Bible Reading: Romans 15:13; Ephesians 3:17-19; 1 John 4:12, 16, 19 Jacob and his little brother, Danny, squished and squashed in cool mud with bare toes. “It sounds like the thing at the dentist that sucks your spit!” Danny said gleefully. He pulled his foot out of the mud and stuck it back in with…
Bible Reading: Psalm 118:5-8, 14 “Uncle Rob and Aunt Jen are here!” Juliana called when the doorbell rang. She went to let them in. “Hey there, Joey. What have you got?” asked Juliana when she saw that little Joey had brought a toy with him. “My new jet. Look!” Joey held it out, laughing, but…
Bible Reading: Psalm 19 BOOM! BOOM! As the loud sound of the fireworks was followed by a shower of colorful sparks cascading downward, Hudson grinned and Chloe covered her ears. “I don’t like the noise,” she said, “but the fireworks sure are pretty!” The fireworks at the county fairgrounds the night before the Fourth of…
Bible Reading: Psalm 139:11–18; Matthew 10:30 Noah ran out to meet his father when he saw his car pull into the driveway. “Hey, Dad! Did you see the picture I sent you? Sheba had her puppies!” “Yes, I saw it. That’s great! How many does she have?” asked Dad. “Seven,” replied Noah. “Come see them.”…
Bible Reading: Romans 5:5; 12:10 Jackson aimed the hose and squirted water into the center of an orange inflatable pool—his sister’s favorite birthday gift. The first thing Addy wanted this morning was to get in her “swimmy pool.” Jackson’s job was to fill it while she finished breakfast. Soon she burst through the back door,…
Bible Reading: Matthew 6:26; 10:29–31 Emerson sat on the steps of his house, thinking about the baseball game. Over and over again, he replayed in his mind each and every time he faced the pitcher—the windup, the throw, waiting for just the right moment to swing . . . and then the miss. By the…
Bible Reading: Luke 24:1–9 Piper looked out the window of the city train as it sped past a tall building. Inside she could see people kneeling in front of a large statue. Wow! Piper thought. I knew people in other countries worshiped and prayed to idols, but these people are in the same city where…
Bible Reading: Matthew 10:29–31 “Mom, look!” Ava pointed to a tree in the backyard. “The two owls we’ve seen have owlets. There are two on that limb and one in the tree hollow. They’re so cute!” “It looks like they’re fledging, or learning to fly. We should go inside.” They went into the house and…
Bible Reading: Amos 4:13; Mark 4:35–41 “Wow, look at that wind!” Jacob said as he watched his kite fly through the air. “It’s a perfect kite-flying day!” “Yeah,” said his friend Asher, gripping the spool of his kite tightly. “I can barely hang on to mine!” When the boys finally decided they were hungry for…
Bible Reading: Psalm 121:1-8 As Nora and her little sister, Addie, ate their breakfast, Mom had some special instructions for them. “I have a meeting this afternoon, and your dad is out of town all day, so neither of us can pick you up from school,” she said. “Mrs. Perry lives just two blocks from…
