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Dance Your Heart Out

Dance is almost synonymous with Hawaii. Hula is, to many people, the symbol of our islands… so why not learn to dance? Our friends at Aloha Dance Studio have been teaching hula & more for many years. They are particularly adept at working with youth. And, of course, it’s not just hula. They also offer […]

Crossroads Trip to Ho’opi Falls July 25

Want to have a blast at Ho’opi Falls? Join the Crossroads youth group on July 25. Meet at the church at 10am & bring a lunch for a fun time. Want to know more about Ho’opi Falls? It’s actually two waterfalls, although only one officially carries that name The hike is 2.2 miles, so wear […]

Things for Young People to Do on Kauai

We realize that many of our readers are visitors to Kauai, so we thought we’d bring you these suggestions about fun things for young people to do here. And hey, even you’re kama’aina you may want to check them out. Sometimes we forget to appreciate the wonderful place where we live. This is a useful […]

What Did Jesus Eat?

History is a fascinating subject; not just the wars & revolutions, but also how the everyday (& in this case very special) people lived their lives. We recently wondered, what did Jesus eat? We’re fairly lucky in that we have extensive records from the times of the Romans & guidelines such as the prohibitions in […]

Christianity & Disability

Sometimes an article on the web moves us in such a way that all we can really think to do is present it for your contemplation. Such is Sharifa Stevens’ essay on Christianity & disability. If you wish to go to the original link, just click here, but in this case we thought we would […]

More from Amos Yong

Yesterday we told you about Amos Yong’s book The Bible, Disability, and the Church: A New Vision of the People of God. We thought that you might also like another of his books on the subject of Christianity & the disabled, so today we are mentioning an earlier work & one more focused on Down […]

The Bible, Disability, and the Church

Our experience with the wonderful Able Ministries caused to to delve deeper into how we, as Christians, can help the disabled in our communities to come closer to God. In our personal research, we can across this fascinating book: The Bible, Disability, and the Church: A New Vision of the People of God. The author, Amos […]

More on Able Ministries

Yesterday we told you a bit about our friends at Able Ministries. Today we wanted to share more photos with you & also this lovely letter we received from Amanda of Able. Hi Lyn- A huge big thank you for promoting ABLE!  We are so grateful for all that you have done for ABLE as […]

Able Ministries

We enjoyed hosting the folks from Able Ministries this summer. They do marvelous work with the Kauai disabled community. More about Able: Able is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to the disabled community of Kaua’i and is overseen by Lihue Missionary Church. Able offers consistent monthly social events, a quarterly support group for parents of children with special […]