Jesus Helps Me

In this addition to the Knowing My God series, Grant uses the traits of several birds to help elucidate an excerpt from the gospel of John (12: 44–47). Photographs of swans, terns, cardinals, and other birds appear opposite brief passages from Grant. While some of the comparisons work well (an owl’s ability to see well in the dark is compared to the way faith “can lead you out of the darkness in the world”), others are more difficult to parse (in rapid succession Grant explains that baby storks look and act like their parents, humans sometimes do the same, and thus knowing Jesus means knowing God), and will likely require larger conversations with adults to understand. Up to age 5. (Feb.)