B. The Absence of Dark AnalogiesIf Christians retreat entire...

B. The Absence of Dark AnalogiesIf Christians retreat entirely from this genre, the field is left open to other worldviews. When imagination is nourished exclusively by stories that embrace nihilism, despair, or moral relativism, those are the "analogies" that become "encoded" in the child's mind.By providing a book that affirms goodness and beauty (even without naming Jesus), you are directly contesting the narrative of hopelessness. You are offering a powerful, beautiful analogy for hope itself.

B. The Absence of Dark Analogies

If Christians retreat entirely from this genre, the field is left open to other worldviews. When imagination is nourished exclusively by stories that embrace nihilism, despair, or moral relativism, those are the "analogies" that become "encoded" in the child's mind.

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It is here religious stories, if we read them intelligently and not as the script for yet another rescue plan, can be a help. They show us what it is like to be this thinking, feeling, troubled creature, formed by forces it had no control over, wandering in the haunted wood of existence.

Richard Holloway • Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe

You are ensuring that the fundamental flavor of the story is good. Your Christian worldview—which believes in absolute truth, real morality, and ultimate hope—will naturally season the narrative's underlying themes of justice, sacrifice, forgiveness, and love.

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In the gospel, as in the very best fairy stories, we find what we long for: a magical world, life eternal, love unbounded, the defeat of evil, and a happy ending. And all good stories point us to Jesus, even if they do so indirectly. We are drawn to some stories over others because we intuit that they reflect reality, that they are somehow... See more