Published 11/29/19 101 Five-Minute Meal Time Devotions: Fun and Creative Ways to Teach your Kids Spiritual Values By Greg Johnson What If... There are a lot of things that make you happy. Some of these last for a short while, others for a longer period of time. In all honesty, say which things would make you the most happy: • Getting a new bike or taking a trip to the beach with the family for a whole week. • Becoming best friends with the most popular person i

Published 11/28/19 101 Five-Minute Meal Time Devotions: Fun and Creative Ways to Teach your Kids Spiritual Values By Greg Johnson What If... “Your dad and I are going shopping for a few hours,” Mom tells you. “You and your big sister have a good afternoon. Oh, and don’t forget to do your chores.” A few hours with just my sis and me on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, you think. Hmmm, what can we do? I’m going into the family room to watch TV,” your sister announces

Published 11/27/19 101 Five-Minute Meal Time Devotions: Fun and Creative Ways to Teach your Kids Spiritual Values By Greg Johnson What If... One thing you’ve noticed is all girls are different. Not just in looks, but also in what they think. Some of your girlfriends are still having a good time playing with their Barbies, while others are talking about the guys they want to “go with.” A few are “going with” guys and brag about the guys they’ve kissed! Like Brenda.

Published 11/26/19 101 Five-Minute Meal Time Devotions: Fun and Creative Ways to Teach your Kids Spiritual Values By Greg Johnson What If... As a father you’ve always been motivated to provide for your family. You work hard and have given us a good measure of security. No, not everything can be planned for–life on earth doesn’t hold many guarantees–but you do your best. That’s why when you notice a newspaper ad talking about an insurance plan that is also a college

Published 11/25/19 101 Five-Minute Meal Time Devotions: Fun and Creative Ways to Teach your Kids Spiritual Values By Greg Johnson What If... It’s Saturday night and Mom and Dad are out on a date. That’s right, we’ve hired a sitter and left you and your little sister home. We don’t do this very often, but when we do, we always seem to look forward to it. The sitter says she wants to take your little sister across the street to the playground for a while and asks if yo

Published 11/24/19 101 Five-Minute Meal Time Devotions: Fun and Creative Ways to Teach your Kids Spiritual Values By Greg Johnson What If... You’ve lived next door to Amy ever since you can remember. You went through kindergarten and most of grade school together. But in fourth grade, Amy’s parents got a divorce. Her dad moved out one day and now Amy only sees him about once a month. Amy’s mom tried hard to keep family life normal, including going back to work to ke

Published 11/23/19 101 Five-Minute Meal Time Devotions: Fun and Creative Ways to Teach your Kids Spiritual Values By Greg Johnson What If... It’s Monday morning and you’re heading to your classroom—as usual. As you get closer, you see a couple of your friends, so you run to find out what they did over the weekend. Walking into class, you notice that things aren’t quite right. The sentence on the blackboard that you usually have to correct isn’t there. There’s also no

Published 11/22/19 101 Five-Minute Meal Time Devotions: Fun and Creative Ways to Teach your Kids Spiritual Values By Greg Johnson What If... Our family is a week or so away from going on a campout together and you are really looking forward to it. Dad borrows a propane stove, some cots and other gear, but he does something really cool: he buys this huge six-person tent! When he brings it home and takes it out of the box, he suggests we all try to put it up in the si

Published 11/21/19 101 Five-Minute Meal Time Devotions: Fun and Creative Ways to Teach your Kids Spiritual Values By Greg Johnson What If... One of us kids is a handful. Since you’re such a great parent, the kid isn’t bad or anything, just... preoccupied. His mind is always on a different planet. Whenever it’s time to clean his room, he goes in and finds other things to do instead. It doesn’t matter what—pencil games, reading a book, building forts or just looking arou