When you go abroad to serve, you’re thinking about the language, the losses, and the excitement. When you return home you’re thinking about your friends and family, the losses, and the relief. Most aren’t thinking about the process of transition-and yet if you do, it can make the difference between…

Wounds and injustice, whether deeply painful or only annoying, stir in humans a dark urge to retaliate. Jesus Christ was an exception. And Jesus called His disciples to follow Him on a higher way. His teachings are simple, arresting, and challenging. The Teacher intended that they be taken seriously…

Laying a good foundation is essential for the full growth of a Christian as well as for the building up of the body of Christ. The apostle Paul exhorted young Timothy to “have an outline of sound words which words thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which…

Christian Burkholder’s life followed a peaceful routine of farming, family, and church. This was the quiet freedom his mother had been searching for when she brought her family to Pennsylvania from the Old World when he was just a lad.As a farmer, father, and church leader, Christian watched uneasily as…

A biography of the great reformer who led the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

The story about the rise of the Incas and the building of a great city, Machu Picchu, set in a remote, inaccessible area of the high Andes.

Make Way for Ducklings is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey. First published in 1941, the book tells the story of a pair of mallards who decide to raise their family on an island in the lagoon in Boston Public Garden, a park in the center…

This book clears a straight road through the thorny jungles of skewed modern thinking about the way to live, and does do with the easy brilliance, impish insight, and searching simplicity that have become Peter Kreeft’s special trademarks. 

Fortified with Yankee ingenuity and western can-do energy, the Moody family, transplanted from New England, builds a new life on a Colorado ranch early in the 20th century. Father has died and Little Britches shoulders the responsibilities of a man at age eleven. Continues the true pioneering adventures as unforgettable…

Map Trek includes over 200 full-color maps, divided into four periods of time: Ancient World, Medieval World, New World, and Modern World. There is a comprehensive table of contents to help you find exactly what you need, and a detailed glossary of terms.

Relive Italian voyager Marco Polo’s adventures in China in 1275, including his legendary meeting with Kublai Khan, emperor of the powerful Mongol Empire. This exciting new book separates fact from myth using excerpts from Polo’s actual journals and vivid illustrations to portray Polo himself and his impressions of the unique…

A tale of the persecution of Christians in ancient Rome.

First section tells the story of the Mennonite movement in the Netherlands. The second section tells the story of Mennonite migration through Prussia to Russia and eventually to North and South America. Used with Level 4/3 of Living History Threads.

While studying English and Arabic, Amber embarked on an unexpected spiritual journey. Relating to five university friends—two Muslim and two Christian students and one godly, gray-bearded backpacking instructor—caused her to ponder things she had never thought of before.Amber began to wonder if she was truly following Christ and obeying God’s…

This is the story of a steam shovel operator and his steam shovel–the beguiling Mary Anne–which he would not desert, even though competition from gas and diesel-motored shovels was ruining him. The solution to Mikes problem is classic in its simplicity.

As you grow in Christlike character, you begin to ask, “Where can I serve God?” Your interests, your struggles, and your talents can help you discern how God has uniquely designed you to serve. In this study, your small group will help one another think through each person’s Life Vision…

Without careful attention, faith-based organizations drift from their founding mission. It’s that simple. It will happen.Why do so many organizations wander from their mission, while others remain Mission True? Can drift be prevented? In Mission Drift, HOPE International executives Peter Greer and Chris Horst show how to determine whether your…

Experience thrilling adventure as the Christian missionaries on these pages meet witch doctors, disease, drought, hate-filled guerillas, a Bible thief, and killer cats. Each story is based on actual happenings from the lives of real people.

Marguerite Henrys best-known title tells the story of how a brother and sister capture two wild ponies on Chincoteague Island. Newbery Honor Book.

Mary Elizabeth Yoder told many of these stories to her children as they were growing up. Stories about her children, stories from her own childhood, could-have-happened-stories, stories of good times and bad – all are about families and children and the important lessons they learned.The next time your children ask…

Mosaic of Thought proposes a new instructional paradigm focused on in-depth instruction in the strategies used by proficient readers. The authors take us beyond the traditional classroom into literature-based, workshop-oriented classrooms. Through vivid portraits of these remarkable environments, we see how instruction looks in dynamic, literature-rich reader’s workshops. As the…

Mr. Lincoln is the coolest principal ever! He knows how to do everything, from jumping rope to leading nature walks. Everyone loves him . . . except for Eugene Esterhause. “Mean Gene” hates everyone who’s different from himself. He’s a bully, a bad student, and he calls people awful names.But…

Both highly informative and entertaining, Multicultural Manners gives readers the understanding they need, the perfect words to say, and the correct behavior to use in a wide range of cross-cultural situations. This incisive and award-winning guide to etiquette features completely updated etiquette guidelines with special emphasis on post-September 11 culture…

“Mother Dear, one day I’m going to turn this world upside down.” Long before he became a world-famous dreamer, Martin Luther King Jr. was a little boy who played jokes and practiced the piano and made friends without considering race. But growing up in the segregated south of the 1930s…

Whether families live in modern cities or remote villages, they share many of the same joys and challenges. Vibrant photos and engaging text depict children in many countries as they live, eat, play, work, and learn with members of their families in this celebration of diversity and of the human…