Alone Lying, thinkingLast nightHow to find my soul a homeWhere water is not thirstyAnd bread loaf is not stoneI came up with one thingAnd I don’t believe I’m wrongThat nobody,But nobodyCan make it out here alone. Alone, all aloneNobody, but nobodyCan make it out here alone. There are some millionairesWith money they can’t useTheir wives… Read More Alone (Maya Angelou)
“We Three Kings”, is a Christmas carol whose lyrics and music were written by John Henry Hopkins, Jr. in 1857. (Here you can find lyrics and video)At the time Hopkins was an ordained deacon in the Episcopal Church, and while serving as music director of the General Theological Seminary in New York City he composed… Read More “We Three Kings” (2. Commentary)
We Shall Overcome lyrically descended from a hymn by Rev Tindley called “I’ll Overcome Some Day”, which was first published in 1900. Rev. Dr. Charles Albert Tindley (1851 –1933), the son of a slave, was an American Methodist minister and author of approximately 50 gospel hymns, known as “The Prince of Preachers“. He was a… Read More 🎶 We Shall Overcome 🎶 (2. Origins)
This land is your land, this land is my land From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me. As I was walking that ribbon of highway, I saw above me that endless skyway: I saw below me… Read More “This Land Is Your Land” (1)
According to the Synoptic Gospels, John the Baptist was beheaded on this day in the fortress of Machaerus under the hand of Herod Antipater. John was in prison because he had disapproved of Herod’s decision to divorce his wife and wed Herodias, his brother’s wife . One day, while John was there, Herod… Read More 29 August: Beheading of St. John the Baptist
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