The Everywhere Secret
A Child's Story About Light, Love, and Believing
About the book
A heartwarming story about wonder, faith, and the light that lives within us all.
When Max asks his mother, “Where is God?” she smiles and says, “God is everywhere.” But Max wants to see for himself.
So begins a gentle journey through ordinary places — a grocery store, a baseball field, a park, and a rainy evening — as Max searches for what cannot be seen. With every new encounter, he discovers that love, kindness, and light can be found in the most unexpected places.
Told with warmth and wonder, The Everywhere Secret is a beautifully illustrated tale that helps children understand that faith isn’t about where you look — it’s about what lives inside your heart.
Perfect for
- Parents and grandparents looking for meaningful bedtime stories
- Sunday school and Christian classrooms
- Families who want to teach love, hope, and kindness in an uplifting way
The Everywhere Secret: A Child’s Story About Light, Love, and Believing reminds readers of all ages that sometimes the greatest secret of all… is that God is already everywhere with us.
A story for the end of the day
Children ask the biggest questions in the smallest moments — in the car, in the cereal aisle, in the last five minutes before sleep. The Everywhere Secret takes one of those questions seriously without making it heavy.
Max does not get a lecture. He gets a walk. He looks for God in a grocery store and finds a stranger being kind. He looks on a baseball field and finds someone cheering for a kid who is not their own. He looks in the rain and finds his mother waiting with a coat.
By the last page, nothing has been explained away. Something better has happened: a child has learned how to notice. Faith isn’t about where you look — it’s about what lives inside your heart.
What's Inside
A question every child asks
“Where is God?” Max hears the answer — “God is everywhere” — and then does what children do: he goes looking for himself.
Ordinary places, gentle wonder
A grocery store, a baseball field, a park, and a rainy evening. The search happens in the places your family already goes.
Beautifully illustrated
Warm watercolor scenes written and illustrated by Wes Phillips, made for slow page-turning at the end of the day.
Read-aloud length
Short, rhythmic pages that work for one bedtime story — or the same one, again, for the eleventh night in a row.
Faith without heaviness
No lecture and no jargon. Just love, kindness, and light shown in a way a small child can actually recognize.
A conversation starter
Ends where the best bedtime stories end: with a child asking one more question, and a grown-up glad to answer it.
“Where is God?” she smiled. “God is everywhere.”
What readers are saying
- ★★★★★
“Opening the eyes and mind to Jesus. This children's book is insightful, truthful, and explains the topic to child's level of understanding. The illustration are delightful and triggers the child's imagination to want to know more. I read this book and found it compelling, delightful and inspiring and keeps the child wanting to learn more.”
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“age approprete understanding. a great story for understanding life a a child age”
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“Very sweet story. Very sweet story of a child's question of our Unseen God. This is a great tool to help reach & teach a child in their quest to find Him.”
- ★★★★★
“Inspirational children book about god. Great easy inspirational book for children to read and to learn about god. Will definitely recommend.”
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“Wholesome book. Very cute. Going to recommend it to everyone.”
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“Cute and easy to read children's book. Cute short story for beginning readers or busy parents wanting to read a quick meaningful story to or with their children about God's presence being everywhere including within themselves.”
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“Great book! What a great book!! Easy to read, great illustrations, and warming story of love and faith. Would recommend this book to anyone and simple story for children to learn God's love.”
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“A good bedtime story. A sweet book with beautiful illustrations and a good message for all of us”
Read it together tonight
A gentle bedtime story about the light that is already everywhere.
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