by Brandy Heineman | Jan 15, 2013 | Blog, Family History
If you love genealogy, you might spend a fair amount of time baffled at your less-interested relatives. Aren’t they curious about their roots, their heritage? Don’t they care where they came from? Isn’t it fascinating to find out details about their...
by Brandy Heineman | Jan 3, 2013 | Blog, Everything Else
Today we have a huge treat! Author Gina Conroy is giving us an exclusive peek at some of the research she did for her newly released mystery, Digging Up Death, AND is giving away an ebook copy of the novel to one commenter! Take it away, Gina! When Research Becomes a...
by Brandy Heineman | Dec 20, 2012 | Blog, Family History
The creepiest moment I ever spent in a graveyard happened at the Maplehurst Cemetery in Hinsdale NY. This story comes with a content warning. Sensitive readers, once you know, you can’t ever unknow. Sent to Eternity My great-great-great grandmother had a brother...
by Brandy Heineman | Nov 27, 2012 | Blog, Reading
Nothing makes the best of a long car trip or a boring hour on the treadmill like listening to an audio book. (We’ll save the question of whether it’s healthy to fill every moment with entertainment, never experiencing the solitude of one’s own mind,...
by Brandy Heineman | Nov 6, 2012 | Blog, Jesus
A calling is an individualized thing. If you think you might have a calling on your life (and if you’re a Jesus-follower, you definitely do!), the first and best thing to do is to pray and ask the Lord for guidance on how He wants you to pursue it. Being called...
by Brandy Heineman | Apr 9, 2011 | Blog, Jesus
I have this box of letters. They range, with varying frequency, from 1966 to 1982. I’ve been meaning to scan and transcribe them for a couple of years, and haven’t. Every so often I look at the box and think, “I need to do that.” And I want to....
