Bible Reading: Romans 12:10-15 Emerson angrily kicked a stone and sent it flying along the sidewalk. When he heard someone coming up behind him, he turned and saw that it was Isaac, one of his classmates. “You mad about something?” Isaac asked when he saw how upset Emerson looked. “What’s wrong?” Emerson sighed and kicked…
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 2:23-24; James 3:5-11 Josie and Peter were silent on the ride home from Grandma’s house. “All right,” said Mom, “I know why Grandma was upset, but I’d like to hear from you two what happened.” Peter hung his head. “Josie and I were making fun of one of our teachers at…
Bible Reading: Psalm 139:13-16; James 1:5 Karl and Rhett watched as Dad assembled a miniature model of the human body they had gotten for their homeschool biology class. “I’m amazed at God’s creation,” Dad said. “Did you know that the human heart, which is only about as big as a clenched fist, pumps over 4,000…
Bible Reading: Philippians 2:1-4 Miles stomped his feet to warm them while he waited at the edge of the woods for his grandpa and sister, Callie. When they caught up with him, Callie pointed. “What animal made these tracks, Grandpa?” Grandpa crouched in the fresh snow to peer at the tracks. “Let’s see. Four toes…
Bible Reading: Proverbs 15:1-4; Philippians 2:3-4 “You’re always messing up this room,” Stella said as she pushed her sister’s things off the dresser. “You’re such a pig!” “I am not, you’re the pig. And leave my things alone!” yelled Mila. “Then keep your stuff off my side of the dresser!” Stella shot back. The fighting…
Bible Reading: Colossians 1:15-20 Eric stomped into his brother’s room. “You are not going to believe this, Tom!” Eric was so angry his ears were red. Tom closed the book he was reading. “What’s the matter?” “Just look at my new interactive robot!” The robot’s arm dangled from its side. “That’s the last time I…
Bible Reading: Psalm 33:4-9, 18-22 “I think I see the scenic lookout we found on the map, Mom!” shouted Andres. He sighed in relief. The family had been hiking the steep Treetop Trail for two hours, and Andres was glad to finally collapse on a large, flat rock. As he rested, he gazed at the…
