Tag: genealogy
Do I Dare Join the Woman in the Boat?
“Woman Reading in a Boat” by Arthur Becher, ca. 1910. I just awoke from a dream, or series of dreamlike images, in which I stood on my familiar shore…
BillionGraves: A Remarkable Tool for Finding Graves of Your Ancestors
With the need to return to Utah for a while, my wife and I decided to drive instead of our normal routine of flying. This gave us a chance to…
How FamilySearch.org Strengthened Ties with My Mother
I’d like to thank FamilySearch.org for one of the most enjoyable times I’ve spent with my mother. While I was in Salt Lake recently, one of my priorities was to…
“Our Genealogy Work Is Done”: A Faulty Attitude
Today one of our local genealogy enthusiasts pointed out some problems in thinking that one’s genealogy work is done. Many LDS people with LDS ancestors think that the genealogy work…
The Savior of the World, the Entire World: Grace Effective to Save All Men
Some critics have argued that the Latter-day Saint concept of moral agency (a.k.a. free agency) would make God no longer sovereign if we were really free to choose and follow…
