Yearly Archives: 2012

“With Daring Faith: a Biography of Amy Carmichael” celebrates 25 years

I’m reminiscing. If you’ve ever seen a humble green workbook corresponding to the old fourth grade reader published by Bob Jones University Press, then maybe somewhere in that workbook you saw a very short paragraph about Amy Carmichael’s work in

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WhataBook: Eternity in Their Hearts

Here’s a book worth reading. Don Richardson may use a hefty dose of imagination in explaining the “Unknown God” in the book of Acts, but his prose shines when he begins to describe modern-day tribal people and the legends and

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Letter from a teacher

A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of visiting a classroom of elementary students who had read together, as a class, a  preliminary copy of Witness Men, my most recent book and #3 in the Hidden Heroes series.

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Identify this missionary kid

One evening last summer Tim and I were both lounging in bed, both reading. Suddenly I said, “Hey, look at this.” I covered the caption of the picture and showed him. “Who do you think that goofy (but loveable) looking

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