Webster Bible Church and Webster Christian School Library Blog

Twelve-year-old foster child Lonnie Collins Motion (a.k.a. Locomotion) writes letters to his younger sister, Lili, who lives in a separate foster home. He describes his life with his foster mother and her two older sons–Rodney and Jenkins–in their humble but loving home. Jenkins is a soldier in the Iraq War and goes missing for a [...]

The Proverbs 31 Lady and Other Impossible Dreams is a story about a housewife who discovers Proverbs 31 and begins a one-year journey toward becoming a refined woman in Christ. Her story begins with a loving but chaotic home life that includes her husband and three boys. The chaos is written somewhat over the top [...]

Psychologist Dr. Henry Cloud discusses 9 principles that he believes are commonly understood and followed by successful people: Listen to your heart’s desire. Eliminate negative forces. Choose the future by acting well in the present. Take action and responsibility. Make progress one step at a time. Hate the right things in the right way. Give back [...]

A little yellow bird turns Rocket’s favorite napping spot under a tree into a classroom and invites Rocket to learn to read.   Rocket is reluctant, but as the bird reads a story aloud, the dog becomes intrigued. From that day forward, Rocket eagerly returns each day to hear more stories and to learn a letter from the “wondrous, [...]

Beauty the farmyward hen owns a beauty shop, The Chic Hen. When she discovers that Lance the Turkey is destined for the Thanksgiving Day Table, she hatches a plan to save him. This  funny Thanksgiving Day story has lots of egg-related puns that the children enjoy listening for in a read-aloud.  The bright illustrations include hilarious details that individual readers will [...]

Ben’s school is scheduled to be demolished in 4 weeks so that a theme park can be built on the cleared land.  The school was begun in 1783, and it’s founder planned ahead for just such a turn of events. Since the start of the school,  the  janitor has carried a large gold coin inscribed [...]

“An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels.” Proverbs 31:10 Proverbs 31:10 is the basis of Martha Peace’s book, The Excellent Wife, A Biblical Perspective and she does a fantastic job of providing a comprehensive, biblical and practical guide regarding the Proverbs 31 woman. In essence, she explains we are [...]