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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dec 1, 2019
- 8 min
Magic in The Lord of the Rings
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?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Nov 18, 2019
- 6 min
Magic in The Hobbit
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.
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Amy MacKinnon
- Nov 9, 2019
- 7 min
Magic in Narnia
Why is the wardrobe magical? Aslan talks about the “deep magic” that rules Narnia, but what is that? What about the White Witch?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Oct 27, 2019
- 5 min
Magic in Fairy Tales
If fairy tales are Christian stories, and Christian stories are always about salvation, how do we explain the magic in fairy tales?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Oct 18, 2019
- 5 min
Harry Potter and Fairy Tales
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.
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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 18, 2019
- 3 min
Harry Potter and Spells
I’m not going to mock parents who are concerned about the Harry Potter books. The formation of the souls of their children is important.
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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
- Sep 11, 2019
- 3 min
Harry Potter and Magic
The Harry Potter books have been an issue for Christians almost from the first moment that J.K. Rowling published her books in the US.
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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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