I’m nervous around water. Not the water-in-the-sink kind of water, but the it’s-over-my-head-and-I-can’t-swim kind of water. Water makes a lot of people nervous. Storms make a lot of people nervous. Storms on the water can be downright terrifying. Have you ever had any storms in your life? Those can be terrifying, too. William Whiting was the headmaster of…
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“For All the Saints”
Some churches celebrate the Feast of All Saints on November 1. Others set aside the first Sunday in November as All Saints Sunday. As predictable as singing “Silent Night” on Christmas Eve, those congregations will be singing “For All The Saints” sometime in early November. The day is set aside to honor departed saints, whether known or unknown. This…
“It Is Well With My Soul”
Their story began quite happily. Anna Larson was young, lovely and intelligent. Horatio Spafford was a businessman and senior partner in a successful law firm. They married in 1861 when Anna was 19 and Horatio was 33, and had a beautiful home in Chicago. They were devout and active Christians, Ira Sankey and Dwight Moody…
“Children of the Heavenly Father”
Here’s what we know: The author of the hymn, “Children of the Heavenly Father”, was Karolina Sindell-Berg (1823-1903). She was Swedish, small and sickly as a child, and very close to her Lutheran pastor father. With 650 of her 2,000 hymns appearing in print, she is sometimes called the Fanny Crosby of Sweden. Among her…