by Morning Reflections | Dec 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
Tennessee Williams’ most famous play, A Streetcar Named Desire, debuted on Broadway in 1947.A journalist who was able to find his way backstage asked one of the performers how he would summarize the play. The actor replied, “It’s about a guy who comes to take a...
by Morning Reflections | Dec 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
During the heart of the Depression, American folklorist John Jacob Niles was sampling original music of Appalachian hill folk.While passing through the rustic town of Murphy, North Carolina, in July 1933, Niles paused to attend a revivalist rally.The Morgan family,...
by Morning Reflections | Dec 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
In an 1883 collection of Christmas carols, Away in a Manger was called “Luther’s Cradle Hymn.” This note followed: “Composed by Martin Luther for his children and still sung by German mothers to their little ones.” Nice try. Today we know that James Murray of...
by Morning Reflections | Dec 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
As recently as 125 years ago, some of the world’s brightest thinkers solemnly declared human beings would never fly.They were wrong.About the same time, engineers confidently predicted that the long-distance transmission of pictures was contrary to the laws of...
by Morning Reflections | Dec 9, 2020 | Uncategorized
People from all walks of life and every kind of circumstance end up writing Christmas carols.Even burned-out preachers.In 1849, a Massachusetts pastor named Edmund Sears suffered an emotional breakdown. He wasn’t just bone-weary from laboring for seven years to lead...
