Tag: family history

How Exploring Family History Can Enrich and Refine Your Perspective

Commentary This spring, I found a card sent to me as a child from my paternal grandmother. In addition to her usual expressions of love and advice, my grandmother suggested that one of my ancestors came across the ocean on the Mayflower. Forgetting she had made such a statement years ago, and wanting to personally…


Exploring Your Family’s History Can Enrich and Refine Your Worldview

Commentary This spring, I found a card sent to me as a child from my paternal grandmother. In addition to her usual expressions of love and advice, my grandmother suggested that one of my ancestors came across the ocean on the Mayflower. Forgetting she had made such a statement years ago, and wanting to personally…


Dear Next Generation: Photo Albums Breathe Life Into Family History

I love taking pictures, to the point where my children and grandchildren groan when it’s time to take one. Some family members are very cooperative, others, not so much. I am known as the family historian because that is what I do: I preserve the important people and occasions in our lives. These days, it’s…


Recipe by Cherished Recipe, This Food Photographer and Podcaster Tells the Stories of People From Around the World

Food, according to Becky Hadeed, is nothing short of a daily miracle. The photographer and creator of “The Storied Recipe” podcast has long been fascinated by humanity’s relationship with it. “Food really speaks of God’s intimate love for us,” she said. “You go and you get this thing out of the ground, and it’s just…