Category True Stories

How is it that God uses disappointment to teach us so much more than we could learn through success? I’ve been wondering this ever since the end of Nationals, and the answer is truly comforting. He is all-wise and all-good.…

It was a beautiful, cool night in November, just a few days before we were to leave to go to San Antonio for the 2015 National Bible Bee, for my sister, Lilly, age nine, and I, age fourteen, had qualified…

If you watched NBBC in 2019, you may or may not remember a petite, shy girl with brown hair and glasses competing in the Junior division Finals. That girl was me. But there’s a story you may not have heard.…

Finals had ended, as had the Award Ceremony. Many former contestants and audience members were playing on the playground near the Ark, “glice skating” on the rink, and a few were touring the Ark, as my fellow Local group members…

Semi-Finals (Fri. 11/18) The training ended at about ten o’clock at night, and I didn’t get much sleep (again!).  We were almost late for the Presentation; my Primary siblings had to run to catch their group, which was about to go on…

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.…

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…