Bible Reading: Romans 3:10-12; 1 Timothy 2:5-6</a > On the first morning of their family camping trip, Cara and her older brother, Eric, went to explore the creek next to their campsite. After walking upstream for a while, they found a narrow spot in the creek and jumped over it. They worked their way back…
Bible Reading: Genesis 2:7; Ephesians 2:4-10</a > “Look Max, I’m making a snowman!” cried Chloe, rolling a white blob of play dough into a ball. But her brother didn’t seem to be listening. Max was concentrating. He had spent the last ten minutes sculpting the face of a lion out of some yellow play dough….
Bible Reading: Exodus 20:3-17 Graham set a large birthday present on his knees and shut the car door. Mom fastened her seat belt and turned to Graham. “You don’t have your seat belt on,” she said. “I can’t reach it while I’m holding this present,” said Graham. “It’s only two blocks to Cameron’s house, so…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 2:4-9 Naomi pulled the curtain back from the living room window and watched her pet monkey pace around the yard. “Mickey’s not happy being outside by himself,” she told her mom. “But he’s been naughty, so I’m going to leave him there for a while.” Mom nodded. “I saw him pulling at…
Bible Reading: Matthew 4:23-25 Before leaving on their field trip, Mila’s Sunday school teacher waved for everyone to gather together. “After we go see the Statue of Liberty, we’ll have a picnic lunch, followed by games,” Miss Webber told the excited kids. “Make sure you pay attention during the tour. Later I’m going to ask…
Bible Reading: Romans 3:22-26 Rosita wiped the sweat from her forehead, then got back to scrubbing the pot in the sink. She was working as hard as she could to clean the kitchen before Mom got home. They’d had a fight that morning, and Rosita was sorry for the things she’d said. I want this…
Bible Reading: Romans 5:1-2, 6-11 “I’ll be back for dinner, Mom,” Zach said as he pulled his beach towel off the clothesline. “I’ll be swimming with Kade at the country club.” When the boys got to the entryway of the big club building, Kade showed a card to the greeter at the welcome desk. The…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 1:7-9 Tinkling bells chimed invitingly as the ice cream truck turned onto Johanna’s street. Ice cream was one of her favorite treats, but it was just before lunchtime, so she was sure her grandma wouldn’t let her have anything now. Maybe I can still have a little fun with the ice cream…
Bible Reading: Luke 2:13-16 After Bible class, Trevor, Vince, and their teacher, Mr. Gomez, walked outside to the front of the church. Trevor looked at his phone. “My parents are on their way,” he said. “I’ll wait out here with you for a while,” said Mr. Gomez. He turned to Vince. “I’m glad you started…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 2:4-10 Andrew dashed out the door and ran down the street toward the bus stop. When he heard the long blast of a horn, he knew the bus was already there, and he hurried even faster. But as he approached the corner, he saw the bus driving away. There was nothing to…
