I had been teaching a church group of four middle-schoolers. We were reading through “The Orange Book,” also known as Children, Can You Hear Me? By Brad Jersak. It’s a children’s picture book that I…
Stories to meet Jesus in the mind and heart
So all of this leads us to an important question: what is the next step if I’ve convinced you? What should I tell you if you are thinking, “OK, I believe you that the God…
If you could be any Bible character, who would you want to be? Daniel in the lion’s den? David felling Goliath? Adam in the garden? Moses at the burning bush? Abraham counting the stars? Did…
When I was little, my Mommy read me Bible stories over our breakfast milk-and-cereal from a brown children’s book. The one that captured my imagination the most was the story taken from Exodus 33 where…
What would you do if Jesus physically came to visit you for a day? Would you be filled with joy? Would you be so excited to turn the door knob and open your door and…
“Mommy, where is God?” I recently heard that my two-year-old nephew, who wasn’t speaking in complete sentences last time I saw him, has started not only asking questions but asking this question. I remember when…
When I worked a summer at the hot dog stand in the Farmer’s Market, there was only one Christian song that came on the secular radio station we listened to all day, I can only…
Lord, does the Bible really teach that You want to ‘talk’ to me, personally, in my heart? And does it teach that You want to do this all the time? Some years ago, I came…
Lord Jesus, what do You want to say to me about the way You love Yourself and the way You want me to love myself? My dear sweet darling child, I know you are hurting…
Lord Jesus, what do You want to say to me about the way You love Yourself and the way You want me to love myself? My darling, there is no shame in pain and disappointment.…