The Unseen Realm

The storyThe Kite and the Wind — Rosa's kite flies high. But she cannot see what holds it up.

The storyPlanting Day — Theo and his mom plant seeds. Theo dreams of a garden where everyone gets along.

The storyA Rainbow After the Storm — The storm is over. A rainbow shines. Grandma has a story to tell.

The storyThe Block Tower — Three friends want to build the tallest tower ever. First they have to find a way to share.

The storyThe Bush That Did Not Burn Up — Moses is watching sheep. Then he sees something new. A bush is on fire, but it stays green.

The storyHello in a New Language — A new student joins the class. He speaks Spanish. Soon the whole class can say hello to him.

The storyThe Verse That Stopped Her — A college student reads one short verse in Hebrew and has to read it again.

The storyA Field Trip to City Hall — A fourth-grade class watches a city council meeting, and one student remembers a psalm.

The storyThe Snake on the Kitchen Table — Two cousins disagree about a snake in a very old story, so they open the book and read it together.

The storyFour Verses, Three Ideas — A student reads four short verses aloud, and three classmates each hear something different.

The storySeventy Names on a Map — Maya counts the nations in Genesis 10 and finds a number that shows up again and again.

The storyPacking Up in Haran — A servant boy asks Abram where the family is going, and the answer surprises him.

The storyThe Angel on the Tree — A small ornament with chubby cheeks starts a big question about what the Bible really says.

The storyA Stranger Under the Oak — A young farmer hiding his wheat hears himself called a mighty warrior.

The storyA Lost Book Comes Home — In 1773 a Scottish traveler reached Europe with Ethiopian manuscripts, and one held a book scholars had only known in pieces.

The storyOne Line Becomes a Chapter — A student reads Genesis 6 and 1 Enoch 6 side by side and notices how much the second one adds.

The storyFive Smooth Stones in the Valley of Elah — A shepherd boy picks up five stones, and careful readers ask why the story says where his opponent came from.

The storyA View From Snowy Hermon — A hiker looks south from Mount Hermon and tries to see the land the way ancient writers did.

The storyA Stone, a Cave and a Broken Jar — In 1947 a young shepherd tossed a stone into a cave and started one of the biggest finds in the study of the Bible.

The storyTwo Loads of Dirt — A foreign general is healed in Israel's river and then asks for a strange gift to take home.

The storyWho Let Him In? — A student reading Job notices something odd: the satan walks into God's court as if he belongs there.

The storyThe Man Who Ran to the Shore — On the far side of the Sea of Galilee, a man who has lived alone for a long time runs toward a boat.

The storyWater from the Rock at Banias — At the foot of Mount Hermon, a spring pours out below a cliff that once held statues of a Greek god.

The storyEvery Voice in Its Own Language — On a festival day in Jerusalem, visitors from across the known world hear one message in many languages.

The storyTwo Books on One Shelf — An imagined monk in Ethiopia copies the Letter of Jude and knows that the book Jude quotes is sitting right beside him.

The storyA List on the Board — A high school teacher writes Paul's list of powers on the board and asks one simple question that fills the whole hour.

The storyHoly, Holy, Holy — In the year a king died, the prophet Isaiah says he saw the LORD enthroned, with burning beings calling out above him.

The storyGet Up, I Am a Servant Too — Near the end of Revelation, John falls at an angel's feet, and the angel tells him to stop.

The storyThe Plow That Opened a Library — In 1928 a farmer in northern Syria struck a stone, and a lost city began to speak again.

The storyTwo Stacks of Books — Two students read the same psalm, pile up commentaries by different scholars, and have to write one paper together.

The storyIs It Not Written, Ye Are Gods? — A student reading John 10 for a class finds Jesus quoting a psalm that calls someone gods, and she has to find out why.

The storyThe Hill with Cities Inside — On a school trip to Israel, a group stands on the mound of Megiddo and asks where the famous mountain of Armageddon is.

The storyThe Giants Video — A viral clip says the Bible proves giants built the pyramids, so Lena decides to check it against the ancient texts.

The storyThree Texts on a Table — A senior lays out Genesis 6, 1 Enoch 6 and Jude 14 and begins to write.