We Need Scope for the Evangelical Imagination
The perpetual need of humanity is to have social imaginary that shapes them toward the gospel.
The perpetual need of humanity is to have social imaginary that shapes them toward the gospel.
As children, great stories point our minds to the gospel. As adults, such stories steep us in gospel hope when we need it most.
Reading aloud can create strong bonds with children, and help foster a lifelong love of reading, a deep-seated sense of wonder, and a propensity to be shaped and enriched by what they read.
How reading shaped the mind of C. S. Lewis, and how reading well and widely can shape us too.
Story shapes us because we are made in the image of a God who created the world through words, and words comprise the stories we tell ourselves every day.