Bible Reading: Revelation 20:11–15 “Wow!” Greyson whispered to his sister as they listened to the pastor’s sermon on hell. “Do you think he’s trying to scare us or what?” Rosalie shrugged. The kids didn’t usually attend church, but they were spending a few days with their aunt. Later that day, Aunt Ella set a box…
Bible Reading: Luke 12:37–43 “Who wants to go to a movie this afternoon?” asked Dad as he opened the door to leave for work. “Me!” chorused Liv and Shaylee. “Okay,” said Dad. “Have your rooms cleaned by the time I get home, and then we’ll go.” After Dad left and Mom went downstairs with a…
Bible Reading: Psalm 77:11–12; 2 Timothy 3:16–17 “I hate history!” Ashlynn grumbled. “I don’t see why I have to learn about things that happened such a long time ago.” Her dislike for history carried over to church. “It’s boring to study the kings and judges and all that history in the Bible—especially in the Old…
Bible Reading: Matthew 6:19–21; Hebrews 11:24–26 “Hey, what are you doing with that twig?” Noah asked, pointing to a small plant inside the pail his friend Trent was holding. “It’s an apple tree,” replied Trent. “No kidding? Looks like a dead stick to me.” Noah shook his head and changed the subject. “I’m going to…
Bible Reading: Psalm 71:1-5 Kara eagerly ran outside to get the mail. Most of the envelopes were for her mom, but in the past few weeks many had been for her too. Right after her dad’s accident, she could hardly even open the cards, but now she looked forward to the messages sent to her…
Bible Reading: John 1:12-13; 3:1-7 Who’s that guy leading the singing?” whispered Joash. “That’s Mr. Carson,” Kolton whispered back. “He’s in charge of our youth group.” Joash was visiting Kolton’s church for the first time, and everything was new to him. “Okay, kids, it’s the first Sunday of the month, so you know what that…
Bible Reading: Matthew 6:19-21 Lindsey burst through the door. “Mom, I’m back! I got paid for walking Lilly. I have enough! Can we go to the mall before I go to Mrs. Stevens’ to pack up the donations for those flood victims? Please?” “How about some downtime instead?” said Mom. “You’ve run yourself ragged all…
Bible Reading: Luke 21:9-19 Felix was lying on his bed with his head propped on his hands and a worried look on his face when his mom stopped at his door. “How was school, Felix?” she asked. “Did something happen?” “Not really.” Felix hesitated. “We did have a discussion in social studies, though. One of…
Bible Reading: Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7 Silas stuffed his math quiz in his bag and slammed his locker shut. I don’t understand why Mr. Brown won’t give me a better grade on that quiz, he thought. My answers were much closer to being right than they were on the last quiz. On the way home,…
Bible Reading: Matthew 7:13-14, 21-23; John 14:6 After enjoying a picnic lunch, Uncle Don pointed toward the paths around the picnic area. “Do you remember which path we took to get here?” “It was the one by the swings,” Kinley said. Elliot disagreed. “It was the one by that flowering bush.” “Nuh-uh! I remember seeing…
