this site and my departure for Oxford. Oh yes, lovely world, I’m about to join the ranks of Lewis and Tolkien in the city of...
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You all. (I guess I should dig into my Texas background and say ya’ll.) My good old friend Sam has written a children’s book that I think will become a family favorite the minute its published. Oh,...
View ArticleIllustrations & Quotations: A bit of C.S. Lewis from Oxford
“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” ― C.S. Lewis I’m back! Well, I should say I’m settled, and have finished three first essays, and been inducted into more libraries...
View Article7 Values for Learning
Welcome to the first official Tuesday post my Storyformed friends! About three weeks ago I went to an orientation session here at my college in Oxford that set my mind to simmering. I’ve wanted to...
View ArticleI & Q: Charles van Sandwyk
(Note: I & Q from this time forth shall stand for the series of blog posts listed under “Illustrations and Quotations.” There are just too many letters in the full version to fit in a post title,...
View ArticleA Ramble Round Holly Howe
Hello friends. Today, I bring you a glimpse from my summer literary rambles. I had a few extra days after working at a conference in Oxford in July, and I decided to take a train right up to the Lake...
View ArticleLearning Fidelity through Fiction
Today, an excerpt from Caught Up in a Story as I have been reading back through Berry here in between papers and thinking about the way that literature teaches us what it looks like to be faithful....
View ArticleSoul Advocacy
Sleep is an optional activity in Oxford. This is a fact I do my best to resist by actually sleeping. But sometimes, even I succumb to the vast and varied pace of this place and stay up until the wee...
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