Bible Reading: Isaiah 9:6-7; 53:5-6 Lexie dangled her feet off the bunk bed as her sister got ready for their Christmas program rehearsal. “I’m going to mark my script so I don’t miss any of my lines,” Lexie said. She stuck her pen in her princess purse. “Girls! We need to be at church soon!”…
Bible Reading: Romans 5:17; Ephesians 1:7-10 “Hurray, we’re getting burritos! We’re getting burritos!” Bailey skipped gleefully as she and her mom and sister, Adeline, walked into their favorite Mexican restaurant and got in line. They’d been running errands all morning, and Bailey had been in a bad mood and had started several arguments with her…
Bible Reading: Matthew 5:23-26 “Sara’s mad at me,” Inez told her mother as they drove down a country road toward town. “When she got an A on our spelling test and I got a C, I—well, I said she must have cheated. I know I shouldn’t have said that.” “Why don’t you call and apologize?”…
Bible Reading: Psalm 103:8-12 With her sidewalk chalk, India colored in the flowers she had drawn along the edge of the driveway. Then she stood back and frowned. Dad came out of the house and smiled at India. “What lovely flowers!” he said. “And I won’t even have to water them.” “No, but I’m going…
Bible Reading: Matthew 18:21-22; Ephesians 4:31-32; Colossians 3:12-13 Ford and his mother sat on the floor with one of his dresser drawers beside them. “I want to keep that!” Ford said as Mom tossed a worn-out toy into a trash bag. Mom was helping him clean out his drawers, and she kept wanting to throw…
Bible Reading: Psalm 103:8-14; 2 Corinthians 5:17 Cassian pointed to a row of cars on display at the automobile museum. “Don’t these old cars look funny, Grandpa?” Grandpa smiled. “Well, they look a bit funny to us now, but they were pretty fancy in their day, you know.” He pointed to one of the cars….
Bible Reading: Psalm 32:1-5 “Ouch!” cried Wren as she climbed into the tree house her dad was building. Dad stopped hammering and raised his brow. “I hurt my finger,” Wren said. “Let me take a look,” said Dad. He put his hammer down and studied her finger. “You’ve got a sliver, but don’t worry, I’m…
Bible Reading: Romans 3:22-26 Rosita wiped the sweat from her forehead, then got back to scrubbing the pot in the sink. She was working as hard as she could to clean the kitchen before Mom got home. They’d had a fight that morning, and Rosita was sorry for the things she’d said. I want this…
Bible Reading: 1 John 1:5-10 “Your mom’s calling you for lunch?” Tenley asked in surprise as she talked on the phone with her cousin Beth. “You mean you haven’t eaten lunch yet? It’s almost two in the afternoon! We ate a long time ago.” “Well, it’s only noon here in Colorado, remember?” Beth replied. “We’re…
Bible Reading: Psalm 32:2-10 Lexie twirled around her room in her new dress. She couldn’t wait to wear it to her cousin’s wedding on Saturday! Mom stood smiling at the door. “You’d better take that dress off before you spill something on it, Lexie. I’m off to the store—do you want to come or stay…
