Amira imagines a world completely made of chocolate—chocolate flowers, chocolate rain, and chocolate waves in the ocean. She prays to Allah to grant her wish. On the morning of Eid ul-Fitr (the Festival of Fast-Breaking) she wakes up... Read More
Tommy the Bat has never seen colors, because he lives in the nighttime, with its dark grays. A helpful caterpillar encourages him to stay up until sunrise, when the sun arrives to paint the world and its animals with color. Tommy wants... Read More
When young Suzy is told she might have cancer, the Great Katie Kate swoops in to help Suzy understand cancer, biopsies, X-rays, and other tests, and what kinds of things to expect as grownups help her get well. Katie Kate’s strategy... Read More
Families come in all shapes and sizes. Society no longer insists on the traditional, two-parent model, but often luck still favors those families with more than one adult. Ambrose has a slight disadvantage: his dad died before Ambrose... Read More
The mid- to late nineteenth-century was a time of turbulent change for the United States. The brutality of the Civil War, important strides in technology, and changes in popular religious thought all colored this time period. Each of... Read More
Called by God and filled with passion, pastors endeavor to spend a lifetime in service to the Lord and their congregations. Yet, burnout, loss of hope, and strife drive many away from the ministry or to destructive ends. "Five Ministry... Read More
The 2001 movie, "The Fast Runner", the first feature-length film written, directed, and produced by Inuit artists and shot on location in the frozen Arctic, garnered acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival and other international fests.... Read More
They say it’s the journey, not the destination that matters. "Twelve by Twelve" is the story of one man’s journey from living in what he calls the “Flattening World”—a world of increased globalization, environmental... Read More