Pockets: Connecting Kids and God the Other Six Days

Designed for 8- to 12-year-olds, Pockets magazine offers wholesome devotional readings that teach about God’s love and presence in life. The content includes fiction, scripture stories, puzzles and games, poems, recipes, colorful pictures, activities, and scripture readings. Freelance submissions of stories, poems, recipes, puzzles and games, and activities are welcome. The magazine is published monthly (except in February).

 
The Golden Rule Date Due: 3/1/12
“Do to others as you would have them do to you,” is so basic and familiar that we sometimes overlook how difficult it can be to follow. Often it’s hard enough to consistently treat those we love with the kindness and compassion we’d like to receive. How much more difficult is it to extend that kindness and compassion to a crabby neighbor or a rude clerk? A bully or someone who has spread a nasty rumor about us? This issue wants to help children see how the Golden Rule applies to their everyday lives and invites us to think about what the world would be like if every single person followed that rule.