An Unexpected Journal: The Power of Story (Volume 1)

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What is it about a story that has the power to change a person, through a person a society, and through a society the world? It is that through story and the faculty of imagination, we connect and engage with something outside of ourselves. We can see through a lens not our own and experience circumstances not ours. This issue explores the role story plays in imaginative apologetics, explaining the Christian truth, through a collection of both essays an stories. CONTRIBUTORS Annie Crawford : "Literary A Spell for the Refreshment of the Spirit" on why stories matter. Rebekah Valerius : "Hume in Elfland." A short story on an imagined meeting between G. K. Chesterton and David Hume where worldviews, imaginations, and miracles collide. "Devouring The Myth of Arachne Retold." A short story on the desire for meaning. Charlotte "For What Purpose." An essay on why C. S. Lewis wrote about Narnia. Nicole Howe : "Augustine's The Confessions : The Power of Spiritual Biography." An essay on the importance of first person testimonies. Korine "Dry Bones." A short story about why we must not lose hope, dedicated to the community of Santa Fe, Texas. Annie Crawford : "Finding Faith in Fairy Answers for Modern Skeptics from C. S. Lewis' The Silver Chair ." An essay on why faith is a reasonable answer to uncertainty. Edward A. W. Stengel : "God the Great C. S. Lewis' Personal Theodicy." An essay addressing the problem of pain. Seth Myers : "Lewis in La La Land ." An essay on the movie La La Land and the search for significance. Karise "Sneaking Past Watchful Imaginative Apologetics and the Games We Play." An essay on how games are a delayed apologetic. 173 pages
Volume 1, Issue 2, Summer 2018