Above is a youtube presentation given by Marlene Petersen at a Simple Joy Conference in May 2017. It is about an hour. You can fast forward the introduction (5 minutes) and then I invite you to watch and listen "with your heart." You could break up the presentation into segments because I know you all have very busy lives and to take an hour for yourself might not be physically possible. It will be well worth your time though, however you manage to watch and listen.
Some quotes and thoughts from her presentation. God's purpose in education is to prepare children to live lives of joy. "Man is that he might have joy." God is not "reasoned." He is "felt." A soft, warm heart is the only way to feel God." "Only the warm heart can kindle warmth in another." Mothers (women) fill our own hearts with things of goodness and beauty that reach and warm and open our own hearts until it naturally starts to spill out to bless our children and others.
First story shared in the presentation is the Snow Queen and the last story shared is The Flax and both are written by Hans Christian Anderson.
There are 211 Fairy Tales in "The Complete Fairy Tales" by Hans Christian Anderson. Whew!!! And his Fairy Tales were not grim but rather reflected truth and many have Christian themes besides social themes.
