John Fawcett, 1740-1817, wrote the first line of a popular gospel song, approximately 200 years ago, with "Blest be the tie that binds, Our hearts in Christian love . . ." When used as a verb the ...

While I never suffered the childhood trauma of parents getting divorced, I know as an adult what it is like to suffer with a divided family. That is because I am an Episco palian. As everyone ...

“Blest Be The Tie That Binds.” Maybe I found it at a garage sale. It attracted me years ago because it brought to mind an annual reunion my family had attended for around 50 years. At the end ...

Within my Methodist faith tradition, two songs are sung often: “Blest Be the Tie That Binds,” and “Bind Us Together.” We sing of religion that binds us to one another, to God, to the world.

It was a surprisingly warm January morning on the 11th, something that has been in short supply in recent weeks. With family, friends, and shipmates gathered, little Thomas Grapentine III, was ...