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The Unfolding

Unfolding Short Stories: “...the children are in the story” - Becky Crane

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9809 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Becky Crane has always been captivated by the power of a good story. From her childhood days curled up with books to sharing Bible stories in kids’ church, she’s seen God show up in the simplest, most surprising moments. Becky recounts how Billy Graham’s words and C.S. Lewis’s depiction of Aslan in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe helped shape her faith. If you’ve ever wondered how God might speak through stories, this conversation will both encourage and inspire you. 

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0:00.0

The Bible is written for us and it's alive. It's a book that continues to unfold in our life and inside of us.

0:08.1

Be we a little child or an older woman such as I am until the day that I go to heaven.

0:14.5

God's story? Your Life. Unfolding short stories.

0:23.3

Becky Crane loves to tell stories.

0:26.3

As a child, she was captivated by the power of a good story.

0:30.0

And as an adult, she's brought that same passion to vacation Bible schools,

0:34.7

Christmas time events, and everyday kids' church moments.

0:38.4

Becky loves stories so much.

0:40.3

She even set up one of those little library boxes in her front yard.

0:44.1

When I asked her a few weeks ago if God had ever shown up in a really cool way during

0:48.1

kids' ministry, she launched into moment after moment of God doing amazing things.

0:53.5

And she agreed to sit down and record some of her

0:55.9

story so we could share that with you today. When I was a kid, I grew up with books and stories.

1:03.1

My mom would sit on the side of the bed and she would read stories to me. I remember that well.

1:08.3

When we were a little older, my sister and I, my mom, would take us to the

1:11.9

library. After frustration of trying to wrangle all the library books wherever they are in the

1:17.2

house, she created a library basket, and it sat next to our bed. So all the library books were kept

1:23.3

there, and we were allowed to read as long as we liked at night. Dad had given us a nightlight

1:30.7

that clipped on the back of our bed, which sounds crazy to most parents, but for us it was this joy.

1:37.3

And of course, they put us to bed at like 7.30, so there was that, too. And we could read as long

1:41.9

as we liked, and I continued to love to read. I remember choosing

1:45.8

to read all the books on one shelf that were biographies when I was a kid. So I just love to

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