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Nurture Lifelong Faith With Historically Honest Bible Stories
Look again at the too-familiar stories of the Bible. Help your kids see Scripture and the heart of God more clearly.
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The Forgotten Nativity:
A Historically Honest Christmas Story
Protect Your Child’s Faith
Is your child's understanding of God built on fiction?
•Inaccurate Bible stories can create doubt as kids grow up.
•Many fictionalized accounts of Bible stories cause cultural misunderstandings.
•Children may see the Bible just like fairy tales: make believe stories.
•Lack of connection with the Bible leads to disengagement now and/or in the future.
•Inaccuracies can make it that much harder for kids to see God clearly and connect with Him.
Your Child Deserves Stories That Inspire Confidence in God
Honest Imagination books give your kids:
•Historically authentic narratives rooted in scripture.
•Engaging sensory experiences to capture young hearts.
•Cross-cultural perspective enhances understanding and empathy.
•Guidance by expert biblical scholars for accuracy.
3 Easy Steps to Build Your Child’s Faith
It only takes a few minutes to start a cross-cultural journey into the Bible.
Honest Imagination helps
your kids see God more clearly,
so you can nurture
faith filled hearts.
Will my child grow up and leave their faith behind?
This question is so important to you as a Christian parent.
You've heard the studies and surveys about kids growing up in Christian families, only to want nothing to do with God when they grow up. Maybe you've seen or experienced a painful example of this already.
How do we give our kids a strong foundation for a lifelong faith that won't be easily shaken?
Fairy-tale-like treatments of the Bible don't help. When children later discover that details they were taught as “the Bible” aren't actually in Scripture or don't fit what we know about the biblical world, it can create confusion and undermine trust.
We can give our kids something better: honesty.
Honesty about the Bible and about God. We can let them experience God as trustworthy. We can wrestle with big questions alongside them, wonder together about the amazing things of God, and make room for the things we don't yet understand. We can connect with God alongside them rather than simply giving them all the answers.
That's why I created Honest Imagination.
I bring biblical stories to life with historical honesty. Honest Imagination books invite children to see, hear, smell, feel, wonder, and imagine their way through the Bible. Through biblical scholarship, historical research, and immersive storytelling, Scripture becomes something they can experience.
Help your kids see God more clearly, encounter Scripture more deeply, and nurture a faith that can grow with them for a lifetime.
About Julie Remington
I’m the founder of Honest Imagination and the author of The Forgotten Nativity: A Historically Honest Christmas Story.
I studied linguistics and spent years living overseas with a Bible translation organization.
Learning another language and culture reshaped the way I approached the Bible and sparked a deep curiosity about the everyday world behind the biblical text—how people lived, spoke, built their homes, and experienced the events unfolding around them.
I also bring the perspective of a neurodivergent mother who tends to notice small details others might overlook.
Those details open unexpected windows into the story of Scripture.
I began writing The Forgotten Nativity after being unable to find a picture book I could read to my daughter that took both the biblical text and its historical setting seriously.
Approaching Scripture with Honest Imagination brings me deep joy, because again and again I discover that God is more beautiful than I had ever known.
My hope is that The Forgotten Nativity will nurture honest imagination in your family and lead to deeper connection with God.
Frequently asked questions
Honest Imagination is the practice of looking closely at what Scripture actually says, learning what we can about its historical and cultural world, and using our imagination to enter the story. Where Scripture speaks, we listen closely. Where history gives us context, we learn. Where questions remain, we keep wondering.
Some surprising details in the Nativity story: the manger is in a house, a midwife at the birth, young shepherds, wedding celebrations, travel caravans, and other aspects of everyday life in the first-century world. Explore answers here.
Coming soon! The Forgotten Nativity Advent Guide will provide a way for families explore these details together. Alongside Scripture readings and Scripture Imagination Prayer and reflection, the guide will include short explanations about the historical and cultural background that shaped the illustrations and storytelling in The Forgotten Nativity. The Advent guide will also offer simple experiential activities for families to explore the culture Jesus lived in.
In the biblical accounts of Jesus’ birth, the angel Gabriel announces key moments in the story, including the message to Mary. In The Forgotten Nativity, using Gabriel as a narrator allows the story to unfold in a clear and connected way while staying anchored to the biblical events themselves. While the dialogue and narration are imaginatively portrayed, the events of the story remain rooted in Scripture.
The Forgotten Nativity is designed to be enjoyed together as a family. The beautiful illustrations invite children and adults to explore the story together, asking questions and imagining the details of the Nativity scene. Parents and educators can use the book to spark conversations and help children develop a deeper understanding of the Christmas story through the lens of Scripture and history.
Jesus really walked on this earth. Instead of handing kids a fairy-tale-like treatment of Scripture, we can show them Jesus lived a real life among real people. When children begin to imagine that world, the biblical story often becomes more vivid and meaningful. This kind of honest imagination can lead to a clearer understanding of who God is and a deeper connection with Him.