The Snow Queen with K.C. Ireton

12/02/2024 57 min Temporada 3 Episodio 1
The Snow Queen with K.C. Ireton

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Alicia Pollard and a returning guest, K.C. (Kimberlee) Ireton, discuss Kimberlee’s theological reading of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen.” They discuss the images of the mirror and the nature of evil; perfection in roses vs. snowflakes; isolation; resurrection; summer; and much more. ResourcesK. C. Ireton’s website: kcireton.com (Enter your email and get two free chapters of “A Yellow Wood”)K. C. Ireton’s Substack: kcireton.substack.com (Grab your free copy of “Rose at Dawn,” a fairy tale retelling)Tiina Nunnally’s translation of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy talesAlbert Mohler’s talk on the noetic (knowledge-related) effects of sin: https://www.ligonier.org/posts/session-3-albert-mohler-2012-national-conferenceVigen Guorian’s Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral Imagination C.S. Lewis’s The Screwtape LettersFor more on the Deadly Sin of Sloth (acedia), see R.J. Snell’s Acedia and its Discontents or Kathleen Norris’s Acedia and MeMusic: intro from Adam Saban’s “Tales from the Past”; episode segments from Adam Saban’s “The Enchanted Castle”