Kids are storymakers. But the stories they tell — of themselves and the world around them — are a reflection of their imaginations and the stories they are told.
Unfortunately, today kids are at times fed a message that breeds insecurity, anxiety, and isolation. Their imaginations are starved — of meaning, certainly, but also of wonder, whimsy, and delight. Listen to kids tell stories, observe the stories they enact, and one will see that their stories, as their best reflections of “real life,” are missing enchantment.
In a world that flattens and drains life of meaning, StoryMakers enriches and enchants the imaginations of children by conveying the message that God is for us in every way. The StoryMakers adventure is a constantly captivating story of the beauty, goodness, and truth we find in the good news of Jesus. The profound merit of Storymakers is its recognition that the good news is neither lifeless formula nor dull moralism, but the finished-yet-unfolding drama of God’s extravagant love for all of his children. This is the story that kindles wonder, whimsy, and delight in our kids.
God communicates himself to us through words. He is a speaking God, a storymaking God. And kids are part of his story and wild vision of the world. In The Silmarillion, J.R.R. Tolkien perfectly depicts the child’s delight in storymaking as the Father does:
Yet the making of things is in my heart from my own making by thee; and the child of little understanding that makes a play of the deeds of his father may do so without thought of mockery, but because he is the son of his father.
