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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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Amy MacKinnon
- Jan 7, 2020
- 7 min
How To Teach Grace
What is grace, how do you get it? There are different types of grace, so how do you teach someone about grace?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Dec 13, 2019
- 4 min
Why Do Catholic Churches Have So Many Images of Angels?
If you walk into a Catholic Church the chances are pretty good that you’re going to see a statue or image of at least one angel, but why?
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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
- Jul 11, 2019
- 5 min
A Little Dickens of a Ghost Story
When you think of a Christian story, or a story by a Christian author, what authors come to your mind? What about Charles Dickens?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jul 5, 2019
- 4 min
What are Ghosts?
What are Ghosts? Are they spirits? It depends.
Are they just our imagination working overtime on us? Sometimes. Are they angels? Maybe.
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jun 25, 2019
- 4 min
Why Are We So Afraid of Ghosts?
In the summertime when the days are long and the nights are short, it’s pretty easy to scoff at being afraid of ghosts. But in the winter...
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jun 14, 2019
- 4 min
Women in Fairy Tales: Good or Bad?
Is it true that women in fairy tales are just passively waiting around for some man to come and save them?
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Amy MacKinnon
- Jun 1, 2019
- 3 min
What Do Werewolves and the Incredible Hulk have to do with Aristotle?
They’re in a lot of stories now, and authors do a lot of different things with their characters. They tend to be dramatic—with LOTS of speci
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Amy MacKinnon
- May 22, 2019
- 4 min
What do the Wizard of Oz and Star Trek have to do with Aristotle?
What do the Wizard of Oz and Star Trek have to do with Aristotle?And in the end, they win. But how do they win?
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