More Mothers in the Bible

In the past couple of weeks we have told you stories on mothers & their role in the bible. Today we’re going to go back in time a bit from one of our previous posts about Rebekah to Moses’ mother, Jochebed. Her name means “Yahweh is glory” or “Jehovah is our glory”, & what a […]

Happy Mother’s Day!

We here at Makanalani want to wish all mothers everywhere the happiest of days today. It is you who are the foundation of everything good that people can do in this world & we believe that all mothers are blessed by the Lord. The love of mothers is truly a blessing from God. We’ve been, […]

Gifts for Mother

Nothing says love like a home made gift, so we looked around the web to find some inspiration. Below are some of our favorites from the pages we found. We hope you enjoy them & can use them to make that special one of a kind gift for your mother, or grandmother, wife or daughter. […]

Upcoming Events

We’ve posted about some of these events earlier, but we know how things can get lost with busy schedules, so on this May Day a few reminders of exciting things happening on Kauai. May 5 is the traditional Japanese Children’s Day & Kauai is celebrating with Koinobori! Saturday, May 7 is the Princeville Library Free Comic […]

What the New Testament Says About Children

Yesterday we gave you some Bible verses from the Old Testament about children. Today we wanted to explore the subject further in honor of Children’s Day on May 5th, but with passages from the New Testament. In 2 Timothy 3:14-15 we are told of the joy of learning early about the Salvation from Jesus: 14 […]

Children in the Bible

We’ve been talking about mothers of the Bible recently, anticipating Mother’s Day, but did you know that it’s traditional in Japan to have a Children’s Day as well? We think this is an excellent idea. On Kauai, May 5, Children’s Day is celebrated with Koinobori, those beautiful Japanese koi carp flags. Since we do think […]

Jesus on Farming

It’s Spring on the farm & we’re working hard, but never to hard to contemplate the words of the Bible. Recently we decided to investigate what Jesus himself said about farmers & farming. We found these verses to be particularly relevant to our profession & we thought they may speak to you too, whether you […]

Legos at McBryde Garden

Kauai is luck to have the first Hawaii exhibition of the amazing work of Sean Kenney. It runs from May 6 to July 10, so there’s plenty of time. Of course Mother’s Day would be a perfect time to visit, or Father’s Day, or really any day is splendid for getting out in nature & viewing […]

Rebekah

Mothers of twins have a special joy & a special burden. So it was for Rebekah, wife of Issac who we talked about in yesterday’s post. Of course, in any family, it’s hard to not play favorites, & Rebekah was no exception there. Isaac loved Esau, while Rebehak preferred his brother, Jacob. And what do […]

Sarah, Mother of Issac

Yesterday we talked about Eve, the first mother, but what about other mothers in the Bible? Well, Mary of course, but there are many others to be remembered. Sarah was married to Abraham, but for many years she was not able to conceive. She even grew so desperate that she allowed her handmaiden Hagar to […]