Bible Reading: Psalm 139: 23-24; Jeremiah 17:10 “Why is there an old apple core inside a crinkled chip bag under your pillow?” Dad asked when Karis came into the kitchen. Karis smirked. “I think the real question is why were you looking under my pillow?” “I was just following my nose,” said Dad. “Your room…
Bible Reading: James 3:5-10 Miles looked up as his little sister limped into the kitchen. “What’s wrong?” he asked. “I need new shoes!” Presley said. She lifted her right foot. “This one hurts me!” Miles smirked. “Because you don’t know how to put shoes on right. You probably have them on the wrong feet.” He…
Bible Reading: 1 John 1:5-9; John 13:3-10 “Patrick!” Mom’s voice startled him as he stepped into the kitchen. “Look at your shoes!” Patrick looked down at his feet and then at the trail of mud behind him. “How did your shoes get so dirty?” Mom asked. Patrick shrugged. “I was just outside.” “Well, please go…
Bible Reading: Proverbs 4:23-27; 1 Peter 3:13-17</a > “Hey, Rhett, you gotta see this,” Nolan said as he pulled up a website on his tablet. It didn’t take Rhett long to figure out they shouldn’t be looking at the website Nolan had pulled up. Looking away quickly, Rhett struggled to think of something to say,…
Bible Reading: Matthew 7:1-5; James 1:12-15 “I can’t believe it! Andy says he’s a Christian, but I saw him showing some of the guys a bad website on his tablet after school,” Cade told his dad. “He must be really weak to look at that kind of stuff.” “So looking at websites like that doesn’t…
Bible Reading: Psalm 29</a > Kaden dragged his toe in the dirt as the swing went back and forth, back and forth. He was hardly swinging at all. “Isn’t swinging supposed to put a smile on your face?” Kaden looked up and cracked a grin. It was his friend, Mr. Snyder. “I saw you sitting…
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:11-13; 1 Peter 5:8-9 “Look at Shadow crouching under the bushes,” Lyra said softly. Dad nodded. “I think she sees the doves looking for seeds underneath the bird feeder,” he replied. “She’d like to ambush them.” “That means make a surprise attack from a hiding place, right?” As Lyra spoke, the…
Bible Reading: Psalm 19:7-11 Maria, who had been leaning against the back seat of the car, bolted upright. “What was that loud noise?” she asked, peering out the window. “It’s okay,” said Dad. “I just strayed onto the shoulder of the road.” “But what was that noise?” Maria asked again. “There are little bumps on…
Bible Reading: Psalm 32:1-5 “Ouch!” cried Wren as she climbed into the tree house her dad was building. Dad stopped hammering and raised his brow. “I hurt my finger,” Wren said. “Let me take a look,” said Dad. He put his hammer down and studied her finger. “You’ve got a sliver, but don’t worry, I’m…
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…
