Amy MacKinnon
Why Is Alice in Wonderland So Weird?
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
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Finding Faith Everywhere.
God is Truth, Goodness, and Beauty itself.
Wherever they are found, God is also present.
Finding Faith Everywhere.
God is Truth, Goodness, and Beauty itself.
Wherever they are found, God is also present.
Finding Faith Everywhere
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Amy MacKinnon
- Aug 1
- 7 min
Angels and Humans: What Do We Know?
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
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Amy MacKinnon
- Sep 21, 2023
- 4 min
How Do Detectives Solve their Cases in Best-Selling Fictional Stories?
They have an advantage: there is a method in their madness! If you read or watch enough detective stories, you know that there are...
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Amy MacKinnon
- Apr 4, 2023
- 5 min
Why is Lent Always 40 Days Long?
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.
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Amy MacKinnon
- May 17, 2022
- 4 min
What is Wrong with Catholics Who Actually Read the Bible Literally?
Is there a way to read the Bible literally and still make sense of what's written in the scriptures?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Mar 23, 2022
- 15 min
9 Famous Fictional Characters Who Are Actually Devils in Disguise
Using a real demon as a character in a fictional story creates an incredibly boring story. The solution? Use a devil in disguise!
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Amy MacKinnon
- Oct 12, 2021
- 8 min
How to Teach the Eucharist, Part 2: Sacred Tradition
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
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Amy MacKinnon
- Aug 16, 2021
- 8 min
How to Teach the Eucharist Part 1: The Bible
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!
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Amy MacKinnon
- May 11, 2021
- 6 min
How Do Good Stories Teach Virtue?
If you’re going to teach anyone about virtue, teach them the definitions. If you want them to internalize virtue, then read good stories.
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Amy MacKinnon
- Dec 15, 2020
- 14 min
Beginner’s Guide to Finding the Christianity Hidden in Fairy Tales and Fiction
Beginner's Guide to Finding the Christianity hidden in fairy tales and fiction shows you the Christianity hiding in plain sight in stories
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Amy MacKinnon
- Oct 30, 2020
- 7 min
The Trouble with Trelawney
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
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Amy MacKinnon
- Sep 7, 2020
- 6 min
How to Gently Teach Critical Thinking Skills
I will show you how to start teaching critical thinking skills using any story, and engage in creative thinking at the same time.
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Amy MacKinnon
- Aug 10, 2020
- 6 min
What is the Point of a Classical Education?
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?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jul 5, 2020
- 5 min
How Do You Teach 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
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jun 28, 2020
- 7 min
Why Teaching Beginnings, Middles, and Ends is a Problem
This unfortunately popular way to teach children about stories is actually a big problem. I’ll explain why and show you a better way
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Amy MacKinnon
- May 2, 2020
- 5 min
Sacrament of Confirmation
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
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Amy MacKinnon
- Apr 12, 2020
- 6 min
The Little Mermaid: A Christian Fairy Tale
The Little Mermaid by Disney was based on the story by Hans Christian Anderson. The original was built on a Christian framework
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Amy MacKinnon
- Apr 4, 2020
- 4 min
Disney and Fairy Tales
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?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Mar 27, 2020
- 4 min
Why Cinderella Wears Glass Slippers
Why Does Cinderella Wear Glass Slippers? That was a question a student asked me once when I was teaching high school literature. We’d...
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jan 24, 2020
- 10 min
Teaching Confession: We're Doing it Wrong
The problem isn’t with the sacrament itself; the problem is in how we teach it in the Catholic Church, and it is a very serious problem
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