Photo by Jenny Venturo Revelation 4 “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” Revelation 4:8....

Photo by Jenny Venturo “Arrest! Arrest!” we all shouted frantically. No, we were not witnessing a crime. There were no policemen, police...

Photo by Jenny Venturo Were it not for one man, they would have all been destroyed. God’s patience was exhausted on His stubborn,...

The Wichita Mountains were full of cracks and crannies that were perfect for collared lizards. Our mission that week was to catch one. One day we set off up a small, round mountain to look for some lizards. We scoured the rocks on all sides, hoping one would scurry out. Then, finally, we found one! right under a small rock was a large collared lizard! Suddenly, it darted out and ran up the slope. We stumbled and ran after it, trying to grasp it, but it just darted under anoth

Photo by Jenny Venturo “If for some reason you find yourself in Guymon, Oklahoma, it’s a nice place.” That review said it all. To put it...

The adult antlion looks like a damselfly, and grows to about 1 ¾ (45 mm.) inches. As an adult, it eats nectar and pollen, but it is named after the carnivorous habits of the larvae. Once the larva hatches, it digs a small pit, about 1 inch across, and waits for an ant or other small insect to fall down the sloping sides. Then, it grabs the insect with its jaws and pulls it under the sand. Next time you are out in a sandy place, look for small pits in the sand. Sometimes the a

There once were two little chipmunk brothers named Crank-bait and Curly-tail. They lived in a cozy hollow log in a quiet spruce forest. Their beds were made of soft, springy moss, and their door was a large, rough piece of pine bark. Every day, when the weather was nice and the sun was bright, these two chipmunks were outside scurrying through the leaves. Sometimes they were playing games like Tag or Hide-and-Seek, and sometimes they were looking for juicy nuts to eat.  But C

Photo by Paul Venturo “You’ve gotta go to the Wichita Wildlife Refuge,” our uncle told us. “The mountains there are huge .” So we decided...

Photo by Paul Venturo “My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with...

Photo by Jenny Venturo When we pulled into Fort Richardson State Park in northern Texas, it was raining. We were all grumpy because we...

Photo by Jenny Venturo A good analogy of what happens when you get saved is in the book With Two Hands  by Rebecca Davis. In Ethiopia,...

Artwork by Daniel Venturo Zephaniah 1:12-18 At that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps, and I will punish the men who are...