The Live The Adventure Letter 
Good stories are powerful. There is a reason that all of us, at some point, get captivated by a well told story. It’s because we were made for story.
And, we are living in a story. In fact, as we live each day, we witness the writing of our own story and hopefully realize that we are all part of a much greater story.
Our lives are a “sub-plot” that are key pieces within a larger plot line. As in any well told story, the sub-plots (and there may be many) all contribute to the accomplishment of the primary plot line of the author. The sub-plots are not unimportant, and in fact, can contribute to or detract from the main plot of the story.
It is the Christian and biblical worldview alone that gives our stories significance because the Author of the Greater Story has given our story proximate and ultimate meaning. Stated another way, in terms of a biblical worldview, there are no unimportant sub-plots, stories, or lives! None. Zero. No unimportant characters. All of life, including your story and mine – has meaning, significance, importance, and a destiny!
There are many deeply theological implications and applications to this fact that affect all of us and have an effect upon all of us. We will explore some of these facts in future articles. However, the big idea to grasp right now is to simply realize the huge influence and power that well told stories have in all of our lives and especially in the lives of our children!
Awaken Your Child’s Love of Learning, History, & Adventure!
Grab Your Child’s Attention
I have been teaching for over 30 years and have always enjoyed telling stories to my students. For the last 15 years, I have been teaching preschoolers how to read. I must confess that these years have been the most enjoyable of all my years teaching. But why?
Do you want to get a child’s attention? Ask them if you can read them a story! Read or tell the story well, and you will have an immediate friend who begs for more. Using exciting, well told stories with young children is a wonderful educational strategy. Without exception children, especially very young children, become quickly captivated by the thought of a story. Especially if they have previously experienced well told stories.
Long Term Benefits
Exposing children to good, well-written, and exciting stories over a period of time is more than just another classroom or educational strategy. When done consistently, it will have a multitude of benefits in their lives that they (and often we adults) may not initially recognize.
These benefits include:
- The stimulation of a child’s passion for that which is good, beautiful, and true – as opposed to what is evil
- Learning to recognize, love, and create works of good writing
- A growing and expanded vocabulary
- An excitement for adventure and mystery
- Stimulation of their curiosity and imagination
All of these wonderful side effects happen quite naturally – simply because our Creator made us part of His story. Story is imprinted upon our very being.
Awaken Your Child’s Love of Learning, History And Adventure With The REAL Story of William Wallace!
G.A. Henty knew a thing or two about great stories. He wrote amazing children’s stories that were so powerful any aged reader could enjoy them. I remember as an adult in my thirties, discovering for the first time the magnificent stories of G.A. Henty. Though they are written for children, I was quickly captivated by them.
Reading Henty’s stories aloud to my children had the very same effect. And now with a growing number of Henty Audio Adventures available from Heirloom Audio, we have one more potent “tool” in the arsenal of parents and teachers to help stimulate a child’s love of stories, learning, imagination, and more.
As C.S. Lewis once said, “When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grownup.”
Love good stories in front of your children so that they can grow up and love them too.
