Bible Reading: Revelation 21:23-27 Jaxton’s dog raced around the living room, barking at the men who were carrying out the tattered old couch and chair. He romped across the faded, threadbare rug while the workmen were trying to roll it up. “Jaxton,” Mom called, “please take Buttons outside until the men are finished.” “All right,”…
Bible Reading: Romans 5:6-8; 1 John 4:9-10 “Hey, Jared, come over here! Look!” Hailey whispered excitedly to her brother as they explored the field behind their grandparents’ home. “Look where?” Jared asked. “What do you see?” “That bird up ahead of us. Shh!” Hailey’s attention was on a little bird fluttering frantically on the path…
Bible Reading: Romans 5:21; 6:20-23; 12:1-2 “Oh no!” Jacelyn exclaimed as she and her parents walked into the house. Pink yarn wound around table and chair legs and over and under the chair rungs. The yarn went from the kitchen to the dining room, where it went over and around more chair legs. It didn’t…
Bible Reading: John 3:16-18; Romans 10:9-10 “If I were a fish, I know where I’d go exploring,” Tommy said as he watched his dad clean the fish tank. “Shipwrecks!” “If you want shipwrecks, Truk Lagoon is the place to go.” “I don’t want to explore sunken trucks,” Tommy said. “It’s ships I want to see!”…
Bible Reading: Romans 3:10-12, 22-23</a > “I’m glad Logan stayed after class to talk with Mr. Roberts about being saved,” Johannah said as she and her friend Sydney left Sunday school. “Me too,” Sydney said. “He needs it! He and his brothers are so mean.” She shook her head. “I’m glad my family isn’t like…
Bible Reading: Luke 5:27-32 Uncle Bob makes me so mad!” Aisha said when she finished a video chat with her cousin. “That was Kali, and she was crying. Uncle Bob has gone off drinking again, and the electric company is threatening to turn off the power if Aunt Grace doesn’t pay their bill by tomorrow.”…
Bible Reading: Romans 4:5-8 “I don’t understand Heidi,” Alma said as she looked down at a piece of candy she was holding. “A couple of days ago she gave me a bracelet to pay me back for helping her with math. Now she gave me this caramel roll to pay me back for a cookie…
Bible Reading: John 1:1-12 Kendrick climbed up the stepladder, washed the window, and then dried it with a soft rag. When he was finished, he proudly looked up at the nice, clean glass. He didn’t wash windows often, but he heard Mom say it needed to be done, and he decided to surprise her. “Mom,”…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 2:4-10 When Grandpa pulled up some photos of his recent ice-fishing trip on his phone, Naomi could hardly believe her eyes. “You mean you drove right out onto the ice, Grandpa?” “Yes, I did,” Grandpa replied. “I drove out onto the lake and fished through a hole in the ice.” “But you…
Bible Reading: John 20:24-29 “Mom! My arm!” Blake called out as he stumbled into the kitchen. “It’s bleeding bad! I fell on my bike and hit that window on the side of the garage.” Mom got a clean towel and pressed it tightly against the cut on Blake’s arm. “It looks pretty bad,” she said….
