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 | Smucker, Barbara | Selina is a Mennonite girl living in Pennsylvania in the 1860s. She loves her farm delights in the spring flowers and most of all, takes pleasure in watching her grandmother piece together a quilt. Grandmother is following the Bear Paw pattern using stitches and techniques that were brought to America… | Level 21 items | |
 | Faith Builders Colloquy 2013 | Faith Builders Colloquy 2013The historical Anabaptist church responded to the divine call to separate from the corruption of the world to follow God in holiness. Today, too often our vision of nonconformity is negative or weak. We may see separation and nonconformity either as avoiding certain cultural patterns of our… | Colloquies | |
 | Clarence Jordan | Anxiety, insecurity, military power, racial prejudice, and heavy taxes – all these problems of contemporary life were also faced by those who first heard the teaching of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount. Author Clarence Jordan points out that this Sermon presents many of the major features of the… | Bibles & Bible Study ⋅ Study Helps | |
 | Robert K. Greenleaf | This highly influential book is filled with prophetic essays on what Greenleaf coined “autocratic leadership” with a holistic approach. | Leadership | |
 | Ralph E. Enlow | What did Jesus really mean when he said, “Anyone who wants to be first must be the very last, the servant of all” (Mark 9:35)?Servant leadership is commended by popular leadership writers and scholars. However, much of the practical, theoretical, and even theological commentary on servant leadership doesn’t do the… | Leadership | |
 | Mark & Debbie Laaser | This new take on relationships changes everything! By examining the seven desires we all share, Mark and Debra Laaser illustrate how men and women are actually more alike than different. Do you long for ways to:Tune in more closely to your children?Connect on a deeper level with your spouse?Strengthen friendships?Reach a fuller… | Books ⋅ Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | John M. Drescher | Drescher deals with seven things all children need: significance, security, acceptance, love, praise, discipline and God. Paper. 129 pp. | Christian Living ⋅ Family | |
 | Ellen Dykas and Harvest USA | Sexual Sanity for Women guides participants through the process of understanding why they struggle with destructive relational and sexual patterns and how the gospel brings change and a new way of living. Twenty lessons guide participants to understand God’s good design for sexuality, the underlying reasons they struggle with sexual… | Christian Living ⋅ Women | |
 | Elliot, Elisabeth | The murder of Jim Elliot and four fellow missionaries by the Auca Indians in 1956 shocked the nation and motivated thousands to a life of service. The story of what led Elliot to the jungles of Ecuador, told by his wife, Elisabeth, has become a modern Christian classic. Drawing from… | Biography & History | |
 | Helga Moser | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Moody, Ralph | Skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate. Going west again is a delightful prospect. His childhood adventures on a Colorado ranch were described in Little Britches and Man of the Family, also available in Bison Books editions. Now nineteen years old… | Biography & History | |
 | Gina Martin | 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… | Books ⋅ Christian Living ⋅ Women | |
 | Tedd Tripp | In this revised edition of Shepherding a Child’s Heart, Dr. Tedd Tripp not only draws on his thirty years of experience as a pastor, counselor, school administrator, and father, but he also shares insights gained in ten years of teaching this material in conferences worldwide, providing more valuable help for… | Christian Living ⋅ Family | |
 | Gary Miller | 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… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Topical Studies | |
 | Eliot, George | Classic of English literature recounts the engrossing story of a lonely and embittered old man and the orphaned child who helps him find love and hope.As a young man, Silas Marner shut himself off from the world after being wrongly accused of theft and losing the girl he loved. Much… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Endo, Shusaku | 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… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Barzun, Jacques | In “Simple & Direct, ” Jacques Barzun, celebrated author and educator, distills from a lifetime of writing and teaching his thoughts about the craft of writing. In chapters on diction, syntax, tone, meaning, composition, and revision, Barzun describes and prescribes the techniques to correct even the most ponderous style. Exercises… | Resources By Subject ⋅ Language Arts & Literature | |
 | Beatrice King | Celebrate over twenty-five years of the best recipes served from the Faith Builders kitchen …– Over 500 recipes for the home kitchen– 65 recipes designed for large groups– Tips for kitchen preparation– Memories and pictures from the Faith Builderskitchen– Original recipes from the Faith Works BakeryYou will find in these… | Cookbooks, Planners, & Miscellany | |
 | Swope, Cheryl | This revolutionary new book guides parents and teachers in implementing the beauty of a classical education with special needs and struggling students.Increase your child’s academic success.Restore your child’s love of learning.Regain confidence to teach any child.Renew your vision of hope for your special-needs child.Receive help navigating the daunting process of… | Educational Resources ⋅ Philosophy of Education | |
 | St. Olaf Choir | Songs for Christmas and “New Songs of Love” by Brahms- Directed by Kenneth Jennings. 10 songs total.1. O Yule, Full of Gladness2. Carol of the Drum3. Thy Little Ones, Dear Lord, Are We4. Glory Be to God5. Jeg er sa glad (I am so Glad)6. A Spotless Rose7. The Christmas… | Music ⋅ Christmas Music ⋅ Saint Olaf Choir | |
 | John Coblentz | 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… | Christian Living ⋅ Singleness | |
 | Mortimer J. Adler | ▪Truth ▪Goodness ▪Beauty ▪Liberty ▪Equality ▪Justice | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Ethics | |
 | de Angeli, Marguerite | With his German family, Eli crosses the Atlantic on The Charming Nancy. From Philadelphia, oxen pull their wagon into Penn’s Woods, where they make their new home in the Skippack area. Eli loves outdoor work and play, but Mom says he must go to school. Though Eli expects the teacher… | Level 12 items | |
 | MacLachlan, Patricia | 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… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Helga Moser | Snoopy’s new home at Pleasant Valley Farm was cozy and safe. She had plenty of fresh green grass to eat, and a tall wire fence protected her from hungry coyotes. But Snoopy was not content. Then one afternoon she wandered up the hillside alone and found herself in big trouble.A… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Kjelgaard, Jim | 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… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | McSwigan, Marie | A daring adventure based on a true story about a group of Norwegian children who smuggled nine million dollars in gold past Nazi sentries during World War II. A story of courage and wits and grim determination.–The New York Times. | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | 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. | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Silver, Harvey F. | One of the greatest challenges faced by every school and every educator is encouraging and accommodating a full range of student diversity while simultaneously promoting a uniformly high level of academic achievement for all students. Two powerful learning models–multiple intelligences and learning styles–provide us with the best means of rising… | Clearance ⋅ Methods of Teaching | |
 | White, Katie | The assessment process can be a rich experience for you and your students. With Softening the Edges, you’ll discover how to design and deliver differentiated instruction and assessment to address learners’ diverse intellectual and emotional needs. By creating an effective assessment architecture, you can ensure your students are invested in… | Educational Resources ⋅ Methods of Teaching | |
 | David Platt | While leading a team on a week-long trek of the Himalayas, bestselling author and pastor David Platt was stunned by the human needs he encountered, an experience so dramatic that it “changed the trajectory of my life.” Meeting a man who’d lost his eye from a simple infection and seeing… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Leo Politi | 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… | Children's Books ⋅ Picture Books | |
 | Heart & Voice Men's Chorus… | We sometimes describe an experience as “heaven on earth.” Saying that, we mean that an experience is so delightful, so beautiful and exquisite that it must be more like heaven than anything we typically experience on earth.Since we do not know a great deal about heaven, we draw on visions… | Music ⋅ Heart and Voice Men's Choir | |
 | Nathan Good Family | 1. Bless God, My Soul2. Seasons’ Beauty3. Judge Eternal4. Church of Christ5. I Commit My Love to You6. O Holy Night7. Plenty Good Room8. Revelation 199. Show Me Thy Face10. O Gladsome Light | Music ⋅ Nathan Good Family | |
 | O'Brien, Michael | Sophia House is set in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Pawel Tarnowski, a bookseller, gives refuge to David Schäfer, a Jewish youth who has escaped from the ghetto, and hides him in the attic of the book shop. Throughout the winter of 1942-1943, haunted by the looming threat of discovery… | Literature ⋅ Contemporary | |
 | Keith Drury | 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… | Christian Living ⋅ Disciplines & Spiritual Formation | |
 | Guite, Malcolm | Malcolm Guite explores the riches of the Christian year in this collection of sonnets. Including sequences for Advent, Christmas and epiphany, Lent, Holy Week and the Stations of the Cross, and poems for major feasts and festivals, it is a versatile resource for enriching worship, reflection and devotion. | Literature ⋅ Poetry | |
 | Leland Harder | 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… | Anabaptist History & Thought | |
 | J. Oswald Sanders | With over one million copies sold, Spiritual Leadership has established itself as a true classic. It presents key principles from Scripture about what makes a good leader – in ministry or any other realm. Those who want to lead with God’s blessing, cannot ignore this book. | Leadership | |
 | Susan Hunt | 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… | Christian Living ⋅ Relationships & Mentoring | |
 | Robert S. Miller | The fight for survival is real. You serve-or are preparing to serve-in the spiritually desolate areas of our world. The elements you face each day are intense. What can you do to prepare for the challenges? Dr. Robert Miller presents a preparedness strategy for surviving the “wilderness” of ministry that… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
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 | Bobbie Kalman | Spotlight on Brazil introduces children to the country of Brazil, where almost half the population of South America lives. Children will read about Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, the daily lives of Brazilians in the cities, and why the way of life of native peoples in the Amazon rain forest… | Level 34 items |