Ephesians 3:10 tells us that the wisdom of God is revealed in the church. Wisdom means knowing what is right and what is the best thing to do. How is it that God’s Wisdom is shown through churches? I wondered about that, and then Barty Badger told me
In Chapter 1, we learned that being with Jesus means that we can be all together even if we're different. But did you know that Jesus made it that way on purpose? It's true! Read Ephesians 2:8-10. Barty Badger told me this story that
Barty Badger was having a wonderful day. He wasn’t even adventuring and it was a wonderful day! Barty loved fall. It was the only time of year you could jump out of a tree and land in a cushy pile of leaves instead of the hard ground. That’s
In the Bible, in Matthew 5:13-16, Jesus said that we are like a city on a hill, or a light in a dark house. I wonder what Jesus meant. How are you and I like lights or a city? I was thinking that over and I talked with
In Luke 4:16-30, Jesus preaches in the town he grew up in, and the people there don’t believe him. In fact, they get really angry with Jesus and try to throw him off a cliff! I was trying to understand why they would do that and Felicity
Once, God’s people had been away from their homes for a very long time. They were in Exile in a far country. But God brought them back home! You can read a part of that homecoming in Nehemiah 8:1-3 and 9-12, when they made a very
One day, as the legend goes, Barty Badger and Felicity Fox were on an adventure! They didn’t really pick this adventure. There were minding their own business in Old Raven’s Forest when a sudden gust of wind blew them right out of the forest, across the ocean and
How you ever been in a new place? Or have you ever felt like you didn’t know what to do? The Bible talks about a time when God’s people were taken far away from their homes and they had to figure out what to do and how to
Hello adventures! A brief update and a request for you all. Up to now, I’ve been sharing the stories that I write and deliver in my church for our regular Sunday worship services. We switch things up in the summer for our children, and so I won’t be
Jesus gave his disciples a tough mission. He said it in Matthew 28:16-20, something we call “the Great Commission.” The mission was for his disciples to go out and make disciples. There was a problem, though: they had no idea how to do that! I was thinking about
Read part 1 Pentecost is a very important day. You can read about it in Acts 2:1-21. It’s the day that we celebrate the Holy Spirit coming down into our hearts. I was wondering what that means for you and me, and my friend Barty Badger told
Jesus talked in John 14:15-21 about how he will send a helper to us, the Holy Spirit. I was thinking about what it means that we need a helper and I talked it over with my good friend Barty Badger, who told me this story. One day, as
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