Alicia closes the first season of the podcast with some thoughts on how to create happy endings that imitate the great Happy Ending of Scripture. Includes reflections on the lack of surprise, Gospel connection, and use of motifs in an ending, as well as a meditation on the happy ending of Isaiah 11.

Resources

• Charles Simeon Trust Society, “First Principles” course for men and women - see the “Seeing Jesus” segment about the Gospel Connection
• “The Psalm Code - Genesis Imagery in the Psalms” lecture by Andy Patton at the English L’Abri
• Angelina Stanford’s course, "How to Read Fairy Tales," for an excellent overview of folklore, scholarship, history, and interpretive methods
• Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy
• Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden
• Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (footnote referenced is from the Annotated Edition by Janet Gezari, page 372)
• J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings
• Roald Dahl’s Matilda
• J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables
• Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
• Scriptures referenced: Isaiah 11:1-11, Revelation 21

Music: Intro from Adam Saban’s “Tales from the Past”; episode segments and outro from Cody Martin’s “Life Fulfilled”