Sing * Play * Love

Sing * Play * Love

"SING * PLAY * LOVE"...My thoughts and memories as I play one hymn each day from the hymnbook of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" during 2012.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

#341 "God Save the King"

This is the last hymn in the 1985 hymnal. It is the national anthem of Great Britain. Apparently, other English-speaking countries can add...

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

#340 "The Star-Spangled Banner"

My favorite patriotic song! This song came to mean so much to me when I sang with "The Grand Land Singers" in 1976-77. I can...

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

#339 "My Country, 'Tis of Thee"

This is another favorite song of mine. I like the third verse because of its reference to music, but my favorite verse is the fourth verse ...

Monday, December 3, 2012

#338 "America the Beautful"

This patriotic hymn is one that we sing several times a year: President's Day in February; Memorial Day in May; Independence Day in Jul...

Sunday, December 2, 2012

#337 "O Home Beloved"

This song for men's choir doesn't appear in the congregational section of the hymnal. It has nice harmonies, but the text doesn...

Saturday, December 1, 2012

#336 "School Thy Feelings"

This hymn was new to me. I was touched by the story in Karen Lynn Davidson's book, Our Latter-day Hymns , that told of what prompted th...

Friday, November 30, 2012

#335 "Brightly Beams Our Father's Mercy"

I really like this song. Just recently, a male quartet sang this in the Oak Hills Ward sacrament meeting. It was very effective. On the l...

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About Me

Gary and Debi Whiting: Gary and Debi met on July 31, 1998 and were married four months later on November 27, 1998 in the Oakland Temple. We had both been married before. Debi was widowed in February 1998 when her husband, Mike Ramsey, died unexpectedly from a heart attack. Gary was divorced and living in Auburn, California. We met because Debi wanted to sell Mike's guns and her sister's husband (Scott) knew that Gary had owned a gun shop in Washington years before. Gary and Scott came down from Sacramento to look at the guns to see what they were worth. Both Gary and Debi felt something special right away and were engaged a week later! (When you know it's right, why wait?) Now some "little unknown facts" about us...Debi collects "Cinderella" books from other cultures, anything from Disney's "101 Dalmatians", and Christmas nativities from around the world. Gary collects oil lamps and has over 20 different types. He served in the United States Navy for ten years and was stationed on three different submarines. He can actually say he has lived underwater!

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