Biographies & Stories

Few things are able to arrest one’s attention, convey a salient lesson, and leave a lasting impression as effectively and profoundly as a story. Countless trends and conventions have come and gone over the centuries in this world, but the power of...

Reuben gazes over the charred remains the Northern soldiers had left of his family home at the end of the Civil War. Everything is gone. He had spent months fighting for the South—starving, sick, and putting his life on the line—only to...

William Booth was so successful as a Methodist evangelist that other ministers were embarrassed. In 1857, these ministers voted overwhelmingly to remove him from general evangelism. They moved to make him pastor of a small district. William’s...

With a sickening dread, Linda suddenly realizes that she holds little Jed's survival in her own burned hands. The inferno that exploded their quiet world has left her eight-year-old son with severe burns over more than half of his body, most of them...

"I've made my decision," announced Harold, "I was going to ask for a pair of new shoes, but I can polish up my old ones. Then maybe we can get some shoes for Gerald." Unselfishness—an almost forgotten quality amid modern society. This is just one...

In the summer of 1943, while a U.S. Army sergeant stationed in Hamadan, Iran, Ed Davis became friends with some local Kurd tribesman (or Lourd, in Davis's original account), who told him of Noah's ark on Mount Ararat. The ark and items from it were...

The family in this story needed to move from Boise, Idaho, to Boulder, Colorado. They had four horses and a wagon, for which they made a canvas cover. Because they felt it would be safer not to travel on the road that automobiles used, they traveled the...

About the Book  Meet Eddie and Liese Konrad. Theirs is a story of love, separation, faith, and survival that spans decades. Their story begins in 1910, when Liese was born in the Khortitza area of Ukraine and doesn't end until her death in 1981...

Midge on Her Own continues the saga of Mildred Thompson, who somewhat matures from her infamous title as a Katzenjammer Kid into a mischievous, energetic young lady. After Midge ventures from her secluded farm community into the great unknown of...

After writing a couple of articles on lessons learned from Bible characters for a professional bulletin, Commander Imhof decided to write a small book on this subject since many readers have been blessed and encouraged from the lessons presented. He has...

Life in Rocky Bay is simple. A small fishing community bordering Northern Canada, the inhabitant's lives revolve around fishing, sealing, mining and sled dogs. Living in a secluded cove, they are apprehensive of “outsiders” who may alter...

The prison cell door clanged shut behind Oscar. Feeling suddenly weak, he sat down on the narrow cot dominating the room. His fingers pressed against the rough blanket draped across the cot. He would be sleeping on it, he realized, sleeping on it as a...