Shadow was a shy cat, but she was also brave and diligent. When Farmer Don ruined her perfect hiding place in a tunnel under the hay, she didn’t give up. Shadow searched and searched for a new spot. It had to be just right for keeping her secret safe.A Pleasant…

Who is the Proverbs 31 woman- an inspiring role model or an impossible pattern of perfection? Some women despair when comparing their lives to the Proverbs 31 checklist. She Shall Be Praised invites us to lay down the list and reexamine this famous passage. These pages consider twenty-one women in the Bible…

What is our mission in making the world a better place? The church is called to demonstrate Jesus Christ. We are to love what He loves and be burdened by the things that burden Him. We want wars to cease, peace to reign, and evil to stop. We rejoice when…

Seventeenth-century Japan: Two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to a country hostile to their religion, where feudal lords force the faithful to publicly renounce their beliefs. Eventually captured and forced to watch their Japanese Christian brothers lay down their lives for their faith, the priests bear witness to unimaginable cruelties that…

Subjects such as dating, engagement, and marriage are more popular than singlehood. Perhaps this is because more people marry than stay single, and perhaps also because most people want to be married. But it means, unfortunately, that sometimes people find themselves in situations they never have given much thought to…

The second book in the series that began with the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan.My mother, Sarah, doesn’t love the prairie. She tries, but she can’t help remembering what she knew first.Sarah came to the prairie from Maine to marry Papa. But that summer, a drought…

The steel-gray husky Chiri was just a puppy when he watched the black wolf kill his mother and two brothers. Left alone in the snow-covered land of the coyote ,caribou, and grizzly, Chiri learned to fend for himself, to hunt, and to survive by his own keen instinct and natural…

Snow in Vermont is as common as dirt. Why would anyone want to photograph it? But from the time he was a small boy, Wilson Bentley has thought of the icy crystals as small miracles, and he determines that one day his camera will capture for others their extraordinary beauty.

Song of the Swallows, which won the Caldecott Medal when it was first published in 1948, was written and illustrated by Leo Politi, one of Los Angeles’ most beloved artists. It tells the famous story of the yearly return of the swallows to the Mission San Juan Capistrano through the…

How does spiritual transformation happen? Not through our own striving, but through God’s grace working to shape our souls into Christ’s likeness.Does this mean that we should simply wait passively for God to “do His thing” in our lives, since we are powerless to change ourselves. No! The spiritual disciplines…

The South German/Austrian Anabaptist branch of the Anabaptist family was unique for its mystical origins and spiritualist emphases, its early fascination with the End Times, and for the communal forms of Anabaptism that evolved from these beginnings. From influential pre-Anabaptist writings by Jorg Haugk von Juchsen and Hans Hergott, through…

Many churches lack a crucial element central to the flourishing of women: older women mentoring younger women. Using Titus 2 as a guide, seasoned author Susan Hunt casts a biblical vision of what the church can be when women invest in vibrant relationships with one another. Featuring inspiring stories from…

The perennial favorite, read to a generation of children by Captain Kangaroo, the story of three soldiers who manage to cook up a fine soup by cajoling the necessary ingredients from a village of wary French peasants. Caldecott Honor Book; ALA Notable Children’s Book. Three-color illustrations.

Allan Marley and his father have lived together in the untamed wilderness of the Beaver Flowage all their lives. But when Mr. Marley is jailed because of a bitter feud, Allan suddenly finds himself on his own. Then he meets Stormy, an outlaw cog accused of turning on his owner…

Children will thrill to tales of buried treasure and narrow escapes. They’ll wonder how anyone could learn a lesson from doughnut holes or hard-boiled eggs. Spellbinding bedtime stories of yesteryear. Fresh insights and truths for young listeners and readers too. Give this delightful book to a child you love.

As identity politics quickly gain influence, they’re creating confusion around aspects of personhood and morality that were once certain. From the sexual revolution to gay marriage and gender issues, the personal has become politicized. What should our response be?

Wayne Mack completed his doctoral studies at Westminster Theological Seminary under the supervision of Jay E. Adams, who is world renowned for his Reformed approach to the field of counseling. Mack has largely followed in the footsteps of his mentor. He is the author of several books, all of which…

The gripping story of the translation of the Bible into Spanish in spite of the Spanish Inquisition.

She’s seen slave dungeons in Ghana. Genocide in Rwanda. Systemic sexual abuse in Brazil. Child abuse and domestic violence in the U.S. After forty years of counseling abuse survivors around the world, Dr. Diane Langberg, a world renowned trauma expert, remains certain that what trauma destroys, Christ can and does…

“A young man who wishes to remain a sound Atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. There are traps everywhere . . . God is, if I may say it, very unscrupulous.” This book is not an autobiography. It is not a confession. It is, however, certainly one of…

Talk Thru the Bible is an easy-to-use handbook that summarizes each book of the Bible with at-a-glance charts, illustrations, and outlines. This reference volume is your first step to more in-depth, more satisfying study.Start your study of any scripture with a comprehensive overview of the book it is in.  Talk Thru…

Seventy stories about Jesus for young children.Jesus loved people. He blessed children. He told stories, taught lessons, and stretched out gentle hands to heal. These simple stories and vivid illustrations help young children see Jesus as a real person who did real things.Tell Me the Stories of Jesus will begin…

Tom Pohrt spent years gathering poems by Wendell Berry that he thought children might read and appreciate, making sketches to accompany his selection. Terrapin is the result, a volume of twenty–one poems with dozens of sketches, drawings, and watercolors. In full color, we have not only a volume of staggering…

Twenty-three stories arranged in fictional chronology map Port William across generations—not an anthology, but a coherent temporal landscape revealing Berry’s mastery of place, affection, and interwoven livesOriginally published in 2005, That Distant Land brings together twenty–three stories from the Port William Membership. Arranged in their fictional chronology, the book is…