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 | 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 | |
 | Ten Boom, Corrie | This is the remarkable story of Corrie Ten Boom and her family who, at risk of their lives, followed the mandate of their Christian understanding by providing refuge to Jews marked for death by Nazi forces occupying the Netherlands during World War II. | Level 43 items | |
 | Plato | Socrates and Hippias embark on a journey to find out what true beauty is. | Art and Beauty | |
 | 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 | |
 | Neufeld, Gordon and Maté, Gabor | 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 | |
 | Yuan, Christopher | 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 | |
 | Yoder, Pablo | 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 | |
 | McCloskey, Robert | 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 Weavings | |
 | Gladys Hunt. Paperback. | 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… | 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… | 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 | |
 | Keller, Timothy | 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 | |
 | 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… | Mathematics | |
 | Murray, David | 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 | |
 | Schaeffer, Francis A. | 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 | |
 | Borthwick, Paul | How to Be a World-Class Christian reveals God's unfolding drama throughout the world and how you can become part of that story. It will show you how to expand your understanding of God's heart for the nations as it is revealed throughout Scripture. It will increase your global prayer life… | Christian Living ⋅ Missions & Service | |
 | Tomlinson, Carol Ann | A guide in differentiating teaching for academically diverse classrooms. | Diverse Learners | |
 | Priceman, Marjorie | 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… | 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 | |
 | Fee, Gordon D.
Stuart, 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 Bible
Understanding 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 | |
 | Budziszewski, J. | Warning: College can be hazardous to your spiritual health. When you go to college, you're leaving behind your network of support and heading to a world with different perspectives, responsibilities, and expectations. Even if you're going to a "Christian" college, there's no guarantee you won't face challenges to your faith… | Theology & Worldviews ⋅ Apologetics | |
 | Schanzer, Rosalyn | This exciting and sometimes humorous look at a remarkable episode in American history is told by the actual words of Lewis and Clark as they describe their journey to the Pacific Ocean. Excerpts from Clark's journal recreates their adventures--from hostile terrain and helpful Indians to boating disasters and encounters with… | Level 43 items | |
 | Brubaker, Meghan | This rhyming poem reflects on the question, “How will you come to Jesus?” By reflecting on four examples from the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth, the listener is challenged to examine their own way of coming to Jesus. Will they close the door in his face, like those in Bethlehem?… | Program Scripts ⋅ Christmas | |
 | Mackenzie, Catherine | Hudson Taylor was prayed for before he was born. His parents wanted their firstborn son to serve God. But as a rebellious teenager Hudson Taylor turned away from God. However, his parents continued to bring him to the Lord in prayer. Find out about how the Father of Modern Missions… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Kiefer, James S. and Velma… | A flashcard story of the Christian Missionary to inland China- Hudson Taylor. | Level 43 items | |
 | Murray, Andrew | When Jesus "made himself nothing ... taking the nature of a servant," He modeled for all believers true humility. Andrew Murray calls this "our true nobility" and "the distinguishing feature of discipleship." With insightful, penetrating clarity, Murray calls all Christians to turn from pride, empty themselves, and study the character… | Christian Living | |
 | Victor Hugo | A gypsy girl's beauty and charm captivate a priest, a vagabond, a soldier, and a deformed bell-ringer, in a gripping tale that culminates in a riot and murder. More than simply a thrilling story, Victor Hugo's tale explores the mysteries of good and evil in the human heart and illuminates… | Literature ⋅ Classics | |
 | Estes, Eleanor | Wanda wears the same faded blue dress to school every day - yet she says she has one hundred beautiful dresses at home, "all lined up." The other girls don't believe it, and when Peggy starts a daily game of teasing Wanda about the hundred dresses, everyone joins in. Maddie… | Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Wilson, Dr. Sandra D. | "Hurt people hurt people" is more than a clever phrase. Hurt people hurt others because they themselves have been hurt. And each one of us has been hurt to one degree or another. As that damage causes us to become defensive and self-protective, we may lash out at others. Hurting… | Christian Living ⋅ Pain & Grief | |
 | Compiled by John D. Martin | Carefully compiled over a period of 20 years, Hymns of the Church contains 1015 hymns specially chosen for the rich content of timeless truths they express. This hymnal features more than 65 Anabaptist hymn writers and composers, 20 full choral arrangements (including the Hallelujah Chorus), and a generous portion of… | Songbooks | |
 | Oasis Chorale | 1. Stand Up and Bless the Lord
2. Hail Holy Light
3. Thou Glorious Sun of Righteousness
4. Come Hither, All Ye Weary Souls
5. O Christ, Our Lord, With Teaching True
6. Lord, Through Changing Days
7. Our Father in Heaven
8. God of Grace and God of Glory
9. Father Eternal, Ruler of Creation
10. Be Not… | Music ⋅ Oasis Chorale | |
 | Oasis Chorale | 1. Dear Shepherd of Thy People, Hear
2. A Dark and Silent World
3. How Great Thou Art
4. For the Beauty of the Earth
5. Rock of Ages
6. Great High Priest, We View Thee
7. Beneath the Cross of Jesus
8. Come, Let Us Sing the Song of Songs
9. Crown Him With Many Crowns
10. Rise… | Music ⋅ Oasis Chorale | |
 | Oasis Chorale | 1. Lord Jesus Christ, Be Present Now
2. To the Name That is Salvation
3. O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
4. O Happy Day That Fixed My Choice
5. What Mercy and Divine Compassion
6. Jesus, I Have Come to Offer
7. Deeper and Deeper
8. Let Us Rejoice in Him
9. Hast Thou Not Known
10… | Music ⋅ Oasis Chorale | |
 | Oasis Chorale
Wendell Nisly | Oasis Chorale's fourth recording of songs from the hymnal, Hymns of the Church, this album focuses on selections for the Advent and Christmas seasons. With high-quality recordings of accessible hymns and songs, the Hymns of the Church series from Oasis provides individuals and congregations with an invaluable tool for learning new songs for… | Music ⋅ Oasis Chorale ⋅ Christmas Music | |
 | National Lutheran Choir | 1. Praise to the Lord
2. If You But Trust in God to Guide You
3. Of the Father's Love Begotten
4. Jesus Loves Me
5. Love Divine All Loves Excelling
6. Children of the Heavenly Father
7. Now the Green Blade Rises
8. A Mighty Fortress
9. Amazing Grace
10. Blessed Assurance
11. Precious Lord
12. Beautiful Savior
13. Built on… | Music ⋅ National Lutheran Choir | |
 | National Lutheran Choir | 1. Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
2. The King of Love My Shepherd
3. Angels We Have Heard on High
4. Down in the River to Pray
5. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
6. Alleluia! Christ is Arisen
7. Steal Away
8. O Blessed Spring
9. Standin' In the Need of Prayer
10. You are Holy
11. I Want Jesus… | Music ⋅ National Lutheran Choir | |
 | Brubaker, Meghan | The Gospel of John records seven “I Am” statements of Jesus - each one a beautiful picture to tickle our imaginations and show us more of who He is. This program touches briefly on each of these “I Am” statements by expounding on it briefly through spoken word poetry. Following… | Program Scripts ⋅ General | |
 | Holm, Anne | David's entire twelve-year life has been spent in a grisly concentration camp in Eastern Europe. He knows nothing of the outside world. But when he is given the chance to escape, he seizes it. Sensing his enemies hot on his heels, David struggles to cope in this strange new world… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Paul Fleischman, Illustrated by Ken… | At first light the finches
are flitting about the trees
Flittering
fluttering
flit
purple finches
flit
Fluttering
flittering
fly
painted finches
fly.
In this companion volume to Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, the winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal, Paul Fleischman celebrates the sound, the sense, the essence of birds. Written to be spoken aloud by two voices, sometimes alternating, sometimes simultaneous… | Books ⋅ Children's Books ⋅ Early Reading | |
 | Keehn, Sally M. | The cabin door crashes open-and in a few minutes Regina's life changes forever. Allegheny Indians murder her father and brother, burn their Pennsylvania home to the ground, and take Regina captive. Only her mother, who is away from home, is safe. Torn from her family, Regina longs for the past… | Intermediate and Young Adult Reading | |
 | Andrew V. Ste. Marie | The second volume in the Cross Bearers Series, I Appeal to Scripture is a well-researched, accessible biography of Michael Sattler, one of most influential leaders in the first years of the Anabaptist movement. Numerous quotations from primary sources provide historical veracity, while extensive sidebars and illustrations introduce readers to the… | Anabaptist History & Thought ⋅ Biography & History |