We often focus on Jesus’ death and resurrection and are grateful for His tremendous sacrifice to save us from our sins. And we should be...

While some Metcalf family members have tried to take the family tree back to the Norman Conquest in 1066, I will begin this story with...

In America, we have no idea what it was like to have lived through the Nazi occupation of Norway. I know many would like to forget that...

One of the most important revelations for me was forgiving others. We all want God to forgive us, but are we equally driven to forgive...

One thing that the Lord had to put me through was dealing with rejection. As I mentioned in a previous article, I had been trained to...

My cousin, Inge Johansen, alerted me on Facebook that this year marks the 1000th anniversary of the Mosterhamn church’s role in...

One question that has come up when we talk about taking on Christ’s nature through transference is: What can we do to promote this...

Upon discovering the presence of Drakes in Dawn’s family tree, my mind immediately turned to the renowned Sir Francis Drake, the English...

In the last article, I talked about a broken spirit. It is not enough for our walls to come down to the Lord. There is still rubble left...

In a previous article, I discussed repentance and what it means to turn around. Let’s look at King David, for he knew how to repent....

Wow! It has been a couple of years since I provided the last trivia quiz. It is one test that no one should feel bad about flunking for...

I thought I would write the story of two churches in which my Huseby family worshipped during the late 1800s and early 1900s. While this...

This is a continuation of the Burdick story which I told last month. The Westerly, Rhode Island, ancestors are so intertwined with each...

According to Burdick family historians, Burdick may have initially been Burditt. Over the centuries, surname spelling was not exact, with...

In the last article, I discussed the importance of Christ transferring His nature to us. When the Pharisees accused Him of not obeying...

In the last articles, I talked about repentance and how my concept changed radically from beating myself up to accepting His grace, love,...

In the last discussion, I talked about repentance. There are two purposes for repentance. I discussed that repentance is simply turning...

When I looked at the DNA origins section on Ancestry.com, I found a history of life in southern Norway, where my paternal Nelson-Jensen...

England has 48 counties, also known as shires. Originally, England was run by various tribes whose boundaries were always in flux. When...