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For the task of cultural apologetics, we can generalize this point even further. Many, if not all, good stories are good precisely because they point to the one true story of the world: the gospel. 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
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🏆 Acknowledging Your Weight
- Weight of the Work: The years of labor, the multiple drafts, the commitment to research, and the sheer volume (500+ pages) are the reckoning the essay describes. You've earned the weight.
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Weight of the Maker: You are becoming someone who can finish a massive, multi-year project. That confidence and capability is the core reward.
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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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To create is to be human. To create is to fulfill our divine intention. To create is to reflect the image of God. To create is an act of worship.
Erwin Raphael McManus • The Artisan Soul: Crafting Your Life into a Work of Art
It seems your feeling of making "light things" stems from the tension between your current, highly visible work (the novel) and your core identity (reformed theologian/Bible teacher).
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I decided not to go on this tangent, but in many ways, having children itself is making something heavy, and something that on its default course is enduring beyond yourself. Weight is not restricted to “work” in a traditional sense but to every arena of meaning.
Anu Atluru • Make Something Heavy.
In summary: You are not just writing a kids' book; you are building a framework of wonder, hope, and moral imagination in the soul of a child.
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The plumber isn’t doing Christian repairs to your pipes. The carpenter isn’t making Christian chairs. But they can do their work in a Christian way