Bible Reading: 1 John 1:5–9 Ashton blew his nose loudly, then pulled his blanket close to his chin. “Ughhh,” he groaned. “I feel horrible!” His sister was sitting safely away on the other side of the living room. “Today at school I learned about germs that cause sickness,” Skylar told him. “Germs are so small,…
Bible Reading: Philippians 2:1–11 “Bailey, you’re crazy,” Taylor said as the sisters wandered through the amusement park. “You take a selfie every two steps.” “I send them to my camp friends.” Bailey stopped and posed in front of the carousel. “They need fifty pictures of you?” Taylor snapped. “I thought you said the camp theme…
Bible Reading: 1 Corinthians 10:12–13; James 4:7–8 “Hey! Who ate the chocolate chips?” said Mom, sounding irritated. A big blue bowl, flour, butter, and brown sugar sat on the kitchen counter. Mom walked to where Julie and her younger brother were doing homework at the table. “Who ate the chocolate chips?” she asked again. “I…
Bible Reading: Hebrews 12:1-3 Maria frantically searched through her closet and dresser drawers. “Mom?” she called. “I don’t know what I did with my running shorts, and I need them for the race tomorrow.” “What’s going on?” asked her older brother Carlos, stepping into the room. “Have you seen my running shorts?” asked Maria, her…
Bible Reading: Psalm 19:7-11 “It’s not fair!” Lincoln said after his dad dropped him off at his mom’s house. “Dad refused to take me snowmobiling this weekend even though he told me last week he would!” “Yes, but didn’t he warn you that if we got another note from your teacher saying you weren’t turning…
Bible Reading: Romans 5:21; 6:20-23; 12:1-2 “Oh no!” Jacelyn exclaimed as she and her parents walked into the house. Pink yarn wound around table and chair legs and over and under the chair rungs. The yarn went from the kitchen to the dining room, where it went over and around more chair legs. It didn’t…
Bible Reading: Romans 12:1-2 Grace was helping her mom feed the chickens in the backyard. After she dumped out the dirty water from the water dish and refilled it with clean water, she put the dish back in the chicken coop. When she set it down, some of the water sloshed out. The chickens immediately…
Bible Reading: Joshua 7:1, 19-26 “Is your room clean?” Mom raced past Beth’s room, her arms full of laundry and her tone a bit higher pitched than usual. “We need to leave as soon as you’re done. The movie won’t wait for us.” Beth shoved one more sock under her dresser. “Done!” She burst from…
Bible Reading: 1 Timothy 6:11-14 Evan’s mother was shaking him gently, and he struggled to wake up. He sat up and opened his eyes wide. “I had to run!” he said in a shaky voice. “I heard you yell,” Mom said. “What were you running from?” Evan took a deep breath. “I must have been…
Bible Reading: 1 John 1:5-10 “You got us a rabbit?” Mason shrieked with joy. “Yup!” Dad said. “And he’s going to live in the house, not out back in a cage.” “Really?” Zack jumped up and down. “That’s so cool!” “Check out the bathroom,” Mom said. “I put his cage in there, and a litter…
