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A Lost Lamb

Following the ShepherdDown the long road home,I start to stray away,And I begin to roam. Gleefully I wanderThrough hills of grassy green,Forgetting about the Shepherd,And His love for me. I start to look aroundAs night begins to fall,I don’t know…

Recollections from Nationals 2016 (Part I)

Originally published on Unabridged. The National Bible Bee Competition (www.biblebee.org) this year took place in San Antonio, Texas, November 16-20. My sister and I were competing in the Junior division and my two younger siblings in the Primary division.…

Bible Bee Studying Tools I

Study Notes RoamResearch – RoamResearch is a note-taking app that generates a visual graph from your notes, showing each note as a node with connections to notes it links to. It’s a quick and easy way to visualize your studying,…

Trusting God in Disappointment

Grief and Disappointment You know you’re in the Bible Bee when your heart was in a million pieces sometime on July 3, 2020. I’m sure you’ve all heard the news by now. Bible Bee Nationals cannot be the same as…

“Literal” Families – a funny quiz

Just for fun; based on “literal” interpretations of the text of Genesis. 1. Who are Joseph’s 4 sons? 2. Who are Jacob’s 2 fathers? 3. Based on the above information and other verses in Genesis 37-50, who were Manasseh’s 14…

Fun With Name Tags

a story from Nationals 2018 The morning of semi-finals, after I had breakfast and reviewed my verses, my family boarded our car. I double-checked that I had everything in my bag – my verses to review on the way, my…

Bible Mystery Bits

I took a person by the beard, pretending to kiss him, and struck him in the stomach.  His entrails poured out on the ground.  Who am I?  (Bonus:  Who did I kill?) I lay on my side for 390 days,…

Matthew the Tax Collector

Scurrying to and about, Running to and fro, Lost in all these doubts, Is this to be what I sow. I’ve heard about this Jesus, But look at who I am. There’s them, and then there’s us, A gulf too…

A Doxology

Praise the LORD! The LORD is mighty! He is Jehovah, the God of our salvation. His clothes are thunder, His shoes are power, He rides on the wind of His fury. The LORD is loving and gentle, The LORD cares…