Ian M. Anderson

Some friends of our family loaned us a book called The Green Ember , by S.D. Smith in recent months, which led me to Story Warren. I've been encouraged by the blog posts that I've found there, but the overall purpose of the site is what keeps me going back. To quote the About page: "Who are we? Your   Allies in Imagination. What’s our purpose?   Story Warren exists to serve you as you foster holy imagination in the children you love. Why? We hope God will use us to   Kindle Imagination for Kingdom Anticipation." Our boys are growing so quickly, and as we try to honor Jesus with our parenting, "Kingdom Anticipation" becomes more and more important. Looking for the work of the Holy Spirit, especially the work that is prepared for us, takes a holy imagination -- a heart and mind that is ready for God in all his startling ways. I'm glad to report here that Story Warren has published a post of mine about reading Anne of Green Gables  as a boy....

The jolt of the train woke me from my hard-won sleep. For some time I remained in bed, and my eyes trailed the swing of the short, white tablecloth. My compartment is small, but the table and its cloth were just out of reach from where I lay. Beyond it, through the window, I caught glimpses here and there of the half moon as it flashed through thick-standing pines. One often wonders how certain associations grow up in the soil of our souls. For a reason I'm not conscious of, these things reminded me of my failure to write to you while I've been gone. Perhaps there's no association at all. Perhaps the thought of you is simply always with me, and being awake with nothing but silence and soft moonlight was enough to bring you to the front of my distracted and tortured mind. Now I sit in the dining car with thoughts and memories of you rising like the cigarette smoke of the passenger two tables down. It twists past his ear in an endless gray ribbon, attached yet disappearing ...