DOUBLE Book Review: It's Good to Be a Boy/Girl

Thankfully, our friends at The Good Book For Children have a great pair of books to remind kids (and parents) that we can celebrate all that God made boys and girls to be. Champ Thornton tackled It’s Good to Be a Boy, and Jen and Zoe Oshman (a mother-daughter team up!) put together It’s Good to Be a Girl. Both books are beautifully illustrated by Hsulynn Pang. While each book dives into a particular gender, they’re laid out similarly and have their own catchy rhyme that’s repeated through the text for readers to latch on to.

Books, DiscipleshipTrey KullmanAugust 21, 2026Book Review

Book Review: Arlo and the Keep-Out Club

Our defining moments may start with a quiet conversation with a friend, an unexpected test result, or in the case of Betsy Childs Howard’s latest Arlo and the Keep-Out Club, a run-of-the-mill trip to the playground with your dad.

BooksTrey KullmanApril 15, 2025Book Review, Parenting, Children's MinistryComment

Book Review: EMPTY!

While the resurrection story is central to our faith, it’s a story most Christians are so familiar with that it becomes easy to breeze right by the empty tomb. We could use a fresh entry point to remind believers how massive this moment of sacrificial generosity and overwhelming grace actually is. Thankfully, Joshua Cooley offers a great hook to anchor us to the beauty of the resurrection in his latest kids book, EMPTY!

BooksTrey KullmanApril 8, 2025Easter, ResurrectionComment

New Book: The Story of Martin Luther

The Story of Martin Luther: The Monk Who Changed the World by Jared Kennedy is a short and lively biography that takes middle-grade readers on an exciting journey through Luther’s life.

BooksJared KennedyJune 15, 2024Children's Books, Books, Church History, Martin Luther

Five Things I Love About You Count!

You Count! is the latest release from our friend Champ Thornton. Looking at the cover gives you a very clear idea of what this book is. It’s a simple, rhyming board book that walks kids and parents through a countdown from five to help them calm down.

BooksTrey KullmanFebruary 13, 2024Book Review, ParentingComment

Book Review: Meg Is Not Alone

Whether we’re left behind, or we’re in a room full of people, we all feel alone sometimes. Meg Is Not Alone tells a story that reminds us that God cares for us through our friends, especially our friends in the church.

BooksTrey KullmanFebruary 3, 2023Church Life, ParentingComment

Book Review: The Light Before Christmas

Marty Machowski has a new devo ready for my family (and potentially yours!) to work through this holiday season. The Light Before Christmas is his latest from New Growth Press, and serves as a concise, easy to use devotional book that will walk through the entire Advent season one week at a time.

BooksTrey KullmanDecember 6, 2022Christmas2022, Book Review, AdventComment

Book Review: Chloe and the Closet of Secrets

A review of Chloe and the Closet of Secrets, a great new kids book from Ginger Hubbard and Al Roland about lying. It’s brilliant, funny, full of rhymes, and provides a great way to start talking to your kids about lying, the trouble lies cause, and the freedom and grace that come with confession.

BooksTrey KullmanNovember 17, 2022Gift Guide, Book ReviewComment

What's Your Story?

Our story, the chapters that compose our lives, finds meaning when we read the Story of the whole Bible. And when we keep our finger on this Great Story, the Lord helps us navigate the messy and disappointing and scary pages of our lives.

Books, DiscipleshipChamp ThorntonMarch 8, 2022Books, Family DiscipleshipComment