Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 “Mom! Dad just drove in,” said Millie. “He probably brought a Christmas tree!” But as she opened the door, Dad came in, and he didn’t have a tree. “I’m sorry, sweetie,” Dad said, giving Millie a hug. “I know how much you wanted a tree, but…” Millie shrugged away and…
Bible Reading: Matthew 5:14-16; John 3:16-21 Emily licked the icing off her fingers and carefully added another snowflake sprinkle to her Christmas cookie. Christmas parties were the best! She grinned as she looked around the table at her friends. Some of them were already devouring their cookies piled with sweet decorations. “All right, kids! While…
Bible Reading: Luke 10:38-42 Jade squeezed her new teddy bear tight as she ran to the living room. She waded through piles of wrapping paper to find the family Bible on the coffee table. “Momma,” she said as she walked into the kitchen and found her mother rolling out pie dough on the counter. “We…
Bible Reading: 1 John 4:7-16 “Look! I had just the right amount of string to attach the candy cane message about Jesus to each candy cane!” Loralee declared. “Great! Now we’re ready to deliver them,” Loralee’s mother replied. That afternoon, Loralee and her mother knocked on doors in their neighborhood. As they strolled from house…
Bible Reading: Isaiah 53:4-6; Matthew 1:21-23; Philippians 2:5-8 “I don’t know what I’m going to do, Seth,” Jaden told his big brother. They were playing one of their favorite video games while waiting for Mom’s homemade pizza to finish cooking. “You could start by actually playing!” Seth paused a moment, then said, “No, really, what’s…
Bible Reading: Isaiah 32:17-18; Luke 2:8-16 When she got home from school, Sybil collapsed into a chair so forcefully it scraped across the floor. “Sybil!” said Mom. “Be careful! You’re going to leave marks!” She sighed as Sybil’s little sister started crying in the other room. “This house is like a war zone,” she muttered….
Bible Reading: John 3:16-18 “Can we have a candy cane?” asked Josh as he looked at the striped candy canes hanging on the Christmas tree. “Yeah, can we? Please?” echoed his sisters, Adriane and Nicole. “All right,” Mom said. “But as you eat them, I want you to think about how they remind us of…
Bible Reading: Luke 2:8-20 “Time to leave!” called Mom. “I’m almost done with this level,” said Timothy, eyes glued to the computer screen. Mom stepped into his bedroom. “Get dressed now,” she said. “We don’t want to hold up the pageant rehearsal.” She hurried down the hall, calling for Timothy’s little sister, Gabby. “I don’t…
Bible Reading: Psalm 30:10-12 Clunk, clunk, clunk! Olivia slammed her fists on the piano keys, tears stinging her eyes. Dad put down the evergreen wreath he had been about to hang and hurried to Olivia’s side. “What’s wrong, Liv? Your piano playing was so beautiful. You know that ‘Deck the Halls’ is my favorite Christmas…
Bible Reading: Isaiah 9:2; John 1:4, 9-10; 2 Corinthians 4:6 Josiah stared out the car window as his dad drove slowly past the lit-up homes. The lights seemed extra bright this Christmas. There were red, white, green, and blue lights strung along roof lines and door frames, wrapped around porch columns, and draped across tree…
