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 | Meghan Brubaker | Why does God let His people go through hard times? This skit attempts to begin to answer that question by focusing on two Biblical stories: Jeremiah in the pit and Paul and Silas in prison. These men experienced God’s presence in difficult times, and their stories can give us some… | Program Scripts ⋅ General | |
 | Brubaker, Meghan | Jesus became human, and that miracle accomplished many things. But one of the greatest gifts of His time here on earth was that He showed us how to live. This rhyming spoken-word piece reflects on the beautiful example Jesus set for us. He was a human, like we are. He… | Program Scripts ⋅ General | |
 | Meghan Brubaker | This poetic spoken word piece reflects on the kind of king the world expects, contrasting it with the kind of King we see in Jesus. This piece has themes that make it able to be used at either Christmas or Easter, as it spends time reflecting both on the way… | Program Scripts ⋅ Christmas ⋅ Easter ⋅ General | |
 | Oasis Chorale | 1. Shout for Joy2. Hail, Gladdening Light3. Praise to the Lord, The Almighty4. God Is So Loving5. Make Me to Know the Measure of My Days6. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God7. I Want Jesus to Walk With Me8. Where He Leads Me I Will Follow9. Hard Times Come Again… | Music ⋅ Oasis Chorale | |
 | Rod & Staff Publishers | Preschool & Early Education Activity Books | ||
 | Dallas Willard | Being close to God means communicating with him – telling him what is on our hearts in prayer and hearing what he is saying to us. But how do we hear God’s voice? How can we be sure that what we think we hear is not our own subconscious? What… | Christian Living | |
 | Beechick, Ruth | This book contains the most complete research available about heart in the Bible. The Bible says the heart knows, considers, speaks, remembers, deceives, meditates, and other functions that modernists like to attribute to the brain. This book also reports physiological research that shows the Bible was right all along in… | Methods of Teaching | |
 | Conrad, Joseph | The tale concerns the journey of the narrator (Marlow) up the Congo River on behalf of a Belgian trading company. Far upriver, he encounters the mysterious Kurtz, an ivory trader who exercises an almost godlike sway over the inhabitants of the region. Both repelled and fascinated by the man, Marlow… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Conrad, Joseph and Prior, Karen… | Sense and Sensibility. Frankenstein. The Scarlet Letter. You’re familiar with these pillars of classic literature. You may even be able to rattle off a few quotes, but do you really know how to read them? Do you know how to read them as a Christian? Through this beautifully designed classic… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Mindy and Brandon Withrow | Let history come to life just the way it should do! Read the stories of the gifted preachers and justice fighters who led the first and second Great Awakenings in the 18th and 19th centuries. Meet the American preacher who started a national revival in his tiny church. Spend time… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Johanna Spyri | This classic tale of a young girl who lives with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps is back in a new edition featuring an Introduction from acclaimed author Eva Ibbotson. (paperback) | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Sophie Blackall | A beloved picture book from two-time Caldecott Medal award-winner Sophie Blackall that transports readers to the seaside in timeless, nautical splendor!Watch the days and seasons pass as the wind blows, the fog rolls in, and icebergs drift by. Outside, there is water all around. Inside, the daily life of a… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Marguerite de Angeli | Henner’s Lydia is a 1936 children’s story book written and illustrated by Marguerite de Angeli, winner of the 1950 Newbery Medal for excellence in American children’s literature for another book, The Door in the Wall. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Beverly Cleary | When Henry adopts Ribsy, a dog of no particular breed, humorous adventures follow. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Ellen Levine | “Do you see those leaves blowing in the wind? They are torn from the trees like slave children are torn from their families.”And so it was with Henry Brown. Taken from his family at a young age, he knew what it was to be lonely. But slaves don’t have a… | Level 21 items | |
 | Barbara Smucker | The dramatic and courageous story of refugees from Russia. An actual event that happened in Berlin in 1946. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Jackson, Dave | Ideal for family devotions, homeschooling, and more, this beautifully illustrated treasury presents the true-life stories of fifteen key Christian heroes, such as Amy Carmichael, Martin Luther, Dwight L. Moody, John Wesley, Samuel Morris, Gladys Aylward, and others. | Level 43 items | |
 | Dave and Neta Jackson | Timeless lessons for families from great Christians of the past. Drawn from the lives of fifteen key Christian heroes, Hero Tales, Vol. II is a beautifully illustrated treasury of forty-five exciting and educational readings designed to help foster Christian character qualities in families with elementary-age children. This inspiring collection presents… | Level 43 items | |
 | Jackson, Dave & Neta | Timeless lessons for families from great Christians of the past. Drawn from the lives of fifteen key Christian heroes, Hero Tales, Vol. III is a beautifully illustrated treasury of forty-five exciting and educational readings designed to help foster Christian character qualities in families with elementary-age children. This inspiring collection presents… | Level 43 items | |
 | James Herriot | James Herriot’s Treasury for Children collects all of the beloved veterinarian’s delightful tales for young readers. From the springtime frolic of Oscar, Cat-About-Town to the yuletide warmth of The Christmas Day Kitten, these stories-radiantly illustrated by Peter Barrett and Ruth Brown-are perennial favorites, and this new complete edition will make… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Kauffman, Christmas Carol | Hidden Rainbow is not an imaginary story, nor one dug out of antiquity. It is a true story about a forbidden New Testament that shattered the calm of a Yugoslavian village. John and Anna Olesh, raised in a solid Catholic community, face severe censure when John leaves his family for… | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist | |
 | Stauffer, Romaine | Fictionalized account of the immigration of the boy Christian Burkholder to Pennsylvania from the Palatinate in 1754. | Literature ⋅ Anabaptist ⋅ Level 34 items | |
 | Wineburg, Sam | Whether he is comparing how students and historians interpret documentary evidence or analyzing children’s drawings, Wineburg’s essays offer rough maps of how ordinary people think about the past and use it to understand the present. These essays acknowledge the role of collective memory in filtering what we learn in school… | Resources By Subject ⋅ History & Social Studies | |
 | Deana Swanson | This session was recorded at Teachers Week 2024, held at Faith Builders on July 30 – August 2, 2024. | Teachers Week 2024 | |
 | Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Maté | International authority on child development Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D., joins forces with bestselling author Gabor Maté, M.D., to tackle one of the most disturbing trends of our time: Children today looking to their peers for direction – their values, identity, and codes of behavior. This “peer orientation” undermines family cohesion, interferes… | Christian Living ⋅ Family | |
 | Christopher Yuan | How do we apply the essence of the gospel to a gay loved one? In what ways can we better walk with truth and grace alongside a fellow Christian with same-sex attractions? Holy Sexuality and the Gospel offers theological and practical insights that lead us to find our identity in Christ… | Christian Living | |
 | Robinson, Marilynne | One of America’s most acclaimed living authors, Marilynne Robinson, revisits the characters from her Pulitzer Prize–winning Gilead, in this “impossibly rich and beautiful new novel” (San Francisco Chronicle)Glory Boughton, aged thirty-eight, has returned to Gilead to care for her dying father, Reverend Robert Boughton. Soon her brother, Jack—the prodigal son of… | Literature ⋅ Contemporary Literature | |
 | Myra Wollman and Obi Martin… | Home is an invitation to return to the places that shaped us. Through the voices of over thirty contributors, this collection explores the ache and joy of belonging in three sections: The Search for Home, A Table in the Wilderness, and Home Within History.At its heart lies a quiet conviction:… | Books ⋅ Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Pablo Yoder | In Home on the Rock Pile, little Paul and his brothers and sisters explore orchards, fields, and mountains. They troop through the snow to help needy neighbors. They meet dangerous snakes and befriend baby skunks. They work, play, scrap with each other, and learn some lessons the hard way. They… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Landis, James G. | The Conquest Series is a historical narrative of American history through the eyes of the Delaware tribe of Native Americans, especially one Glikkikan.Homeland in My Heart is volume 2 of 7. | Biography & History | |
 | Robert McCloskey | Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; where houses are built in a day; and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits using nothing but his wits and a pet skunk. The comic genius of Robert… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Weston, Mark | The life story of Soichiro Honda, pioneering Japanese businessman and innovative motorcycle and car manufacturer.One day in 1914 when Soichiro Honda was seven years old, an astonishing, moving dust cloud appeared in his small Japanese town. The cause was a leaky, noisy automobile-the first the boy had ever seen. At… | Living History Level 56 ⋅ 56 JKSEA | |
 | Hunt, Gladys | Everything you need from how to choose good books for your children to encouraging them to be avid readers, this fourth edition also includes an indexed and updated list of the best children’s classics ever.A modern classic with over 250,000 copies sold, Honey for a Child’s Heart is a compelling, essential guide… | Resources By Subject ⋅ Language Arts & Literature | |
 | Hunt, Gladys & Hampton, Barbara | Honey for a Teen’s Heart spells out how good books can help you and your teen-ager communicate heart-to-heart about ideas, values, and the various issues of a Christian worldview. Sharing the adventure of a book lets both of you know the same people, see the same sights, face the same choices… | Literature ⋅ The Art of Reading | |
 | Laudate Mennonite Ensemble | With this 2021 release, Laudate Mennonite Ensemble adds another gem to their catalog of high-quality a cappella choral productions. This album includes a nice range of works, including African songs, spirituals, choral classics, and newer works by modern composers. If you’ve enjoyed Laudate’s previous albums, you’ll love this one as… | Music ⋅ Laudate Mennonite Ensemble | |
 | Timothy Keller | Times are difficult. Disease, death, and the loss of a vision for a shared common good have shattered the idea of a bright and better future of everyone. How can we survive this moment together? Hope. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Timothy Keller | Times are difficult. Disease, death, and the loss of a vision for a shared common good have shattered the idea of a bright and better future of everyone. How can we survive this moment together? Hope. | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Theology | |
 | Moody, Ralph | “Horse of a Different Color” ends the “roving days” of young Ralph Moody. His saga began on a Colorado ranch in “Little Britches” and continued at points east and west in “Man of the Family,” “The Fields of Home,” “The Home Ranch,” “Mary Emma & Company,” “Shaking the Nickel Bush,”… | Biography & History | |
 | Stoltzfus, Alison | How Beautiful the Dusty Road is the author’s story of serving as a volunteer nurse in the largest refugee camp in the world. Through the dust and disease, through patients rescued and lost, through relationships and trials, God gave her a greater understanding of what it means to love as… | Biography & History | |
 | Uri Shulevitz, Illustrated by Uri… | Having fled from war in their troubled homeland, a boy and his family are living in poverty in a strange country. Food is scarce, so when the boy’s father brings home a map instead of bread for supper, at first the boy is furious. But when the map is hung… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Barton, Craig | When you speak to the likes of Dylan Wiliam, Doug Lemov, Daisy Christodoulou, Kris Boulton and the Bjorks, you are bound to learn a thing or two. But when he started his Mr Barton Maths Podcast, Craig Barton wasn’t expecting to have his whole outlook on teaching and learning turned upside… | Resources By Subject ⋅ Mathematics | |
 | David Murray | How do sermons work? How does a preacher get from the basic nuts and bolts of a few Bible verses to the delivery of a full sermon? That’s the question David Murray answers in this instructive and immensely practical book. He demonstrates that behind the thirty to forty-five minutes we… | Leadership ⋅ Church Leadership | |
 | Francis A. Schaeffer | Schaeffer explains his world view in terms of a divinely inspired Bible, it’s truths, and why they are true. There’s more, too. Even for the skeptic, this book provides an excellent background (used as supporting evidence) in Western culture, arts, philosophy, music, and architecture from the Roman Empire days until… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Worldviews | |
 | Tomlinson, Carol Ann | A guide in differentiating teaching for academically diverse classrooms. | Diverse Learners | |
 | David Brooks | As David Brooks observes, “There is one skill that lies at the heart of any healthy person, family, school, community organization, or society: the ability to see someone else deeply and make them feel seen—to accurately know another person, to let them feel valued, heard, and understood.”And yet we humans don’t… | Books ⋅ Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | Marjorie Priceman | From the jungles of Sri Lanka to the apple orchards of Vermont, the energetic little baker searches far and wide to find the finest ingredients for her apple pie. Marjorie Priceman’s deliciously silly adventure comes complete with a real recipe for an apple pie! | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Adler, Mortimer Jerome | How to Read A Book is an elegant guide to the lost arts of Active Reading, Conversation, and Intellectual Etiquette. Learn how to fairly and methodically assess an author’s intentions and how the author fulfills, or doesn’t, what they set out to do with the book. Learn how to interact… | Clearance ⋅ Literature ⋅ The Art of Reading | |
 | Sire, James W. | Your eyes see the words, but do you read what you see? Every article, poem, book, even every printed advertisement not only carries information but also projects a way of looking at life. In How to Read Slowly, James Sire helps readers detect not only what writers say but what… | Literature ⋅ The Art of Reading | |
 | Gordon D. Fee and Douglas… | Reading the Bible need not be a haphazard journey through strange and bewildering territory. Like an experienced tour guide, How to Read the Bible Book by Book takes you by the hand and walks you through the Scriptures. For each book of the Bible, the authors start with a quick snapshot… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods | |
 | Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart | Your Guide to Understanding the BibleUnderstanding the Bible isn’t for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It’s meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot of misconceptions and… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Methods |