Bible Reading: John 1:12-13; 3:1-7</a > “Who’s that guy leading the singing?” whispered Joash. “That’s Mr. Carson,” Kolton whispered back. “He’s in charge of our youth group.” Joash was visiting Kolton’s church for the first time, and everything was new to him. “Okay, kids, it’s the first Sunday of the month, so you know what…
Bible Reading: John 12:23-33; Galatians 5:22-23 Seth was helping his dad plant watermelon in the garden. He closed his eyes and licked his lips. “I can almost taste it now,” he said. Dad chuckled. “There’s nothing like planting your own watermelon.” He handed Seth some more seeds. “Here, plant these in the next row.” As…
Bible Reading: Acts 4:1-12 “Jeremy, come eat!” Mom called. “Dinner’s ready.” Jeremy groaned. He was at an exciting spot in his book and didn’t want to stop reading. He raced to finish the chapter, then dashed to the kitchen. “What took you so long?” Mom asked. “Reading another adventure book?” “Yeah—the best one ever,” Jeremy…
Bible Reading: Mark 2:13-15; John 3:36 Janessa peered out the window as she munched on a sandwich. Dad’s car pulled up and honked. It was Dad’s week to watch her. “Bye, Mom!” Janessa hollered as she ran outside. “Dad! I learned something so cool!” Janessa said, plopping her bag at her feet. She balanced her…
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 16:7; Romans 3:23 Kinzey’s tummy grumbled as she grabbed the peanut butter from the pantry and the new jar of strawberry jam from the refrigerator. Mom laid bread out on two plates and handed her a butter knife. “I’m so hungry, I could eat a rhinoceros!” said Kinzey, unscrewing the lid…
Bible Reading: Psalm 91:1-6 Grandma looked up from making breakfast when Jacob came into the kitchen. “You look tired,” she said. Jacob yawned. “I was up a lot last night because of the storm.” “It sure was noisy!” Grandma said as she began mixing pancake batter. “I was up some myself.” “Did Grandpa go to…
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-27 “Hey, Dad,” said Malachi as he and his family were on their way home from a visit with their grandmother, “what do you want written on your tombstone?” “What a question!” said Mom. “Why are you asking that?” Malachi laughed. “While you were visiting with Grandma, Nevaeh and I went…
Bible Reading: John 3:16; Ephesians 2:8-10 After church, Freya and Mom climbed into the car. “I liked my class today,” Freya said. “It was lots of fun.” “Good,” said Mom. “Tell me about it.” “We learned about a Bible story, and we sang some songs.” Freya began to hum one of them. Mom grinned. “I…
Bible Reading: Ecclesiastes 11:9-10; 12:1 “Oh no!” Aaron skidded to a stop at a driveway with a rope across it and signs reading “Stay Off—Wet Cement!” He jumped from his bike to keep from falling and landed in the gooey cement, which stuck to his feet like mud. He took off a shoe and wiped…
Bible Reading: Galatians 4:4-7 Morgan never got tired of hearing what happened when her parents took her home from the adoption agency. “You were only six weeks old,” her dad told her one evening when she begged to hear the story again. “I’ll never forget when the agency called to say they had a baby…
