Part 2: The Sinfulness of Mankind Why review the Gospel? If you have been a believer for a while, you may feel tired of hearing the...

We had been looking forward to paddleboarding on this river for a long time. When we pulled up to our campground, I looked out the window...

Once upon a time, in the land of dreams, there lived two kings, King Just and King Greed. They both had beautiful land to rule, but King Just had the most beautiful land. He also had more wealth.  Now, one day, King Just invited King Greed to stay a week at his castle. The week went by quickly, for King Greed enjoyed seeing all the wonderful things King Just had. Before leaving, King Greed went through a closet when no one else was around. King Greed saw a beautiful crown of

What would you like your last words to be? Funny question—have you ever thought about it before? Throughout history, people have uttered...

Want to Listen? It was a beautiful day on the Emerald Coast, Florida. It was a tad rough and a bit more turbid than usual, which was perfect for fishing. As I sat in the warm sun watching my rod, I decided some swimming would not be amiss, so I hopped in. I could still see my rod, and I couldn’t resist the clear, cool water. After a little swimming and still no fishing action, I did some skimboarding, with frequent glances over at my rod. Still no action. We ate lunch. No act

We don’t like rain. Not at all. The mere mention of rain makes us shudder. We absolutely loathe rain. Rain is a trial to be endured. And...

Want to Listen? There was once a country called Shadow Hills where many different people lived. Now you may think that Shadow Hills was a horrible place to live. The name makes it sound like a dark place where there is no sunshine. But it actually wasn’t a bad place to be. In fact, the people who lived there loved it. Despite it’s name, Shadow Hills wasn’t dark all the time—there was night and day just like we have, and Shadow Hills had a sun. There were two reasons, then, wh

Photo by Jenny Venturo Should Christians mention or discuss hell when they share the Gospel with the world? In today’s society, the world...

Want to Listen? America’s Florida Keys are home to a wide range of animals. The Keys are located off the Southernmost tip of Florida, making them subtropical. Among many other species are Florida Horse Conchs, Portuguese Man-of-Wars, and iguanas. A Live Florida Horse Conch Florida Horse Conchs are common mollusks in the waters around the Keys. A mollusk has a slimy, soft body and a hard shell. Florida Horse Conchs are large shells—24 inches—and are carnivores. They have an op

Photo by Jenny Venturo We are not a typical family, and we have never done things in the typical way. Nobody who travels full-time in an...

Want to Listen? Once upon a time, there were two small hermit crabs who lived on a tropical island in the middle of the ocean. Their names were Mertz and Ninnis. Now you may think these were funny names, but these names fit the crabs well. In case you didn’t know, there were two men who lived during the early 1900s whose names were Mertz and Ninnis. These two men were explorers in Antarctica. The reason the names Mertz and Ninnis were fitting for these crabs was because these

Photo by Paul Venturo “Ouch!” My elbow hits the counter. My leg knocks something off the shelf. I pull and strain. By the time I get the...

Photo by Jenny Venturo One of the most important truths any of us could realize is that none of us can get to God on our own. If you’ve...

©2025 by Jenny Venturo Want to Listen? You may think that monkeys are a far away, tropical animal that you’ll never be able to see except at a zoo. But what many of us don’t realize is that there are moneys right under our noses in Florida.   The sun was shining as we paddled down the Silver River in central Florida. There were anhingas and herons all along the banks, and the occasional alligator sunned itself on a log. We had brought our goggles so that we could peer into th

Photo by Jenny Venturo While walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother,...

Photo by Jenny Venturo Dad is in the passenger seat. It is funny to see him there because he usually drives. And he does not look very...

Want to Listen? Long, long ago, at the very beginning of time, two people, a man and a woman, the first that God ever created, took a bite of forbidden fruit . . . and with that one bite, changed the course of history. Things had been so wonderful, so perfect. The man and the woman had lived in a beautiful world where there were no such things as pain or tears or fights. There was no sorrow. There was no death. And best of all, these two people were friends with God. They liv

Photo by Paul Venturo When I was in high school, we had a cheer that went, “You’ve got to want it to win it, and we want it bad . . .” I...

Want to Listen? Tides. They suck water out to the deep, out of sounds, and through inlets; they expose the rocks encrusted with life; they surge back up over land. All this pulling, surging, moving of tons of water, is controlled by the moon, which is controlled by God. It is He Who keeps life going—and we get to study how He decided to do it!   Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon (gravity is what pulls a book onto the floor when you drop it). The earth has

Want to Listen? Once, there were two kings and two kingdoms. The first king was good. His kingdom was good too; his people loved him, and he loved his people. The other king was not good. His kingdom was full of darkness and evil. He hated goodness and light, and so he hated the good king and his kingdom. This king wanted to conquer the good kingdom. He wanted to make it as dark and evil as his own so that he could be the king of both kingdoms. The evil king had a huge army.

Photo by Jenny Venturo It’s inevitable. We have an amazing day packed with adventure. But the day must end—and we must clean up. It is...

Photo by Paul Venturo What would you say if someone asked you how to get to Heaven? Have you ever thought about that? Pause for a moment...

Want to Listen? While staying at Schoodic Peninsula in Acadia National Park, Maine, we saw quite a few animals. Keep reading to learn about some of them. Pollock are a cod species that live in the waters off of New England. Pollock live in schools over rocks and sometimes feed at the surface. A pollock’s diet consists of fish, especially sand eels. We discovered this when we were fishing from the rocks at Schoodic. Hundreds of pollock were involved in a huge feeding frenzy, t

Photo by Jenny Venturo I look above me--mist. I look to my right--mist. To my left? More mist. Looking down at my feet is my only...