Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 9:3-11; Luke 14:13-14 “Lose your kickball scrimmage?” Dad asked. Jason buckled his seatbelt. “No. It’s Adrian again.” “The boy who uses a wheelchair?” Dad grinned. “He’s funny.” “Dad! Should you say that about someone who can’t walk?” “Why not? He wears a T-shirt that says ‘A Wheelchair Is How I Roll.’”…
Bible Reading: Matthew 9:10-13; 1 Corinthians 10:14-17, 19-21 “Singur invited me to his birthday party next Saturday,” Toby told his mom and older sister, Katrina, who was doing homework with her hair tied up in a bandana. “He’s an awesome soccer player.” Toby pretended to head-butt a soccer ball into a goal, then raised his…
Bible Reading: Acts 17:24-27 Allison sang out the words of the song. “Yesu yana kaunar yara.” “What language is that?” asked her friend Sydney. “Like my grandma always says when she doesn’t understand something, it’s Greek to me!” Allison laughed. “It’s not Greek; it’s Hausa,” she said. “I learned that song from my Aunt Mary,…
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; James 2:1-4, 8-9 “Look what I found!” Phoebe called as she ran up the back steps of her aunt’s house. With Aunt Claire’s permission, she had been digging in the old trash pile behind the barn. “Look! This old fruit jar has 1898 stamped on the bottom!” Phoebe said, showing…
Bible Reading: James 2:1-4, 8-10 “Mom, my new school is awful!” Tommy said, almost in tears. “The kids are so mean! They think that because we’re Navajo, we wear war paint and feathers and say, ‘Ugh! How! Me Big Chief Tommy Hawk.’ It’s humiliating!” “I’m sorry, Tommy,” Mom said. “I know what it’s like when…
Bible Reading: Acts 10:28, 34-35; Matthew 28:19-20; Revelation 7:9-10 “What color should I use next in this afghan, Melanie?” Aunt Edith asked as she finished knitting with yellow yarn. “Use the purple yarn!” said Melanie eagerly. “That’s going to be so pretty when it’s finished! It has so many different colors.” Aunt Edith nodded. “Yes,…
Bible Reading: Romans 12:3-10 On their way to the park one bright Saturday morning, Maisie and her parents decided to stop at an estate sale. Maisie enjoyed seeing all the things the owners of the place were selling. When they walked into a room that looked like a library, Maisie gasped in delight. “Look! A…
Bible Reading: Acts 17:24-28 Abe stopped short when he and his friend Laramie passed a bakery window. “Wow!” he said. “I’ve never seen so many different pastries. I want to try them all!” Laramie joined him at the window. “Me too!” As they were looking at the window display, an older couple strolled by. Their…
