Where is your heart? Nationwide, tens of thousands of children languish in the foster system, orphans with no hope, no family. Each year, thousands of orphans graduate the system into a life of struggle - poverty, addiction, incarceration...as the Church stands idly by. God's word speaks clearly and decisively on the matter leading to one exacting question - where exactly is your heart? From the pages of Scripture, Bradford Smith issues a surprising call, challenging God's people to take action, to open their eyes to the affliction, to hear the cry of the orphan and to respond. No Higher Call...

"Life experiences become God's classroom. Come on down to 'It's a Treat Farm' and explore what God is saying to you. A compilation of 31 stories that will inspire you to tune in on the voice of God through everyday encounters True incidents in which God taught His principles through everyday life on the farm. These short narratives will uplift you, make you laugh, and give you ample material for you to reflect on during your day. Read, relate, and recognize what God is personally telling you through your own life experiences. He has so much to share and we have so much to learn."

Growing up in the foothills of North Carolina, Ali Blackwell dreamed of going places she had only seen in books and magazines. She lived in a small farmhouse that her farmer father had built with his own hands, and the prospects of ever leaving her little town of Union Mills appeared unlikely. Her family barely scraped by on the sale of produce grown by her dad and brothers and the supplemental income they earned working at the nearby textile mill. Kyle Edmonds, a few years her elder, lived in a larger house in South Carolina. He possessed things Ali only dreamed of-extra clothes and shoes, a...