RAR #237: How Fairy Tales Re-Enchant Us
Read-Aloud Revival ®
Sarah Mackenzie
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🗓️ 11 January 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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What are fairy tales? Why do we love them so much? And why do these stories continue to capture the imaginations of countless generations?
To help me answer those questions, I’m welcoming author Sarah Arthur to the podcast.
Personally, I fell in love with Sarah’s writing through A Light So Lovely, on the spiritual legacy of Madeleine L’Engle. And when I found out she was working on a young adult fantasy, and that it was a sort of love letter to fairy tales? I had to have her on the show.
She joins me to talk about what makes fairy tales so powerful, the benefits of embracing the imaginative and the fantastical in our reading, and lots more.
Sarah Arthur is the author of a dozen books for teens and adults, including the bestselling Walking with Frodo: A Devotional Journey through The Lord of the Rings. After over 25 years working with youth she plays a wicked game of Four Square—but absolutely refuses to eat cold pizza from a box, ever. She has served as preliminary fiction judge for the Christianity Today Book Awards, was a founding board member of the annual C. S. Lewis Festival, and co-directs the Madeleine L’Engle Writing Retreats. She’s a mom of sons, a writer, and today’s highly esteemed guest.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
- The elements that draw us into fairytales
- How “escapist” fiction actually helps us understand the truth
- How imaginative stories create an invitation rather than a prescription for experiences
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Find the rest of the show notes at: readaloudrevival.com/how-fairy-tales-enchant-us
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever been to one of the great homeschool conventions? |
| 0:04.2 | I'm speaking at all five great homeschool conventions in 2024, |
| 0:09.1 | and I'd love to meet you there. |
| 0:11.1 | Find the details and more at read aloud a revival.com slash GHC. |
| 0:17.0 | Hey, Sarah Mackenzie here. |
| 0:25.0 | This is episode 237, and I have one of my favorite authors here today. |
| 0:30.0 | Sarah Arthur is the author of a dozen books for teens and adults, including the |
| 0:35.2 | best-selling Walking with Frodo, a devotional journey through The Lord of the Rings, and |
| 0:41.1 | after working 25 years with youth she plays a killer game of four square |
| 0:46.2 | but she says she refuses to eat cold pizza from a box ever which is fair right |
| 0:52.0 | she served as preliminary fiction judge for the |
| 0:54.8 | Christianity Today Book Awards was a founding board member of the annual CS Lewis |
| 1:00.2 | festival and co-directs the Madeline Lengel writing retreats. |
| 1:04.0 | She's a mom of sons, a writer, and of course today's highly esteemed guest |
| 1:09.0 | here on the Read-Aloud Revival, Sarah. |
| 1:11.0 | Welcome back. You've been here before, I guess, in premium. |
| 1:15.2 | I don't think I've ever had you on the podcast yet, have I? |
| 1:18.4 | It's just a thrill. |
| 1:19.8 | I'm delighted. |
| 1:21.0 | Yeah, I got to chat with parents who were reading through some books a few summers ago but here we are. |
| 1:26.7 | Here we are and I fell in love with your writing when I read A Light So Lovely, which is of course the book you wrote about the spiritual legacy of Madeline Lingle, so good. |
| 1:37.6 | I highly recommend this is on my mama book list to all of you out there if you're needing something good for |
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