Daily Word of Grace (May 7, 2021)

Daily Word of Grace # 236 (May 7, 2021) One of the most moving and vulnerable songs by the South Carolina based band Needtobreathe is “Wasteland” from their 2014 album Rivers in the Wasteland in which they sing: “There was a greatness I felt for a while but somehow it...

Daily Word of Grace (May 6, 2021)

Daily Word of Grace # 235 (May 6, 2021) Undoubtedly one of the greatest novelists of all time is the incomparable Charles Dickens (1812-1870).  While he was prolific and popular he was often criticized by wealthy people for his honest and empathetic descriptions of...

Daily Word of Grace (May 5, 2021)

Daily Word of Grace # 234 (May 5, 2021) The third and final stanza of the brilliant nineteenth century poet Christina Rossetti’s poem “The Thread of Life” reads: “Therefore myself is that one only thing I hold to use or waste, to keep or give; My sole possession every...

Daily Word of Grace (May 4, 2021)

Daily Word of Grace # 233 (May 4, 2021) As a kid growing up in the 70’s one of my favorite TV shows was The Six Million Dollar Man starring Lee Majors as Steve Austin an Air Force pilot who suffered a horrendous plane crash.  The narrator recounts in the famous...

Daily Word of Grace (May 3, 2021)

Daily Word of Grace # 232 (May 3, 2021) One of the most accomplished songwriters and guitarists in country music is Vince Gill.  In 1995 he released his award winning song “Go Rest High on That Mountain” from his album When Love Finds You.  He wrote this song...