I grew up seeing and hearing my mother and grandmother reading the Bible each night, often with several of my siblings gathered around their feet with me. I can still feel the love and warmth of their voices caressing me as they spoke tenderly about God's love and care for us. From the first week of my life I was taken to church where I heard the family of God singing songs like, "Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so." Then our pastor...