Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:21-26 “The saying ‘no news is good news’ is so often true,” Dad said as he switched off the car radio. “I’ve heard enough bad news for today.” “The guy on the radio was talking about escaped prisoners. Could they be around here?” Lark asked, peering anxiously out the car window. “What…
Bible Reading: Matthew 28:18-20 “You’re still living in the same small shell, Hermie,” Laila told her little crab. She looked at the empty larger shell she’d put at the bottom of the bowl. “When I got you at the pet store, they told me hermit crabs have to move into bigger shells as they grow….
Bible Reading: Psalm 27:1-7 The sound of pattering footsteps filled the hallway as five-year-old Maverick ran to the door of his older sister’s room. “Marissa, I’m scared!” “What’s wrong, buddy?” Marissa asked. “There’s something knocking on my window,” Maverick said in a frightened voice. “Can you call Dad?” Their dad was at the neighbors’ house…
Bible Reading: Romans 8:12-16 “Mom, what’s going to happen if one of us gets sick?” Jemma asked. “What if you or Dad loses your job? Will we have to move? What if my friends all make new friends and forget about me?” “Whoa, Jemma, slow down!” said Mom. “You seem to be worried a lot…
Bible Reading: 2 Corinthians 1:3-10 “Summer, I love these earrings!” Natalie held up the gold-and-pink bunny rabbit earrings to her ears and looked in the mirror. “Thanks! I have lots of pairs now that I got my ears pierced.” Summer opened the top drawer to show her friend. “Did it hurt lots?” Natalie asked as…
Bible Reading: Psalm 42:11; John 14:27; Philippians 4:6-7 Aaron and Aria, along with their father, watched a fisherman on the pier carefully arrange his big green net. Then he made a sudden motion, and the net glided out over the Gulf of Mexico. “That’s quite a skill you have there,” Dad told the fisherman. The…
Bible Reading: Psalm 116:2; Philippians 4:6-7 Gabe crumpled up his paper and threw it across the kitchen table. “I hate math. These word problems don’t make any sense!” “Read one to me,” said Mom. “We can figure it out together.” Gabe read the problem out loud. “Ryan found forty-five golf balls. His dad gave him…
Bible Reading: Joshua 1:9 Nate sighed as he pulled clothes out of his closet and put them in a box. He didn’t like change. He didn’t even like to change the color of his socks. He liked to do everything the same every day. But things weren’t going to be the same anymore. He and…
Bible Reading: Psalm 139:7-12; Matthew 28:20 Gabriela’s heart pounded as she looked down at her brother. He looked very small from her perch among the treetops. “You can do it!” he called up to her. “Easy for you to say, Adrián. You’re not standing on a log thirty feet in the air!” It was her…
Bible Reading: Psalm 121 Leo stayed close to his parents and older brother as they walked down their neighborhood street. They had gone for a walk just as the sun was setting, and now it was dark. Leo grabbed his dad’s hand during the darkest parts of the walk, in between streetlights. When Leo and…
