Amy MacKinnon
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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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.
God is Truth, Goodness, and Beauty itself.
Wherever they are found, God is also present.
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Amy MacKinnon
- Apr 12, 2020
- 5 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
- Oct 12, 2019
- 4 min
Fractured Fairy Tales
Satire exposes the ideas that we’ve adopted without really thinking them through. But is this appropriate for young children?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Oct 5, 2019
- 3 min
Fairy Tales and Multiculturalism
Are fairy tales just stories for northern Europeans? Let's talk about the sources of many of these wonderful stories from other cultures
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Amy MacKinnon
- Sep 27, 2019
- 3 min
Why Are There so Few Fairies in Fairy Tales?
Why are there so few fairies in fairy tales, and why do we even call those stories "fairy tales" if there are rarely any fairies in them?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
Narnia as a Fairy Tale
Which is better: Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, or the Chronicles of Narnia? Lord of the Rings is an epic Narnia is a fairy tale
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Amy MacKinnon
- Sep 13, 2019
- 4 min
The Velveteen Rabbit: A Christian Fairy Tale
Stuffed animals don’t generally become real animals. If they did, we wouldn’t allow kids to play with stuffed lions, tigers, or bears.
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Amy MacKinnon
- Aug 24, 2019
- 5 min
Sleeping Beauty: A Christian Fairy Tale
The Sleeping Beauty, Rosamund, is a long wished-for child. When we encounter that situation in the Bible there is often a special revelation
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Amy MacKinnon
- Aug 23, 2019
- 5 min
Beauty and the Beast: A Christian Fairy Tale
This 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
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Amy MacKinnon
- Aug 16, 2019
- 4 min
Hansel and Gretel: A Christian Fairy Tale
Hansel and Gretel is about Adam and Eve, salvation, and the reuniting of a family in heaven after their fall and redemption.
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Amy MacKinnon
- Aug 9, 2019
- 4 min
Snow White: A Christian Fairy Tale
Snow White, in the version by the Brothers Grimm, is a Christian fairy tale about creation, the fall, death, resurrection, and salvation.
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Amy MacKinnon
- Aug 3, 2019
- 5 min
Cinderella: 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
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jul 26, 2019
- 6 min
How Are Fairy Tales Christian?
The classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault, and Hans Christian Andersen, are intentionally Christian stories
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jul 19, 2019
- 4 min
Fairy Tales, Cautionary Tales, and Myths
No 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
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Amy MacKinnon
- Apr 6, 2019
- 5 min
Why Read Fairy Tales
Why should we read fairy tales to children? Are fairy tales just for children? Why are fairy tales important today?
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