New Stories

Added 13 October 2026

• A Gift for Dad, 1969Volume TwoThe pencil holder Kevin carved for his father's 45th birthday in 1969, with the 2026 centennial book This Is Moody Radio.
• Bible School of the Air News, May 1967Volume EightCyril H. Brooks’s newsletter of May 1967, the month the millionth student enrolled. “Ken Engle reported on the history.”
• Volume Eight: Cyril and Anna BrooksVolume EightA new volume: Dad Brooks, the missionary who invited Ken to the Philippines, and the Brookses and the Engles, 1898–1986.
• Grace TriumphantCompanion BookThe whole autobiography of Cyril H. Brooks (© 1985 Walterick Publishers), with every passage about Ken and Mary Lou marked and linked.
• Dad and Mom BrooksVolume EightVolume Eight
• Named for a MissionaryVolume Eight1898–1912
• Steerage to CanadaVolume Eight1912–1915
• Two Years at the FrontVolume Eight1916–1919
• Spared for the Mission FieldVolume Eight1919–1921
• Anna CarsonVolume Eight1921–1922
• Funds Low, Promises GreatVolume Eight1922–1928
• Mr. Joy, Joy in San JuanVolume Eight1929–1941
• The Gospel MessengersVolume Eight1935–1941
• Los BañosVolume Eight1942–1945
• Home, and Back AgainVolume Eight1945–1950
• A Young Man at MoodyVolume Eight1949–1951
• Very Much Like a SonVolume Eight1951–1953
• Five Hundred Dollars at BreakfastVolume EightThe Bible School of the Air
• Brigade Boys and BaguioVolume Eight1951–1979
• Mom and DadVolume EightThe letters, 1972–1985
• Grace Abounding, Grace TriumphantVolume Eight1984–1985
• Take Root DownwardVolume Eight1985–1986
• His Word Runs SwiftlyVolume EightBy Cyril H. Brooks
• Early Days of Gospel BroadcastingVolume EightBy Cyril H. Brooks
• Progress of Missions in the PhilippinesVolume EightBy Cyril H. Brooks
• Call to MissionsVolume EightBy Cyril H. Brooks
• Daily Church GrowthVolume EightBy Cyril H. Brooks
• Growing Up in the PhilippinesKevin's RecollectionsA new section in Kevin's own book: the calesa photo, The Bicycle Adventure (1968, coming soon), the Navy and Oklahoma! pages of 1975, and his 1988 graduation, moved here from Volumes Two, Three and Four.
• The 60 Memory VersesScripture MemoryThe sixty verses for the Messenger 8, in the King James Version and Ang Biblia (1905).
• Mr. Holloway's Sunday NightsVolume TwoSheppard Field , Wichita Falls, Texas · October 1943 · From the family letters
• A Bible, Some Tracts and Two Men on Their KneesVolume TwoSheppard Field · October 1943 · From the family letters
• Guard Duty at the Ammunition DumpVolume TwoSheppard Field · September–November 1943 · From the family letters
• The Master PilotVolume TwoHenderson State Teachers College , Arkadelphia, Arkansas · 1944 · From the family letters
• Praying for the RoommatesVolume TwoArkadelphia and Harlingen · January 1944 – February 1945 · From the family letters
• A Missionary from ChinaVolume TwoArkadelphia · January–April 1944 · From the family letters
• The Bible Class at NadzabVolume TwoNadzab , New Guinea · Christmas 1944 – January 1945 · From the family letters
• Letters from the CrewVolume TwoSpring 1945 · From the family letters
• John SunbergVolume TwoEngland · 1945 · From the family letters
• Where He Wants YouVolume TwoAbilene and Chicago · 1945–1948 · From the family letters
• The Treasure BoatVolume TwoWorcester, Massachusetts · August 1949 · From the family letters
• An Open DoorVolume TwoChicago · May–August 1950 · From the family letters
• Commended to the WorkVolume TwoChicago and Abilene · June–July 1950 · From the family letters
• Seven at Kansas Bible CampVolume TwoWichita, Kansas · August 1950 · From the family letters
• Two Columns on the TractorVolume TwoAbilene, Kansas · August–September 1950 · From the family letters
• The Boy from WheatonVolume TwoChicago to New England · October 1950 · From the family letters
• Why Go to a Foreign Land?Volume TwoWest Suburban Hospital, Oak Park · August–November 1950 · From the family letters
• Soil or SoulsVolume TwoKansas · November–December 1950 · From the family letters
• Looking Outward TogetherVolume TwoAbilene and Chicago · December 1950 · From the family letters
• A House Burned in Thirty MinutesVolume TwoAbilene · New Year's Eve, 1950 · From the family letters
• Up the CoastVolume TwoCalifornia · February 1951 · From the family letters
• Dear Prayer PartnersVolume TwoAboard the S.S. California Bear , San Francisco · 17 February 1951 · From the family letters
• The Backside of the DesertVolume TwoThe Pacific crossing · February–March 1951 · From the family letters
• Six Hours at the MimeographVolume TwoSan Juan, Rizal · March 1951 · From the family letters
• Easter at CanlubangVolume TwoManila and Laguna · Easter Sunday, 25 March 1951 · From the family letters
• Isaiah 53 and a Red ScooterVolume TwoSan Juan · 26 March – 1 April 1951 · From the family letters
• Mary Lou's MapVolume TwoChicago State Hospital · February–March 1951 · From the family letters
• A Bottle of Pop for the LordVolume TwoKansas · August 1951 · From the family letters
• Religious but LostVolume TwoSan Juan · March 1952 · From the family letters
• Two Verses and Two RingsVolume TwoSan Juan Gospel Hall · 26 April 1953 · From the family letters
• The Wife Who Came to the Gospel HallVolume TwoMindanao and Binangonan · 1958 · From the family letters
• A Thousand RadiosVolume TwoManila · May 1959 · From the family letters
• Grace Christian High School and Paul TanVolume SevenA whole new volume: Grace Christian High School, where Ken taught gym to the boys in 1951, and Paul Tan and his family, who carry on the work.
• Just Down the Street"Mary Lou, Mary Lou"Who was Fred Balanag? Evelyn's week in January 1968, when Ken and Mary Lou asked the Lord to save a soul; Fred's first study in John; four books for President Marcos; and the bribe he refused in 1976.

Added 12 October 2026

• Jonah for SundayVolume ThreeKen and the book of Jonah on the hill, 1967–1970: the morning after Typhoon Welming, the living-room class at 55 Malvar that outgrew the living room, and the cadet chapel.
• The Prayer Meeting at MoodyIn His JoyThe all-night prayer meeting at Moody, and the letter from Cyril Brooks that had been on a ship for thirty days. Also in Volume Two.
• Christian Servicemen’s CentersIn His JoyDad and the servicemen: Jesse Miller, Sangley Point, the first conference of 1951, the Baguio conferences, Fort Riley, and Kevin at Clark Field.
• Ken and His Cameras: Just for FunIn His JoyA first look at a book in progress: Photographs We Wish Our Father Had Taken, by Kevin and Gordon Engle.
• In Dad's Own WordsKevin's RecollectionsEntry Two: everything Dad said, in his own words, from his diaries, letters and articles, 1943–2009, with all he wrote about Kevin and a chronology of Dad and Kevin.

Added 11 October 2026

• In His Joy: The Life and Ministry of Ken EngleIn His JoyA new companion book: Dad's life and ministry from his own letters, 1951–1987, with Karen and Kevin woven in.
• Stewards FoundationKevin's RecollectionsEntry One: Kevin's sixteen years at Stewards Foundation, side by side with Cheryl, from Wheaton to Addison.
• Two CandlesVolume ThreeThe typhoon of October 1967: Mary Lou's night on the hill by two candles, and Ken's two days on the road.
• ML + IVolume ThreeThe week after the typhoon: no lights, no water, Kevin hauling drums with Dad, Becky's dishes, and Typhoon Welming.
• Prays for Us DailyVolume ThreeThe kitchen fire at 55 Malvar on 11 May 1968, the books for President Marcos, and an old man in California who prayed for the family every day.
• The WeddingVolume FourGrandma Engle's last year, 1983: the trip to Chicago for Mark and Sue's wedding, and nine grandsons at Newbern Cemetery.
• Pvt. Engle ReportingVolume TwoThe War Years, from Ken's own letters, 1943–45: seven chapters, from Sheppard Field and the B-24 to "Somewhere in the Philippines."
• Down the HallVolume FourKevin, four and a half, visits Karen's first-grade room the day John Glenn orbits; fourteen years later, a mirror from Japan for her twenty-first.
• Heavenly SunshineFamily Stories and FriendsCleo's 1953 letter: little Lynette sings along with the Fullers on the radio, one phrase behind.
• Six HoursFamily Stories and FriendsSix hours at Gordon's kitchen table with Mark, Sue and John Mark Dyer: Ken's question to Eloise, and Karen, "our own representative."

Added 10 October 2026

• Cheryl EngleCherylKevin's wife Cheryl: her life, her music, and her own words. In the front of every volume.
• Five Men on Palm BeachFamily Stories and FriendsEd McCully, the five missionaries of 1956, and a letter from Ed McCully to the Engles.
• Karen & Patrick: Carrying on the VisionKaren, Patrick, and Romblon: “Carrying the Vision”Karen and Patrick Carder on Romblon, carrying Ken and Mary Lou's vision on.
• Uncle HusiyahFamily Stories and FriendsUncle Kevin Dyer: the literature crusades, and the man this family called "Uncle Husiyah."
• Our World… the PhilippinesKaren, Patrick, and Romblon: “Carrying the Vision”Our family's prayer card, about 1972, the card Ken and Mary Lou sent to the friends who prayed.
• Moments to RememberKaren, Patrick, and Romblon: “Carrying the Vision”Ken's devotional, Moments to Remember, with a QR code to read it. In the front of every volume.

Added 9 October 2026

• RudyHerald of ChristHerald of Christ: the story of Rudy Ponce de Leon, a boy who showed up and stayed.

Added 8 October 2026

• Be Not AfraidVolume ThreeThe house becomes a home: Dad's desk, the first day of school, and the first radio program from the hill.
• Evelyn"Mary Lou, Mary Lou""Mary Lou, Mary Lou": the story of Evelyn Balanag, in Mary Lou's own words, with photographs.
• The Landlord and the ProjectionistVolume ThreeDr. Jose dela Rosa and the Moody Science film nights at 55 Malvar, as Kevin remembers them.
• Nothing Is ImpossibleVolume ThreeA Malvar Years story of faith when the way looked closed.
• Volume Five: Moments of MelodyVolume FiveA whole new volume on Ken's radio ministry: WMBI, the Bible School of the Air, Moments of Melody, Sky Angel and keepm.org.
• Meet You at TapsVolume TwoFrom the 1950–51 courtship letters: praying together every night across the miles.
• Thanksgiving, 1950Volume TwoThe visa granted as an answer to prayer, and Ken's thanksgiving list.
• MagandaVolume TwoKen arrives in the Philippines: the Tagalog Bible and his first broadcast on DZAS.

5 October 2026

The series began: Gordon's first forty-five stories, from Ulrich Engle in 1743 to the Malvar Years. See the volumes