Bible Reading: Luke 12:22-34 Tymeria let the rope slide slowly through her hand as she backed over the edge of the cliff inch by inch. She made her body into an L shape with her feet resting on the side of the cliff. She gripped the rope as tightly as she could through her thick…
Bible Reading: Psalm 96:4-9 Tenley looked up from reading her Bible on the front lawn. “Lincoln, are you afraid of God?” she asked her brother. “No, I don’t think so,” replied Lincoln. “Why should I be afraid of Him?” “This verse says, ‘The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,’” said Tenley. “What…
Bible Reading: Colossians 4:2-6 “Okay, class,” said Mr. Adams, Chase’s teacher at church, “our verse today is Colossians 4:6. ‘Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt.’ What does salt do?” Chase felt he knew a little about that! His hand shot up. “It adds flavor,” he said, and he shared with…
Bible Reading: Psalm 121; Isaiah 41:10 “Wow, Dad! Did you see those fish?” Aisha’s eyes sparkled as she lifted her face out of the water and adjusted her snorkeling mask. “I sure did!” Dad said. “Those little blue ones look like some they have in aquariums at the pet store.” “And I almost touched one…
Bible Reading: Isaiah 42:6-7; Luke 4:18; 10:23-24 “Mom, what’s that lady doing over there?” Ruth asked as she pointed to a woman with dark glasses who was tapping a small, thin cane back and forth on the floor. “She’s blind,” Mom answered as she placed a bag of sugar in their shopping cart. “That cane…
Bible Reading: Matthew 6:25-34 “Mrs. Melton sure is going to like the dinner we’re taking to her,” Kimone said, buckling her seat belt and peeking at the rolls under the bread cloth. Mom smiled. “I think so too. Her hands must be full with the new baby.” Kimone put both hands firmly on the warm…
Bible Reading: Hebrews 13:5-6 Matt tightened his helmet and straddled his all-terrain vehicle. “The gas tanks are full,” he shouted to Tim over the engine roar. “Let’s tear up the trails.” Tim kick-started his engine and revved the motor. “Oh yeah. I have the need for speed.” “Follow me,” Matt called. He hit the gas,…
Bible Reading: Psalm 6:2-4, 9 “But Mom! All my friends are going to camp. It’s not fair!” “We can’t afford it, Addy. I’m sorry.” Mom dumped a basket of unmatched socks onto the table. “I’d let you go if I could, but we just don’t have the money right now.” Addy’s eyes filled with tears…
Bible Reading: Psalm 20:6-7; Romans 8:38-39 “Rhea!” Mom said as she picked up Rhea’s backpack. “What do you have in here? Feels like a bag full of rocks!” She unzipped the top. Rhea’s eyes grew round. “No, Mom, don’t—” But Mom was already pulling out a can of hairspray, a camouflage jacket that belonged to…
Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:5-6; Romans 11:33-36 “I think we’re going in circles,” Troy said as he and his dad and sister tried to make their way out of a corn maze. “I think we’ve been down this path before.” “How can you tell?” Elinor asked. She looked up at corn stalks that were twice as…
