History of the Song Amazing Grace The song Amazing Grace was written in the 1700s, but it gained new meaning for me and many others when President Barack Obama sang it again at the funeral of the girls were brutally killed in Selma, Alabama. And then again, when Joan Baez sang a tribute to that…
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Jimmy Carter’s Life Celebrated – Imagine the Day When Another President Will Serve with Honor and Grace
Yesterday, I watched Jimmy Carter’s funeral service, and I wept throughout it. But when Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood sang “Imagine,” the floodgates opened. “You may think that I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one…” I’m not certain why I cried throughout the service for Jimmy Carter, but I think that I wept…
Precious Memories, How They Linger – An Older Joan Baez Remembered When the President Sang Amazing Grace
I’m trying to move on from my disappointment about the 2024 election [primarily with the people who elected him]. To help with that effort, I turned off the news channels. Being hooked on the drama of what is happening in our nation’s politics is a drug that was killing me. For years, I had allowed…