This week hosts Sarah Humphrey and Mike Nawrocki talk with author Christie Thomas about her book Little Habits, Big Faith. Feeling daunted by how to help your kids really grow in their faith? It’s time to start little. We want our kids to know God. We know we’re supposed to disciple them. But parenthood is hard. We are busy and tired, and we often feel unequipped. What if our kids don’t seem all that interested or can’t sit still long enough for us to read the Bible? Christie Thomas has a...

Blessed and Beautiful: Psalm 1 (with Psalm 121)is the third entry in the series. Every tree is beautiful and strong and makes unique contributions that other trees may not. The trees vary in their type of wood, the way they serve animals, and their particular strengths. However, no tree holds more value than another. This story combines fun and clarity, using illustrations to foster children's enthusiasm to absorb the truths of the Bible. Join the Adventure of Fir, Pine, Cedar, Oak, and...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey talk with authors Conner Shram and Jared Neusch about their new book: Jesus vs the Bad Guys. Who is Jesus? Authors and lifelong friends Connor Shram and Jared Neusch want kids to meet the real Jesus. Jesus is the core to understanding our faith in a deep and personal way. Introducing kids to Jesus at a young age can help them build a lifelong, unshakeable trust in him. The authors’ goal is to provide stories about Jesus that are fun and...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey talk with Jessica Wolstenholm, VP of Education and Publishing for Minno. Jessica Wolstenholm, M Ed is the Vice-President of Education and Publishing at Minno, a global media & technology company helping Christian kids and families experience Jesus every day through world-class content. Editor of the award-winning children’s Bible, The Minno Laugh and Grow Bible for Kids, and Executive Producer on the animated series, “The Minno Laugh and...

This week hosts Sarah Humphrey and Mike Nawrocki talk with video producer Craig Dehut from Appian Media. Craig is a seasoned video producer with over fifteen years of experience. He co-founded Appian Media alongside his business partner, Stuart Peck, driven by a shared concern for the lack of engaging biblical media for young people. Their vision was to bridge the gap between the youth and Bible study through professionally produced, accurate, and free content. Craig is deeply passionate...

This week hosts Sarah Humphrey and Mike Nawrocki talk with author Carey Koenig about her new book, Do I Belong? Reassuring Kids Adopted From Foster Care. With more than 400,000 children in foster care in the US alone, thousands of kids struggle to find their forever families. Even those who are adopted experience heavy emotions that are difficult to understand. These children are asking, Why did I have to be adopted? Do my adopted parents actually love me? Will they give me away? Why do my...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey welcome author Jen Oshman about her new book, It's Good to be a Girl. It's Good to be a Girl celebrates that God made girls in his image and explores all the wonderful things he designed them to be and to do. This beautifully illustrated book celebrates that God made girls in his image and explores all the wonderful things he designed them to be and to do. Girls aged 3-7 will learn that they are good and necessary, how God calls different women...

This week hosts Sarah Humphrey and Mike Nawrocki welcome author Annette Whipple to talk about her new book, Quirky Critter Devotions. Quirky Critter Devotions is specially designed for curious minds interested in God’s animal kingdom. Formatted to look like an explorer’s field journal, this book will encourage kids to embark on their own expedition and discover wildly weird animal facts with full-color snapshots, record their thoughts in the journaling space, and gain hands-on experience with...

This week Mike and Sarah talk with authors Adam Holz and Paul Asay about their new book, Becoming a Screen Savvy Family: How to Navigate a Media-Saturated World—and Why We Should Care. How Do Christian Parents Keep Up with Their Children’s Screen Consumption? The expert media staff at Plugged In have compiled a must-read resource to help you understand the media your children consume. Years of researching and analyzing the latest media trends are compiled in Becoming a Screen-Savvy...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey talk to author Xochitl Dixon about her book What Color Is God's Love? This playful rhyming picture book invites young readers to discover all the ways God’s love can be displayed through a rainbow of colors. All the colors displayed in this world that God made— every glorious, fabulous, beautiful shade— show how good God is and will always be. But what is the color of love? Come and see! God created all the colors in the world, and in each one,...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphey talk with returning guest Laura Sassi about her new book, My Tender Heart Prayer Book. With rhyming text and playful illustrations, My Tender Heart Prayer Book offers a vibrant collection of prayers for every moment of the day from morning to night. Inspiring words and “Heart Moments" combine to foster a little one’s relationship with God. Simple yet uplifting prayers for toddlers going through their daily routine are accentuated with a “Heart...

This week hosts Sarah Humphrey and Mike Nawrocki welcome back Glenys Nellist to talk about her latest book Twas the Season of Lent. 'Twas the Season of Lent is a 40-day devotional and storybook that explores the life, words, and works of Jesus and encourages families to draw closer to God during the Lenten Season. From beloved author Glenys Nellist, this book focused on Jesus's mission to the least, the lost, and the lonely, with each story and accompanying prayer prompt encouraging children...

Hosts Mike and Laura welcome a new guests to the podcast this week author/publisher Ralph Miley. Ralph Miley and Kevin Yong head up New Creation Comics, a comic book studio dedicated to creating faith-based, culturally diverse stories across a wide range of story genres and art styles. Their first publications were Proverbs and Parables and New Crew. Other graphic novels that followed were Ragged Capes, New Visions, and Street Fury. Ralph Miley is a retired public school teacher and currently...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey talk with author Laura Smith about her new book, Holy Care for the Whole Self. Laura L. Smith releases 13 th book! Holy Care for the Whole Self: Biblical Wisdom for Mental and Spiritual Well-Being. This book touches on the hot topic of the intersection of faith and mental health and releases February 6, 2024. Holy Care for the Whole Self is a follow up to Smith’s successful titles with Our Daily Bread Publishing, How Sweet the Sound (over...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey talk to Eric and Meredith Schrotenboer about their latest book This Special Blessing for You. God is full of love for your children, and This Special Blessing for You empowers them to live out who God wants them to be in the world. Encourage the kids in your life to spread love and kindness with this engaging rhyming picture book. Today is the day the world gets to see, the beautiful person God made you to be. Wherever you go, it’s God’s...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey interview Tom and Tony Bancroft, both former Disney animators whose talent brought to life characters including Pumba, Mushu, Kronk, and Iago just to name a few. The Bancroft brothers are now members of the staff at Lipcomb University (along with Nawrocki) in Nashville and have a new company, Pencilish Animation Studio with a new movie in the works!  You'll find this extended podcast fascinating as the brothers talk through their past and...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey interview author Sandra Stanley about her new book, written with husband Andy, Parenting: Getting it Right. Am I getting parenting right? Most parents at all stages find themselves asking this question. Whether you’re sleep-deprived with a colicky newborn or navigating the emotional roller coaster of a teenager, parenting has its lows and highs, its confusion and clarity, its big blowups and small victories. And no matter our family’s makeup...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey talk with author Danika Cooley about her new book in the BIble Investigators series, Creation Puzzles and Activities for Independent Learning. Bursting with 90 brain-teasing puzzles, 40 Bible passages, and 30 concepts regarding God’s creation, this lesson-and-activity book will give kids aged 8-12 skills to investigate the Bible for themselves—like a real investigator!  As kids apply logic and solve challenging puzzles, they will dive deeply...

This year co-hosts Mike and Sarah start off talking to author Nancy Tupper Ling about her book, One Perfect Plan: The Bible's Big Story in Tiny Poems. One Perfect Plan is a fun, accessible retelling of biblical tales through engaging poems by Nancy Tupper Ling—each three to six lines long—and breathtaking illustrations by Alina Chau. Start with memorable Old Testament stories, from Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood to Daniel and the Lion's Den. Then explore iconic stories from the New...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey talk with author Karen Stubbs about her ministry, Birds on a Wire Moms.  Karen Stubbs is an author, speaker, and mom to four adult children. In 2011, she founded Birds on a Wire Moms, a ministry created to equip women with practical and Biblical truth. Early on in her marriage, Karen’s husband Greg served as a fighter pilot in the Navy. It was during those tough early years, while Greg served overseas during Desert Storm, that Karen grew in...

This week Mike and Sarah catch up with singer, songwriter, author, performer Yancy! Yancy is a worship leader, songwriter and producer of hundreds of songs that make Jesus loud. Her Dove Award-winning music is all the things kids love and everything adults value. She is a powerhouse at leading and teaching kids from birth to preteen how to worship and creates popular worship resources for churches and homes around the world. Her popular resources include the series “Little Praise Party,...

This week hosts Mike and Sarah talk with returning guest Scarlet Hiltabital about her latest books and Bible studies for both women and teens! Scarlet Hiltibidal is the author of books like You're the Worst Person in the World, Afraid of All the Things, and He Numbered the Pores on My Face. She writes regularly for ParentLife Magazine and She Reads Truth, and enjoys speaking to women around the country about the freedom and rest available in Jesus. Scarlet has a degree in biblical...

Welcome to a fun episode - Hosts Michael and Sarah welcome back author Amy Parker and producer/agent Dan Lynch to the podcast to talk about new titles and also do some giveaways! Books discussed and up to win this week include the Bible for Me Bible Storybook and Family Devotional From Mike and Amy, and the new middle reader series THE SEVEN from author Troy Schmidt (check out last weeks podcast) and Dan Lynch. Sarah also updates everyone on her latest books which we will also be giving...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey talk with author Troy Schmidt and producer of our podcast Dan Lynch about their new middle reader fiction series, THE SEVEN. The first two books in the series release December 1st - just in time for Christmas with five more books planned over the next two years. THE SEVEN time-travel adventure series follows a group of kids who are given incredible powers (mapping to the gifts of the spirit) which begin day then find each other over the...

This week hosts Mike Nawrocki and Sarah Humphrey talk with author Chris Fabry about his Red Rock Mystery series for kids. Watch out! The Timberline twins are on the loose. Bryce and Ashley are ATV-riding tweens from Colorado who unearth action-packed mystery and adventure wherever they go. From clearing the name of a local miscreant to thwarting a gold-stealing heist, the twins' growing faith and the strong example of their parents guide them through even the most life-threatening...