Amy MacKinnon
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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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
- 14 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 19, 2019
- 5 min
Why Did Charles Dickens Write "A Christmas Carol?"
Why Did Dickens Name His Book “A Christmas Carol?” Is a story that takes place at Christmas enough to make the story Christian?
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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 20, 2019
- 7 min
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and Christian Stories
A story that is about a practicing Christian who does nothing wrong is boring. So what makes a fictional story a good story?
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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 10, 2019
- 6 min
Harry Potter and the Exorcists
The concern that these exorcists have for the salvation of souls is commendable, but is their interpretation of this series accurate?
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