The bullies know nothing about me. They don't know that I cry when I see a sad movie. They have no idea that I like to walk along the beach and put my feet in the sea. They don’t know that I love drawing. They will never know that I like the smell of strawberry jam and that I wake up every single morning hoping that this will be the day that finally I find a friend.Egghead The Movie is a story about bullying written primarily for school children who are learning English as a second ...

Isandra and her brother, Alejandro, visit a local funfair. Everyone is having a good time. There are balloons, candyfloss, and lots of people. It’s fun – and funny! But something seems strange about the two visitors. Can you guess what it is?

Boloroo is a curious girl who likes to ask questions. Why is the sky blue? What are stars? Does anybody live on the moon? Why do we have to eat vegetables? Her questions get me complicated as she gets older. Why do we have to go to school? What are dreams? Where do we go when we die? But there is one question that no one can answer. It is Boloroo's big question. Do you know the answer?

I hear the noise one Friday evening. That night there is a big storm. The rain is tapping on my window, trying to get inside. But this noise is bigger than the storm. And it's bigger than the music I'm listening to in my room.'Thud, Bang, Crash!!!'I look around to see where the noise is coming from. It's outside! It's in the garden. What is it? I have to go out to see for myself. I have to know. I walk out under the midnight sky into the garden because I have to know what i...

Sheed & Ward, in partnership with the Commonweal Foundation and with funding from the Pew Charitable Trust, proudly presents the first of two volumes in a groundbreaking series called American Catholics in the Public Square. The result of a three-year study sponsored by Pew aimed at understanding the contributions to U.S. civic life of the Catholic, Jewish, mainline and evangelical Protestant, African-American, Latino, and Muslim communities in the United States, the two volumes in this se...

Hope isn't something you will into existence.It is something that is produced in a well-tended garden, one that flourishes with the constant presence of gratitude, praise and worship, wisdom from God, time in His Word, prayer, and reflection.Praise is the prescription for hope, gratitude increases faith, and faith lends to a hope that does not disappoint.Following this study journal to get closer to the Source of all good things, closer to God Himself.How to u...

So you want to make some changes in your life. Maybe lose some weight. Or get your finances in shape. But first, you have to change your self-image. You have to begin seeing yourself as a winner, not a loser. You to learn how to look into the Word of God and see The Image of God in You.

You were created to be a winner. But you feel like a loser. What should you do? Discover for yourself what it takes to have The Winning Attitude.

Discerning men and women have been asking for a new type of Christianity. They do not want a new philosophy or a new metaphysical concept of Christ, but an unveiling of the reality that was seen in Jesus in His earth walk. We have looked back for it, but it is not in the past. The early Church did not have the thing for which hearts are craving.The early Church walked in the realm of the senses. God permitted it because the fuller Revelation had not been given. The Pauline Revelati...

We are living in the times of issues, problems, concern, recession, distress, disturbance, pain, agonies, uncertainties, worries and all the things related with it or to it. However this statement now seems to contradict the statement which is the title of this chapter, which is My Grace Is Sufficient for Thee. So what is it on which we should depend the most? Or in other words out of the above two which drives us the most and in most of the times.

Some people object to taking vows, but in the Bible you will find many great men of God directed by covenants, promises, vows and pledges. The psalmist was not averse to the taking of vows: “Thy vows are upon me, O God,” he said. “I will render my praises unto thee” (Psalm 56:12). My counsel in this matter is that if you are really concerned about spiritual improvement—the gaining of new power, new life, new joy and new personal revival within your heart—you will do well to make certai...

Church culture in our day tends to be averse to the idea of Christians taking vows. In this essay Tozer thoughtfully challenges this general aversion and gives us another perspective to consider."There are many religious tramps in the world who will not be bound by anything. They have turned the grace of God into personal license. But the great souls are ones who have gone reverently to God with the understanding that in their flesh dwells no good thing. And they know that without ...