Topic: Kids

I grew up as a pastor’s kid. My father moved from British Columbia, Canada to Fresno to start his third church. He had a passion for starting churches. For our…

God chose to wait 430 years to deliver the Israelites out of Egypt. Could He have delivered them on the first day? Yes. But He chose not to. So where…

Why does God allow suffering? Where is He in the midst of difficulty? The Israelites wondered the same things as they encountered the slavery and genocide. The book of Exodus…

The way you live your life authenticates your faith. How are you getting involved with what God is doing in our city? Becoming a literacy mentor to help kids learn…

For most Well families the ability to read is something we take for granted. Books were aplenty in our homes and still are. Imagine living in a home that doesn’t…

Adoption is funny. It’s one of those things you won’t fully understand until it’s happens, like marriage, being a parent, being a certain profession, or [fill in the blank]. Here…

Some Well kids share their version of the Christmas story.

It happened over four years ago, but I remember the day like it was yesterday. I was at my parents’ house enjoying a leisurely Friday afternoon when my phone rang.…

Several weeks ago, I walked into a first grade classroom, excited about getting to know 26 enthusiastic kids and anxious to help them with reading. It didn’t take long for…

Now that we have a new life in Christ that is continually being renewed by Him, what does it look like to live that life, and how does it influence…

What do you see when you look at people? When you look at neighborhoods? When you look at statistics about poverty or crime rates or people’s education levels? I don’t…

My first experience with someone using the term "life verse" was about nine years ago at our church in Tracy. I was standing in the lobby after a Sunday service…