Category: FAMILY
When the Gospel Came to a Little Hindu Child
You might enjoy sharing and discussing the following poem with children. It’s titled, “The Hindu Child’s Hope of Heaven”: A little heathen child there was On India’s sultry plains, Where idol temples thickly stand, And pagan darkness reigns: She long was taught to put her trust...
When God Calls Your Name (for children)
When I was in the first grade, there were two of us in class named Susan. All year long, when the teacher said “Susan,” I’d look up, thinking she was talking to me, but half the time I was wrong. “Susan, come to my desk,” she’d...
What Thomas Learned from a Terrible Toothache (for children)
Everyone warned Thomas that eating sweets between meals was bad for his teeth, but he didn’t think about it much. Thomas loved candy. He ate it all day long and dreamed about it at night—fluffy marshmallows, chewy caramel, gummy worms and sticky suckers. Nothing made him...
What Not to Pretend About (for children)
Do you like to dress up in costumes? Most children love to dress up and pretend they have important jobs, like police officers or firefighters or teachers. Sometimes children dress up and pretend they are superheroes or famous people from history. Others like to put on...
What Never Happens Happened! The Miracle of the Resurrection (for children)
Have you ever thought about what it means to be alive? That may seem like a funny question, since you will not be reading or listening to this unless you are alive. In fact, I can promise you that if you are thinking about what it...
The Worst Sleep-Over Ever An article for children
Have you ever gone to a sleep-over at a friend’s house? Lots of children enjoy the adventure of being away from home for a night, playing with a friend until bedtime and waking up to start playing all over again! But sometimes being away from home...
The Very Scary Hand (for children)
A long time ago in a city called Babylon, there lived a rich and powerful king named Belshazzar. Belshazzar’s grandfather had been a rich and powerful king, too. His name was Nebuchadnezzer. Long before our story begins, King Nebuchadnezzer had sent his army to a place...
The Ten-Day Sleep: The Story of April Fools Day (for children)
All over the world, children go to sleep at night. Some crawl into soft beds, others lie down on mats on the floor or climb into bunk beds. Some children have a bedtime story first, while other parents might sing their children a song to help...
The Scariest House of All (for children)
When I was little girl, my family often visited my Grandparents’ farm. My sister and I could explore the barn, climb on the tractor or pretend to drive the old broken-down farm truck. But there was one place where we were forbidden to play. We were...
The Prince Who Became a Nobody Who Became a Prince Again (for children)
A long time ago, a little boy named Mephibosheth lived in his grandfather Saul’s palace. Saul was the very first king of Israel, and I’m sorry to tell you that he was not a very good king. He was not the worst king Israel would have,...
