Morals For Kids

Ron Orlis planned to spend his summer break giving out Bibles and literature with friends in Mexico. But he soon meets Pedro, a 14-year-old Indian boy, who recently became a Christian and is desperate to return to his village to tell his family about Jesus Christ. Ron and Pedro go together to the boy’s home but meet with danger and opposition from the police, a witch doctor, and hostile villagers. Ron and his friends learn to wait on God and trust Him to do what He’s promised, in spite of threats and even imprisonment.

Danny Orlis organizes an ice fishing expedition for some boys on Mille Lacs, a renowned walleye lake in Minnesota. Their winter adventure quickly becomes a dire survival situation when a blizzard sweeps in, causing the ice to crack treacherously beneath them in the dead of night. Faced with no other options, Danny and the boys must navigate the perilous, snow-covered ice. Hidden cracks loom as silent threats, ready to plunge the unwary into icy waters. Amidst this physical danger, a deeper concern weighs on Danny: some of the boys do not yet know Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. Aware...

Fritz McCloud is thrilled when his knee is finally recovered enough to allow him to play basketball again. Everyone is excited when their star player scores a big victory against a rival school. But then Johnny Larson is caught drinking, and the coach kicks him off the basketball team. Johnny goes from bad to worse, and nothing Fritz can say or do seems to make a dent in Johnny’s bad attitude and choices. Then, a terrible tragedy changes everything.

Linda Penner is in a difficult situation. Her mother died recently, and her father has started a new job that keeps him away from home much of the time. To help out, Linda and her sister Becky are living with Danny and Kay Orlis. However, Linda feels like she is being treated like a child and rebels against Danny and Kay. Then, Linda finds a "friend" in a rather rebellious boy named Jack. Things take a turn for the worse when she starts lying to Danny and Kay to spend more time with Jack, justifying her actions due to her unfortunate circumstances. The situation comes to a head when Jack is...

Jack Ross is a troubled yet irresistibly charismatic upperclassman. Despite her parents' warnings about the dangers of dating an unsaved boy, Linda Penner finds herself magnetically drawn to him. Meanwhile, Kent Gilbert, even though he lived with the Orlises, gets entangled in Jack’s gang of thieves. But when their world falls apart, both Kent and Linda must confront their choices. They discover who their true friends are and what complete surrender to Christ means.

These "Tales for Tiny Tots" are ageless and varied very short stories, aimed at those who are just nascent at listening, to provide them with delight and inch them towards a broader understanding of the world. Each tale contains a wise moral brought forth by colorful imagery: there you will find the "Tale of Peter Rabbitt", by Beatrix Potter, "Little Red Hen", "Dolly Dimple", "The visit to Santa Claus Land", and many more read by Katie Haigh.

Synopsis - An elderly woman finds a trunk of tattered stuffed animals and makes a promise to fix them all. After Dinner Conversation is a growing series of short stories across genres to draw out deeper discussions with friends and family. Each story is an accessible example of an abstract ethical or philosophical idea and is accompanied by suggested discussion questions. Podcast discussions of this short story, and others, is available on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Youtube. ★★★ If you enjoy this story, subscribe via our website to "After Dinner Conversation Magazine" and get this...

Follow in the footsteps of the ancients along this labyrinth through time and Mexico's National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia). Learn about the ancient Mexica (known today as the "Aztecs") who built Mexico City in the middle of a lake. Decode the pictographic writings of the Mixtecs and secrets of the giant stone tablet revered the world over as the "Aztec Calendar." Discover Mexican folklore, the mystical music of the conch shells, the pyramids of Tenochtitlan.