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Chapter 6 - Aprons
The Bible tells us in Ephesians 4:22-24 to "put off the old self" and "put on the new self." I wondered what that meant, and what it might mean for our friends in Old Raven's Forest getting ready for the giant winter
Chris Wall
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Chapter 5 - Hollowing the Loghouse
Ephesians 4:11-12 talks about how Jesus gave different people different gifts (skills, talents, and interests) and he wants all of them to be in the church. I wonder why that is. This story helped me to understand. One day, as the legend goes, Miss Felicity Fox and Bessie
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Chapter 4 - One Household
Our friends have been learning that they are unified. Even though Builders and Adventurers like Mr. Mole and Barty Badger don't like each other, they help each other because they all live in Old Raven's Forest… which is a great idea... until it's dinner
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Chapter 3 - The Edge of the Forest
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
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Chapter 2 - The First to Arrive
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
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Chapter 1: Builders and Adventurers
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
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Sharing Flowers
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
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Expectations
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
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The Rule
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
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On Purpose
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
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The Island Where Nobody Helps
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
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Summer update and a question
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