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Kiran Kaur Gill is the executive director of the Sikh American Legal Defense Fund, a partner of Faith CountsДЄuthor and expert on disinformation and democracyДЇounder of Nguyen Coffee Supply disrupting the future of specialty coffee Recognized on 13 October, WTD seeks to increase global awareness of thrombosis, including causes, risks, signs/symptoms, prevention and treatment. DateД¬arol Covelli, LCSW, a psychotherapist helping women in midlife experiencing perimenopause/menopause Consider supporting our PatreonДЄMAs are scheduled in Eastern Time (GMT -0400). Originally written by John Newton, вЂњAmazing GraceвЂќ has become a standard.Submit an AMA Request an AMA Please check out our Rules and FAQs Click here to schedule an AMA on our calendar. This is why we know it, we love it, and it has such staying power.ДЄre you a songwriter? Enter the American Songwriter Lyric Contest. It echoes truths we know and truths we want to know. It tells a story of redemption born from the life of a man who knew what that meant. вЂњAmazing GraceвЂќ resonates in its simplicity and depth, its clarity and its hope. Over the following decades, through tent meetings and urban evangelistic crusades, the song gained the nearly ubiquitous popularity it holds today.ДЇew other songs have appeared in settings ranging from the halls of royalty to Appalachian meeting houses. In 1835, twenty eight years after NewtonвЂ™s death, William Walker, an American composer and song leader, put вЂњAmazing GraceвЂќ to a traditional tune called вЂњNew BritainвЂќ (the one we are familiar with today) in shape note form so it could easily be learned and sung by common people. вЂњAmazing GraceвЂќ was penned in 1772 as a poem for his churchвЂ™s prayer service, was published in 1779 as part of a collection of hymns, and then made its way to the American colonies. Near the end of his life, Newton became friends with William Wilberforce and partnered in his efforts to abolish the slave trade altogether in England. After six years, Newton left seafaring and slave trading, committed his life to following Jesus, and became a minister. He did not immediately abandon the slave trade or become a committed Christian, but over the next few years became more and more convicted of his sins and of a life that was rebellious to God. They arrived home safely, and the experience left Newton reflective. In the midst of a storm that threatened to sink the ship he cried out for mercy, a prayer of desperation. On his return voyage to England Newton first began to see the amazingness of GodвЂ™s grace. His abrasiveness led the captain to give Newton to a slave dealer named Amos Clowe who then gave Newton away as a slave where he remained, abused and in captivity, until his rescue more than two years later. The captain said Newton was the most foul-mouthed and offensive person he had encountered in the entire slave trade, to the point he even invented new obscenities. After recovering, Newton transferred to another ship, a slave trading ship. After being beaten severely-eight dozen lashes-he contemplated murdering the captain then committing suicide by hurling himself overboard. He was forced into naval service at age 18 but attempted to desert. John Newton, the songвЂ™s writer, certainly thought so.Д«orn in London in 1725, Newton led a fascinating life. One historian estimates that it is performed ten million times annually across the world.Д¬learly thereвЂ™s something amazing about grace. ItвЂ™s been performed by Diana Ross, Judy Collins, the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, Joan Baez, Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Andrea Bocelli, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Whitney Houston, Willie Nelson, DestinyвЂ™s Child, Mumford & Sons, Alan Jackson, and a host of others. What do Nelson MandelaвЂ™s 70th birthday, Woodstock, a Barack Obama speech, Coal MinerвЂ™s Daughter, Fannie Lou HamerвЂ™s civil rights marches, The Grand Ole Opry, and American churches have in common?ДЄll of them have featured вЂњAmazing Grace.вЂќ

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