128. The Gospel According to Fairy Tales

<p><strong>Today's Out of the Ordinary Books:</strong><br /> <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24353/9780385753562">Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy</a>, Karen Foxlee<br /> <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24353/9780062255662">The Ocean at the End of the Lane</a>, Neil Gaiman     <br /> <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24353/9780743298087">Once Upon a River</a>, Diane Setterfield<br /> "Instructions" by Neil Gaiman (poem)<br /> <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24353/9780141309750">The Blue Sword</a> by Robin McKinley<br /> <a href="https://bookshop.org/a/24353/9780141309811">The Hero and the Crown</a> by Robin McKinley</p> <p><strong>How the Books We Read Help Us Better Understand the Lives we Lead: </strong></p> <ul> <li>Why Lisa-Jo has a very "non-magical" Maplehurst visit this time around</li> <li>How magic shows up in our ordinary lives and what it does</li> <li>The two ways that Fairy Tales offer us to see our so-called ordinary differently </li> <li>What Fairy Tales and the Gospel have in common </li> <li>A magical reading by Christie</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.blackbarnonline.com/">Click here</a> to join the conversations we have with listeners every week around the podcast.</p> <p>_______</p> <p>Sponsor appreciation: We're so grateful to partner with show sponsors that keep making our work possible.</p> <p><a href="http://greenchef.com/ordinary90">Click here to go to GreenChef.com/ordinary90</a> and use code ordinary90 to get $90 off including free shipping!</p> <p><a href="http://www.betterhelp.com/ordinary">Click here</a> to join over 1 million people taking charge of their mental health through the online counseling offered by BetterHelp. Get 10% off your first month by visiting <a href= "http://www.betterhelp.com/ordinary">www.betterhelp.com/ordinary</a></p> <p><a href="http://outoftheordinarypodcast.com/ps">Click here</a> to sign up for your own digital Paper&String care package curated by Christie, Lisa-Jo and friends.</p>