Johnson Oatman Jr. was an American hymn writer born in 1856. He is best known for writing over 3,000 hymns, including the famous No, Not One! and I’ll Be a Friend to Jesus. Oatman was also a ...

Thanksgiving is a perfect day to reflect on the song that a newborn Miami Today appropriated as its theme in the early 1980s. The lyrics by Johnny Mercer, written in the gloomy days of World War ...

“Count Your Blessings” is one of the most loved hymns. It was written by Johnson Oatman Jr. who wrote some 5,000 hymn texts during his lifetime. Oatman, who was born April 12, 1856, was also engaged ...

For the past few weeks, several email posts I have received focus on Thanksgiving. Most deal with how we look at life and to ...

An Irving Berlin song, written for the 1954 movie "White Christmas," suggests: "When I'm worried and I can't sleep, I count my blessings instead of sheep and I fall asleep counting my blessings." The ...

When I was a kid, I loved Bing Crosby — especially at Christmastime. Is there anything better than “White Christmas,” “Adeste Fideles” or “Mele Kalikimaka,” crooned by Der Bingle as only he could?