C.S. Lewis in his Narnian Chronicles speaks through one of the main characters. "Yes." Queen Lucy said, “In our world too a stable once held something inside it that was bigger than our whole world.” As does the wardrobe, that at first seems like just a good place to hide for one person, contains a whole world to live out one's life.
That kind of vibrant living that Lewis is suggesting requires a reframed imagination. Rowan Williams as he reflects on the Narnian world, "We go through a door into a reality that is bigger than the one we have left behind; the world opens out, it shows itself to be bigger on the inside than on the outside.”
I need to do some more thinking about this. Thanks to JR and the folks at Terrace CRC.