When I was five years old, my family moved to a new house. One of the first things I checked was my closet—because I wanted to see if I could find the land of Narnia. You see, my parents had given up their valuable time, put down their work, turned off the television, and read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to me. This book by C.S. Lewis describes the adventures of four children who entered a magical land through a wardrobe. It awakened my imagination like few other stories.

My parents probably had no idea how much the writing of Lewis would affect my thoughts, work, and spiritual life, but those moments reading together were invested well. Parents who read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and other books from The Chronicles of Narnia invite their children to explore a faith that is joyful, intellectually satisfying, and worth passing on to others.

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