I cannot believe I forgot to tell you about this one last dragon activity! It just popped into my head the other day.
My very very favorite story of a dragon is actually one little part of a book—the story of Eustace in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader by CS Lewis! It’s one of the first stories I thought of when we started talking about Dragon Week. I knew I wanted Asa to hear this story. We read all the Chronicles of Narnia last year so instead of me reading it to him, I pulled out or Chronicles of Narnia Radio Theatre!
Have you heard this? Ohmyword. It’s the most gorgeous radio dramas EVER. It’s more than an audiobook with multiple actors and gorgeous music and sound effects. They’ve done all the Chronicles of Narnia, Corrie Ten Boom’s Hiding Place, Anne of Green Gables, Les Miserables, Little Women, Oliver Twist and right now they are doing a story called CS Lewis at War which is about how Mere Christianity came to be. The acting is superb, the stories are mesmerizing and it’s such a fun way to listen to some classic stories!
But back to the dragon story…well, I don’t want to tell you the whole thing but basically a greedy, selfish little boy is turned into a dragon and learns what forgiveness, humility and selflessness really means when he meets Aslan, the Great Lion and the King of Narnia. It’s also a beautiful picture of baptism and God’s great desire to redeem us.
Asa and I listened to just the dragon chapter about Eustace from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader but he loved it so much we started over and listened to the whole book! If you haven’t heard Radio Theatre, you are totally and completely missing out. Check your library and grab one for you and your family to listen to in the car! (Since Lydia got home from camp, we’ve been listening to the whole series–we ate dinner on the floor around my computer last night because we couldn’t stop listening!)
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When I was in college I took a preaching class (I’m sure it had a better name than that) and my first sermon began w/a quote from that scene in the VOTDT. And now, looking back, I realize I wasn’t really writing sermons–they were blog posts! Ha!!
We decided to listen to them in chronological order and are on Prince Caspian now. I LOVE the scene where Lucy is following Aslan even when no one else can see him. Walk by faith!
Clearly, I could go on and on…
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Amanda,
I would love to do a Bible Study on The Chronicle of Narnia. I could probably do a teaching on something from the books each week, if I were a pastor! I get something out of them every time I read/listen. It’s deep.
We are doing ours chronologically, too. We just restarted, so we just finished The Magician’s Nephew and started TLTW&TW this week.
You have to walk by faith and follow even if others aren’t! 🙂 Don’t discount how God reveals himself to you. 🙂 Love it!
~Amelia