History, Real Life, and Faith
Historical fiction can be an excellent gateway to genealogy. “They” say if you want to know political history, you should read history books. But if you want to understand the manners, mores, and life of past generations, historical fiction provides insight. It can help genealogists put their ancestors’ lives into historical context, making their choices far more understandable. (And if…
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I too often forget the Saints gone before. And yet, they are part of that “great cloud of witnesses,” I’ll meet someday. That thought struck me several years ago while standing before an exhibit case at London’s British Museum. Behind the glass sat a humble chalice made of pottery from the third century, found somewhere in Britain. (I’m sorry, I…
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Who knew Mrs. Oswald Chambers works as a textbook? In fall 2019, a Lexington, Kentucky women’s Bible study used the biography to help study My Utmost for His Highest. I asked the facilitator, the recently retired missionary and church historian Dr. Eric Frugé, to describe the experience. When one of his colleagues recommended him to the leaders of the Monday…
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Here’s my best of 2019 list, just in time for 2020. These are my personal favorite books, music, events, trips, Bible verses, and so forth. Yours probably will be, and should be, different. Favorite Books You can read my reviews of all 150 books I read during 2019 on my Goodreads page. The books range from novels written by friends…
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How do you spend Christmas Eve? (Why are you reading this post?) We spend it centered on preparing food, eating food and music. Preparing the Ule Log When I married into the Ule family, I suggested we serve a Yule log for dessert. My husband’s family claimed to have never heard of a Bûche de Noël called a Yule log,…
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Christmas vacation, particularly with kids in college, can be a good time to travel. It was the one time in the year we could guarantee they’d be home and able to go. It can be convenient if you have children in school (we had both), when you can block out two full weeks to travel. I’m not talking about going…
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