Janice D. Green retired as an elementary librarian to write children's books. She is author and publisher of The Creation and The First Christmas, Bible storybooks for children. Her passion is to write about the Bible in a way that encourages people to want to read it for themselves. www.honeycombadventures.com www.janicedgreen.com.
The Pharisees were the religious in-crowd of Jesus’ day. They were the authority figures in the synagogues. Their teachings had been handed down from the time of Moses, but the Pharisees had added knit-picky rules and adapted them to suit themselves over … Continue reading →
Mothers were bringing their children and babies to Jesus hoping he might touch them, but the Disciples were annoyed. In their minds Jesus had more important things to do than to be bothered with children. But Jesus’ response surprised them. … Continue reading →
What is Ash Wednesday? I grew up in the church and had often heard about the 40 days of Lent in which Christians would give up something for Lent, but I had never heard of Ash Wednesday until my last … Continue reading →
The question I dread being asked the most every year has always been, “What did you get for Christmas?” As a child I was always embarrassed because my friends would rattle off a long list of things they got and … Continue reading →
The rushing and hubbub of Christmas is behind us and we are left with a major clean-up job. For most of the world, Christmas is over until next year. But on the Christian calendar, Christmas isn’t over for another twelve days … Continue reading →