Category: FAMILY
I’d like 5,000 Fish Sandwiches, Please (for children)
Can you think of a time when you heard some horrible news? Maybe you heard that some trip or event you had been looking forward to was canceled, or maybe you heard that a pet died. I remember how awful I felt in second grade when...
Adrift in the South Atlantic A true adventure story for children
All day long, you could hear the children laughing and playing on the ship. Robert and Mary Bell, and Richard, Georgia and Carol Shaw had made friends of all the crew, and the sailors allowed them to go nearly anywhere on the ship they wanted. The...
A Small Giant and A Big God (for children)
Have you ever seen an anthill? It’s a tiny mound of dirt around a hole in the ground where a colony of ants live. I said it was a tiny mound of dirt because that’s how it looks to me—tiny. But if I were an ant,...
A Stone Named Ebenezer (for children)
Have you ever visited a monument with your family? A monument is something that lasts a long time, and is meant to help us remember the past. Sometimes monuments are statues, or carved stones, or even buildings. In Washington, D.C., you can see many different kinds...
A Special Baby Shower (for children)
Have you ever been to a baby shower? A baby shower is a party where friends and family bring gifts to welcome a new baby. Can you think of some gifts that would be good to bring to a new baby? I went to a baby...
A Snake in Your Cereal Box? (for children)
Do you see lots of wild animals where you live? Even though I live in a big city, just across the street from my house there is a wooded area where many animals live. Early in the morning I might see a doe and fawn in...
Are You Listening to a Broken God-finder Device? (for children)
Does your mom or dad have a GPS device they use when they drive? It’s usually a small flat box, about the size of a deck of cards. People can type in the address and a map to that place shows in the TV-like display on...
Bad Days in God’s Good Plan (for children)
An Encouraging Story for Christian Children from Acts Chapter 16 Do you ever feel like complaining? Some children complain about doing chores, or about having to get up in the morning, or when their brother or sister gets a special privilege or treat that they don’t...
Close-Your-Eyes-and-Fall-Backwards Faith (for children)
Do you like storms? Some children find the cracks of thunder, flashes of lightning and howling winds frightening. Other children think storms are exciting, if they can watch them out the window of a sturdy house, snuggled up with mom or dad. But what if you...
Ezekiel and the Dry Bones (for children)
I think I might like to have a pet chicken. If I dig a hole and bury a chicken bone from last night’s dinner, do you think I could grow a chicken? What if I put the bone in a cage with some chicken feed? If...
