Michael Warren – författare

This adventure takes place at a championship baseball game between the Clearview Oreos, whom Landons father plays for, and a baseball team in Lisle. There is a big red barn just past the left field fence, where a collection of farm animals live. Teasing takes many forms, and there are examples in the baseball game and also between the farm animals. In the end, Landon learns that teasing is not pleasing.

This adventure takes place at the family cottage on a rainy day. Stuck inside due to the weather, Landon takes a selection of toys out of his magic knapsack and, using his imagination, creates a confrontation between the dinosaurs and his adventure characters. At stake are the marshmallows and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Landon learns through this adventure that each person and toy is different, with different interests and skills. When he accepts these differences and allows the toys to be themselves, the results become more enjoyable.

This adventure takes place at the mall on a stormy winter day. Landon visits a pet store for the first time and realizes that all these different pets are for sale. On the way home, he asks his parents if he can have a pet. Later that night, while asleep, Landon learns every pet is different. Some pets run around and some are in cages or bowls. Each type of pet requires care and attention every day, and Landon discovers how much responsibility owning a pet really is.

Every day, we are bombarded with opportunities to get distracted, waste time, or worse. The things that fight for our attention are the things that want to destroy us – and we let them.

We have unseen, unmet needs pushing us to make bad decisions. We don’t know why we do the things that we do, but we sin, repent, and repeat.

To fight for our present, we need healing for our past and hope for our future. We must face our brokenness and bring it before God’s throne in search of healing. Only then will we be able to make the most out of each moment. Only after we are free of the shackles of our wounds can we enjoy the life God has for us. And only after we stop running from the pain can we start to become the people God made us to be.

In this book, you’ll learn how to identify the problem, heal the past, build the future, own the present, and live deliberately. While temptations and distractions will still be there, you can at least arm yourself with knowledge to make it a fair fight.