Stories to meet Jesus in the mind and heart
This started when I was reading the book Shaped for Prayer Enjoyment, by Dave MacMillan. He provides exercises in writing prayers of “admiration” to God based on different scriptural starting thoughts. One of the exercises…
My friends wondered if it was awkward for me, having my Dad sitting beside me in that class. But it wasn’t, really. I didn’t mind. I was in the middle of a life-changing three-week course…
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…
I have written many allegorical stories featuring the characters “Daddy” and “Baby” as part of processing and experiencing my relationship with the Lord. This is one of them. Daddy was sewing badges onto Baby’s shirts.…
There once was a Father who was writing a novel. When he was halfway through the first draft, he showed it to his Son. “Here,” he said, “Come read this story I am writing about…
Once upon a time there was a man named Joseph. He wasn’t a Bible character, although he was named after one. He was an extremely ordinary guy and his life felt very small. He was…
Chapter 1 Once upon a time there were three little pigs, and they went out into the world and built houses for themselves. The youngest little pig built herself a house out of straw. Then…
You can play with my toys, even though you’re a girl, as long as you follow the rules that I have made for my toys. We can make countries of different toys on the floor…
“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” (Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4) Once upon a time there was a magic father. Whenever…
Once upon a time there was an evil snake which had had the unpleasant experience of its very best, most pleasant good memories turning into its very worst, most painful bad memories. What it thought…