by Matt Guevara | Apr 30, 2009 | What Matters Now
I love stories. In fact, I’ve been recaptured by the idea of story in the past few weeks (you can read a recent blog posting about story here). But most recently I was captured again by story in the debate over a very popular story, Harry Potter. I know, the debate...
by Matt Guevara | Apr 24, 2009 | What Matters Now
Everyone loves a good story. But the truth of the matter is that stories actually hold a special place in the brain. Research from Sung-Il Kim in 1999 (and later reflected upon by cognitive psychologist Daniel Willingham) showed that the brain treats information...
by Matt Guevara | Apr 6, 2009 | What Matters Now
I’m always trying to find ways to make the story of Easter creative and fresh for the kids who have tuned it out. It’s sad how repeated truth loses its value to the hearer (is that how trite sayings are born?). This year I was challenged to see if I could...
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