Do you remember the first time the hymn “Amazing Grace” lifted your heart to the rafters?  It might have uprooted you from the depths of grief into the arms of a community that had gathered for the funeral of a loved one.

Or have you recited the words of Reinhold Niebuhr’s Serenity Prayer: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” These simple words have inspired millions of people to turn their personal struggles over to God and persevere in a new life.