Finding your family history in historical fiction!
Historical Fiction and Genealogy
Finding your family history in historical fiction!
History, Real Life, and Faith
Finding your family history in historical fiction!
in Faith· God's love· Historical Research· Prayer· Spiritual issues
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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How a pastor used the biography Mrs. Oswald Chambers as a textbook to study My Utmost for His Highest.
in Books· Oriental Missionary Society· Oswald Chambers
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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in Family Life
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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in Family Life· Traveler's Tales
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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