Category: FAMILY
Should We Quack Like Ducks in Church? (for children)
Have you ever thought about why we do the things we do when we go to church? What if the next time you went to church, the song leader asked everyone to quack like ducks instead of singing worship songs? Would God be pleased if your...
Patrick the Missionary (for children)
Do you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day? Where I live, there are parades and parties on March 17th in order to honor St. Patrick, who was a famous missionary to Ireland. Many people think that wearing green on that day is lucky. They think about luck a...
Obedience is Better than Cupcakes! (for children)
Katie and Luke ran inside their house, calling for Mother. They had been playing outside with friends, and came home because they were very hungry. They expected to find Mother in the kitchen preparing lunch, but she wasn’t there. Instead of finding Mother, Katie and Luke...
Jesus Was Tempted Too (for children)
Just after Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist, the Holy Spirit led him to a place to be alone, to be tempted by the Devil. The Bible calls the place “the wilderness” because it was a wild place where no one...
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...
