by Morning Reflections | Dec 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the 1740s, it was neither safe nor popular to be Roman Catholic in England.John Francis Wade was an English composer who met many of his exiled countrymen, persecuted Catholics, while working in France. Moved by their spiritual traditions, he penned the Latin song...
by Morning Reflections | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Father Gregory Boyle is the founder and director of Homeboy Industries in Los Angeles, a widely acclaimed gang intervention program.It’s a ministry that involves considerable heartache. As of 2017 and the release of his book Barking to the Choir: The Power of...
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...
