Bible Reading: Hebrews 12:1-2 Casey was sitting on the edge of the deck, shoving a pointy stick into the muddy spring earth, when Grandpa sat down next to him. “Hey, buddy. You’ve been quiet ever since your parents dropped you off to take your little brother to the hospital. Anything you want to talk about?”…
Bible Reading: Romans 3:23-24 Laura sat up in bed with maths papers strewn all over the place. “Six eights are forty-eight, seven eights are fifty-six, eight eights are—” Just then, Mum walked in. “Sixty-four!” Mum glanced at her watch. “Are you still studying, Laura? It’s late. You should be asleep!” Laura sighed. “I know. I’m…
Bible Reading: Romans 3:10-26 “Charlotte, Suzi!” Dad called up the stairs. “Dinner is ready! Please pick up your toys and then come eat.” Charlotte quickly put her dolls in a basket, then put the basket high on the shelf and ran downstairs. Suzi, who was five years younger, couldn’t quite reach the shelf to put…
Bible Reading: John 3:16-18 Seeing the gigantic merry-go-round, Faith and Joy squealed in excitement and ran ahead of Mom and Dad to the entrance. They stood next to the height chart. They were both tall enough. “Whoo-hoo!” Faith clapped her hands in excitement. Just then, the merry-go-round came to a stop and the riders got…
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 Nathan stood outside his brother’s room. He had meant to go in, but he didn’t really want to. The floor creaked a little under his weight, and he winced. “Nathan?” called Sam from inside. Nathan sighed and pushed the door open. “Mom says it’s time to eat.” His older brother…
Bible Reading: John 6:37-40; Romans 6:23 “Mom, Sheba won’t come when I call her!” said Adam. “Sometimes she comes toward me, but if I try to touch her, she runs away again. Watch!” Adam called to Sheba, his new puppy. Sure enough, Sheba looked at Adam, and when he kept calling, she ran in a…
Bible Reading: John 10:27-30 Tyler walked into the kitchen where his mom was preparing supper. They were going to a special program at church that night, so they would be eating earlier than usual. Mom looked up and smiled. “Hi, Tyler. What have you been doing?” Tyler pulled out a kitchen chair and sat down….
Bible Reading: Galatians 4:1-7 “We had a new girl in our class today,” said Leilah as she nibbled on cheese and crackers at the kitchen table after school. “Her name is Ana. She’s from an orphanage in Romania, and an American family—the Blackmans—adopted her.” “How wonderful!” said Mom. “For both her and the Blackmans.” “Yeah,”…
Bible Reading: Matthew 8:5-13 Bryce and Andrew took their remote control truck out to the driveway while Mom was weeding the flower beds. Their little sister, Olivia, was hopping around on a pogo stick. “Mom,” Olivia said, “I wish I had a remote control pogo stick. I could ride it, and you could make it…
Bible Reading: Psalm 51:1-10; Hebrews 9:22 Barrett threw his bag on top of the others in the trunk, then slammed the back door shut. “Ew, gross!” he said, looking at the dirt that covered his hands. “Hey, Dad, I think it’s time to wash the car!” Dad nodded. “It’s pretty dirty. I didn’t notice how…
