Bible Reading: Psalm 143:8-10; Titus 2:11-12</a > Cody’s black Labrador tilted his head to one side and lifted his front paw. “No, not shake! Fetch!” Cody walked over and picked up the ball for what felt like the hundredth time. “Can’t you learn anything? Fetch! Fetch, Baxter. Fetch!” Cody hurled the ball across the yard,…
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: Psalm 24 “Want to come over to my house for a while?” Elsa asked as she and Maggie got off the school bus. “Okay,” said Maggie. “I’ll just have to make sure it’s okay with my mom.” After checking with Maggie’s mother, the girls went to Elsa’s house, had a snack, and then…
Bible Reading: Psalm 139:1-12; Isaiah 40:11</a > “I shouldn’t have let you see my test paper,” Lance said as he and his friend Joel walked home after school. “I think I should tell Mr. Grant I cheated.” “Why would you do that?” asked Joel. “You didn’t cheat. I did.” “But I helped you,” said Lance,…
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 2:23-24; James 3:5-11 Josie and Peter were silent on the ride home from Grandma’s house. “All right,” said Mom, “I know why Grandma was upset, but I’d like to hear from you two what happened.” Peter hung his head. “Josie and I were making fun of one of our teachers at…
Bible Reading: Philippians 3:12-16 “I don’t think I did well on that history test today—I should have studied more,” Alicia said as she followed Mom into a store at the mall. “And then Christiana got upset when I said her skirt looked like one you used to wear in high school. I meant it as…
Bible Reading: Genesis 1:1-5; John 1:1-5 Hailey burst into applause as Curtis finished saying the alphabet. “Dad, I think he’s finally got it!” “Does this mean you win?” Dad asked. Hailey and her friend had a race going, and Hailey was trying to teach her brother the alphabet before Jenny taught her dog how to…
Bible Reading: Revelation 1:4-8 A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z.” Hailey looked at her three-year-old brother. “Okay, Curtis, now you try.” Curtis looked like he was thinking intensely. “A!” he suddenly shouted, and then,…
Bible Reading: 1 Timothy 4:11-16</a > “Why do we have to take Mrs. Anderson to church with us tomorrow?” asked Miriam. “I can’t stand her!” “I don’t like her either,” said Miriam’s little brother Brendon. “Me neither!” said Flynn, the youngest. “That’s enough!” said Mom. “That is not a kind thing to say about an…
Bible Reading: Genesis 1:1; John 1:1-3 “Grandpa’s going to like that birdhouse you’re making for him, Tomás,” said Dad. “It looks great—but I see it’s not quite like the one pictured in your woodworking manual.” “No,” replied Tomás. “I left the perch off and made the hole smaller. This way, starlings won’t move in before…
