Hymns are poetry set to music. It is said that poets “suffer for their art” but few know the level of tragedy that was experienced by Horatio Spafford the hymnist who gave us “It is well with my soul”. The events that gave rise to the hymn and Spafford’s response to them exemplifies the comfort and assurance that comes via
Read moreListen again to the story of Albert Schweitzer. He was a concert organist, philosopher, musicologist, theologian, medical doctor and Christian missionary. He was friends with Albert Einstein and worked for nuclear disarmament. He received a Nobel peace prize in 1953. Program “Songs of Hope” 2012 11 11. Also hear him play one of Bach’s fugues on the organ. Songs
Read moreThis morning Rod Carr on “Songs of Hope” interviewed “The Catholic Guy”, Bruce Downes. The podcast of the interview is below. Bruce has just completed a series of inspiring talks in Cheltenham parish at Our Lady of the Assumption Church. Bruce explains what he is doing and what motivates him. He does two TV spots each week on the Christian
Read moreListen again to the story of Australian doctor, Graeme Clark. He invented the bionic ear (cochlear ear) which gives profoundly deaf people hearing and speech. Broadcast on Southern FM “Songs of Hope” on 2012 10 21. (3 mins) Keywords: Christianity, faith, God, hope, Jesus, Lord, music, religion, spirituality, science, medicine, songs, inventor Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.wordpress.com/
Read moreListen again to the story of Doctor James Fanstone, who went as a Christian doctor to the interior of Brazil in 1924 and built a hospital almost single-handedly. Songs of Hope 2012 10 14. Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.wordpress.com/
Read moreListen again to the Songs of Hope interview with Jane Sandilands of Bentleigh. Jane joined a short term Australian church medical clinic trip to Ethiopia to assist a neglected people group in that country. Interviewer is Bruce Songs of Hope website: http://songsofhope883.wordpress.com/
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