This depicts how most human beings feel about dying -- at least about their own deaths. Despite the solace of hypocritical religiosity and its seductive promise of an after-life of heavenly bliss.

A 19th-century Christian hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” was written by English poet and hymn writer Sarah Flower Adams. Published in 1841, it was inspired by the story of Jacob’s dream in ...

In a message last month to the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, Pope Francis said, “Thanks to God’s grace and to the work of many, we now have vaccines to protect us from COVID-19.” ...

As an outsider, I can only speak to the former, and I don’t believe the ceremony qua ceremony changed my perception of the ... attempting to reach and know God through the veil of mortality.

The Piano Guys are known for their creative arrangements of well-known music, and this version of Nearer My God to Thee is no exception. It's based on a vocal arrangement for nine singers, but each ...

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This depicts how most human beings feel about dying -- at least about their own deaths. Despite the solace of hypocritical religiosity and its seductive promise of an after-life of heavenly bliss.

This freed up a lot of my time for more constructive debates about how many days it took God to make the ingrates who believe they were spawned by apes. These days I had time to think about why ...

Anyone who has attended one or more official, including state, funerals in our country will know that old hymn, “Nearer, My God, to Thee,” played to such great effect by even the worst-tuned of bands.

Is there really nothing to be done about that would-be carilloneur who shatters the foggy calm of each early Sabbath morn with one-finger renditions of such dear old favorites as "Nearer My God To ...

This music box disc was made by Mermod Freres, in St. Croix, Switzerland, around 1896-1898. It is Stella Disc #73 - "Nearer My God, To Thee" (to the tune of "Bethany"), by Lowell Mason. This disc is ...