HeyJaredMonica L Olsen
Writer of fantastical history and historical fantasy. Inspired by myths, fairytales, Bible stories, and legends. Mother and teacher. Motivated to write good stories for my students and their families.
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Why bother with the saints? (opens the original)
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I was miserable. St. Paraskevi helped pick me up. I met her at her monastery in Texas and she has never left me since then.You might ask, “how has she been with you? Didn’t she die in the 300’s?” I’ll answer the second question first. For those who believe that a person who dies in Christ is actually alive in Christ, then all the saints are alive. They just aren’t visible all the time in the layer of my spiritual reality here on earth. (I’m working from a pre-modern cosmology that there are laye
What do the Odyssey and the Old Testament have in common? (opens the original)
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Back in 2019 I read a book that changed the way I approached what I wanted my students to memorize. Instead of having them study and take a final exam, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Something-They-Will-Not-Forget/dp/099914667X?crid=2EKT8DQF1VKMB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FnQfVQzreECgxP-WmYb-wu5s14LXLuIbb1pAfKQsGNPN_2-AYFqUqeLE7wJIhxIANYThyS1Hvq9s3IpSl6t5fzY7zNH6MKBs_DhRHVv0tL4TggoQcd635WFIdtq24CQY1RJFIzST7Bvkxuqf9vgNre3SUK9DrpGIdGxWVci-872wlsHy5Y75E5iHpzwQFb0W7DlcGkpXkY77E59kJPVjmmHZGMLIOOrx2ope_7EDE4k
The Melancholy Monk (opens the original)
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How to help your students with Literature Analysis But Make it Fun (opens the original)
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I am pleased to introduce you to our guest author today, our family’s art teacher, Courtney Sanford of Delightful Art Co. Below, she gives parents and teachers a gentle way to help a struggling child narrate a story. (Some kids don’t need help. They will talk forever and need a time limit on their oral narrations! Other times, I request, “Tell that story back to me. What did you see and hear?” and I get crickets. In that case, more specific questions like Courtney shares below can be helpful.<di
The Childhood Miracle of St. Matrona of Moscow (opens the original)
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Natalia sat staring out the window at the snow. It was falling hard, covering the huts in her little village. She had been sitting there a long time, and tears stained her pink face. She could hear her two toddlers fighting over a rag doll and the baby crying in the background. She couldn’t make herself move.There was barely enough food to feed the family that night, but that wasn’t all.She had just found out she and Dimitri were expecting another baby. How could God provide for them all?They wo
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