Makanalani Blog

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 […]

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

A little while ago we did a series of posts about women in the Bible. There are a surprising number of powerful & important women in scriptures — well, perhaps not really that surprising, since women are so important, but we just don’t hear that much about them for some reason. But what about mothers?

Crossroads Christian Fellowship’s Ohana Camp is just around the corner. Ohana means family, & this camp is for everyone, singles, couples &, of course, whole families. It’s a great opportunity to get away from it all in a supportive & worshipful atmosphere — plus it’s just darned good fun. The camp is at the beautiful

Of course we all love our mothers. And love of your mother is just one of the many many lessons of Jesus as well. On Kauai there is a tradition that we think could do well to be expanded — instead of getting mom cut flowers that die, why not a living plant that can

We love our library at Princeville. They have so many great events for all ages, but especially for kids. One of those that’s especially exciting is Free Comic Book Day. If you have a Hawaii public library card you get a free comic book of your choice (while supplies last, of course). We think that

The first question you may have is what is Koinobori? As you may know, Kauai is wonderfully multicultural & the Japanese culture is very prominent in the islands. Koinobori means “carp streamer” in Japanese. They are those beautiful koi carp shaped kits you sometimes see at Japanese events. For Koinobori, they are flown to celebrate Children’s Day, a

A short post today, but worth mentioning, especially for everyone who loves Hawaii like we do. The US Postal Service is issues a new stamp & it features Haleakala State Park on Maui. Mostly, we just think this is a very beautiful image — the volcano with God’s rainbow draped across it is stunning. The

Now that taxes are over, paid, done for a year, we wanted to consider the other half of the verses we posted yesterday from Matthew 22 — Render Unto God What is God’s. We were looking on the internet for more about this subject & came across the sermon by S. Baring-Gould about farm work…

Well, it only comes once a year… We hope that your taxes are done & that you received a whopping refund… at least charitable giving is tax deductible, & for this we are grateful. Of course taxes, like death, will always be with us. Even Jesus spoke of taxes & the need to render to