If I have seen anything funnier than this today, I can’t remember what it is … Tom Rush: “The Remember Songâ€.
Now, where was I? …
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Do You Know All the Presidents by Name?
I certainly don’t know them all, but please join me in watching this short video where my four-year-old granddaughter Chloe sings the President’s song – with all their correct names!
Joyce Shaffer: Takin’ Back our Country
Please join me in enjoying the thought-provoking music video featuring Joyce Shaffer expressing the anti-incumbent sentiment evident in yesterday’s primary elections.
My favorite line: “where our voices are heard, and Senators aren’t bought.â€
Happy Veteran’s Day!
It’s after 11pm in my San Francisco hotel room, where I arrived after a successful meeting in New York City, a transcontinental flight and late dinner. But I can’t go to sleep without sharing a wonderful video pointed out to me by Twitter acquaintance Mame Hampton (@momthebom).
Thanks to all the wonderful soldiers and veterans who have done so much and are continuing to serve so well to keep us free!
And thank you, Mame, for sharing this wonderful message with us.
Know This, That Every Soul is Free!
I awoke this morning with the words of this hymn running through my mind. I don’t often hear it sung, but the hymn has a wonderful message for us all about the eternal nature of God’s gift of personal freedom.
1. Know this, that ev’ry soul is free
To choose his life and what he’ll be;
For this eternal truth is giv’n:
That God will force no man to heav’n.2. He’ll call, persuade, direct aright,
And bless with wisdom, love, and light,
In nameless ways be good and kind,
But never force the human mind.3. Freedom and reason make us men;
Take these away, what are we then?
Mere animals, and just as well
The beasts may think of heav’n or hell.4. May we no more our pow’rs abuse,
But ways of truth and goodness choose;
Our God is pleased when we improve
His grace and seek his perfect love.
“Know This, That Every Soul Is Free,†Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, no. 240
Text: Anon., ca. 1805, Boston. Included in the first LDS hymnbook, 1835.
Music: Roger L. Miller, b. 1937. © 1985 IRI