Bible Reading: Psalm 51:1-7 Christmas had always been one of Mia’s favorite holidays, but this year she was feeling blue. She sighed as she dragged her feet into the kitchen for their special Christmas Day breakfast. “I just haven’t been able to get into the Christmas spirit this year,” she muttered. “Yeah,” said her sister,…
Bible Reading: Exodus 14:10-13, 21-22; John 4:25-26 Ashlynn waited as her mother marked the back side of her angel’s dress with dressmaker pins and arranged the gold braids of fabric that wrapped around her waist and shoulders. Ashlynn was looking forward to the play, but she was tired of standing, so she wiggled and grabbed…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 3:14-21 “That was a good play,” said José, an exchange student from Mexico who was living with Ronan’s family. They were returning home after attending a Christmas program at church. “I’ve heard a lot about the Bible, but I’ve never been to a pageant like that one.” Ronan pointed. “Look! There are…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 1:3-10 Kristen bounded up to the library’s front desk with a book. She proudly presented her library card and watched as the librarian scanned it. But to Kristen’s surprise, the librarian frowned and handed the card back to her. “I’m sorry, but the book you returned last week was overdue, and you…
Bible Reading: 1 Peter 1:18-21 “Hey, Mom!” Emilia said. “We should have a doctor like the one in this book I’m reading. Instead of making people come to his office when they got sick, he went to their houses. Wouldn’t that be nice?” Mom smiled. “That’s the way it was done a long, long time…
Bible Reading: Romans 3:23-26; 1 John 1:5-10 Preston stuck out his tongue and caught a fat snowflake. He could see flakes clinging to his grandma’s eyelashes as they plodded through the almost knee-deep snow. “What project is Grandpa working on now?” Preston asked, his eyes glimmering with excitement. Every week it seemed his Grandpa was…
Bible Reading: Revelation 3:19-22 “Mom, it’s so cold in here!” Carson said as he pulled on a sweater. “When is the furnace repairman supposed to come?” “They said he could be here in the next couple of hours,” Mom said. “Why don’t we go curl up under blankets and watch a movie while we wait?”…
Bible Reading: Psalm 103:2-6, 8-12 Brian sat down at the kitchen table and watched as his little sister, Lucy, tried to staple several pieces of paper she had colored into a book. “When I was your age, I had to push with all my weight on the stapler,” he said. Suddenly, Lucy stood, chair scraping,…
Bible Reading: 1 Peter 2:21-25 Dylan picked a piece of crumpled paper from the ground and opened it up. It was a flyer advertising a sale at one of the local stores. He crumpled it back up and threw it on the ground. “Why did you do that?” Mom called to Dylan from the porch….
Bible Reading: Matthew 23:25-28 Corey walked into the bathroom and was surprised to see his dad’s legs sticking out from under the sink. “Dad? Why are you hanging out in the cupboard?” “Well, I saw a water stain on the ceiling downstairs,” his dad’s voice echoed from inside the cabinet. “Water can really damage the…
