Bible Reading: Psalm 37:1-2, 7-9; 1 Corinthians 15:56-58 “They’ll never win! Look at the score,” moaned Marco. He was spending the evening with his grandfather, who had suggested they watch a basketball game on TV. Marco loved basketball and couldn’t sit still as his favorite team ran up and down the court. He jumped in…
Bible Reading: Revelation 20:12-15; 21:1-2, 22-27 “The last avalanche of rocks at this site took place in 1990,” announced Stella as she read the plaque at the rest stop. She turned to look at the huge boulders along the side of the mountain road. “So all these rocks landed here back then,” she said thoughtfully….
Bible Reading: Matthew 7:21-23; Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 John 5:10-13 “Wanna go see if Dad’s busy?” asked Josie as she and her brother started home from school. Connor nodded, so they took the route that led past the place where Dad worked. Their father, who was a gate guard at a factory, saw them coming. “Sorry,…
Bible Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 “Ohhh,” Akari groaned. She sank back in the seat as they drove home from a family reunion. “I think I ate too much of Aunt Mari’s apple pie. It was so good!” “And I think I played too much baseball. I’m getting too old to be running around the bases,”…
Bible Reading: Revelation 21:3-5 Nick’s mom sighed after she got off the phone. “That was the police. They just informed me that Grandpa walked out of a store without paying for his stuff.” “Oh no!” exclaimed Nick. “Is he in big trouble?” “Grandpa didn’t mean to steal—he just forgot to pay,” replied Mom. Nick looked…
Bible Reading: Matthew 24:36-44 “This vacation has been a blast,” said Isaac as he and his dad walked down a narrow alley in a historic town, licking their ice cream cones. A minute later, Isaac pointed to a window overhead. “Dad! Look!” Dad looked up. An orange cat sat on the window sill, one paw…
Bible Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Levi sat in the comfortable cinema chair with a big tub of buttered popcorn in his lap and a large soda in the drink holder. He had been wanting to see this movie for weeks, and so far, it was worth the wait! Then the screen darkened and Levi sat…
Bible Reading: John 14:1-6 Oliver wandered into his room. He didn’t feel like playing. As he sat down on his bed, a little red truck caught his eye, and he picked it up. It had been Joey’s favorite. Joey! Oliver closed his eyes. Pictures of his little brother flashed through his mind—Joey playing happily; the…
Bible Reading: Matthew 24:37-44; James 4:13-15 “Mom,” said Julian, “isn’t that where we picked blackberries one day last summer?” He pointed out the car window to a field that looked familiar to him. Mom glanced over. “Sure is,” she said. “You know what else?” added Julian. “Driving home from picking berries that day was the…
Bible Reading: John 14:1-4 “Mom, why are you crying?” asked Lily as they drove away from the family reunion. “I’m sad to leave my cousins and aunts and uncles,” her mom replied as she turned the car away from the retreat center and onto the highway. “That’s how I feel about leaving my brothers too,”…
