Honeycomb Adventures Press, LLC, takes Bible literacy very seriously. Sadly, many parents don’t know the Bible well enough to teach it to their children. For many, all they know is what they learned from Bible storybooks as children, and these typically only skimmed a few key points of the story to hold the attention of the youngest children. For this reason, even though the stories are told simply in child-friendly language, HAP books are written for the parents as
I love to hear a Bobwhite Quail in the evening, but it has been years since I have heard them. So I recently purchased some Bobwhite Quail eggs and put them in our incubator. I’ll say early on that quail are not easy to raise – the hatch rate is low and so is the survival rate. This batch of quail has been no exception.
If a dog is called man’s best friend, then perhaps it follows that a puppy could become a child’s best friend. But not all puppies are alike, and even more so, the dogs they grow up to be. Finding a good match between child and puppy (dog) is worth taking the time to learn everything you can about different temperaments and physical attributes of the dog breeds that interest you. Even if you decide on a mixed breed, it would be well to
Why should I bother teaching my children about creation? If I do, won’t I risk subjecting them to ridicule by their teachers and peers? Sadly, too many Christian parents use this rational to bypass teaching this very important lesson to their children. But what else is as stake when we pass over the first passage in the Bible? First, we reduce the credibility of the Scriptures in your children’s eyes. When the very first passages are discarded, we
Salty potato chips, salty popcorn, and salty pretzels… Apart from the salt, what do they all have in common? Did you think of getting thirsty when you eat them? Enjoy eating a large bag of one of these salty foods, then ask your children if they are thirsty. Read Matthew 5:13-16 with them. God wants us, as Christians, to be salty so that others will thirst for God as they see our behavior. Sometimes salt is used for healing. Have you or
