Happy Black History Month

Lift Every Voice and Sing
by James Weldon Johnson

Lift ev'ry voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list'ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast'ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered.
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.

Luther Vandross- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

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On Valentine's Day

On Valentine's Day





We show our love;

We express our deep affections.

Those who are important to us

Get cards and sweet confections.



But Christian love is not just for

The ones we hold most dear;

Jesus said "love everyone;"

He made that very clear.

For Christians, it is every day.

We should care and love and serve

Everyone we meet in life,

Whether they do or don't deserve.



Let's follow Jesus' good command

To love everyone we meet.

Valentine's Day every day

Will make life twice as sweet.

James Earl Jones & Aaron Neville Read “The Night Before Christmas”

Confederate Railroad's Gates Nichols Dies

Warren "Gates" Nichols, a former member of the ACM Award-winning group Confederate Railroad, died Friday, Aug. 14, at Hospice Tranquility in Austell, Ga. The 65-year-old musician was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer just about a month ago.

In addition to playing steel guitar for Confederate Railroad on such early-'90s hits as 'Queen of Memphis' and the Grammy nominated 'Trashy Women,' Nichols played bass guitar on the 1976 pop hit 'Shannon,' by Henry Gross.

According to his daughter, Brittney Humes, Nichols retired from Confederate Railroad in 2008 to devote more time to church and family. "To be honest, he wanted to work and praise Jesus," Ms. Humes told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "He was excited about being able to play more in the church, and that's what he was doing."

"He was an all-around musician," says Confederate Railroad founder Danny Shirley. "And he played with us for 17 years. Not only did he play steel guitar, he was a bass player, trombone player and keyboard player."

King of POP

Taylor Swift and T-Pain

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Shania Twain

She's undoubtedly the most famous country star to come out of Canada, and now she's officially the most beautiful. Shania Twain has been voted by readers of Hello! magazine as the No. 1 Most Beautiful Canadian. But while millions of people may agree with the poll results, Shania herself isn't one of them.

"I don't think I'm ugly, I just think I'm overrated on the cutie factor," says the humble superstar.

Pop prince Justin Timberlake disagrees. After a chance encounter with Shania in France recently, Justin sang her praises, calling her "one hot little number!"

Shania may disagree with the survey, but she did offer one of her secrets to maintaining her looks, one that has nothing to do with a beauty regimen or good genes. "A happy heart comes first, then the happy face," she insists, also crediting her raw food diet and twice-daily meditation.

Carrie Underwood On-Air with Ryan Seacrest

Sandi Patty/ Larnelle Harris: I've Just Seen Jesus