Schultz wrote for The Plain Dealer and her accomplishments include several articles advocating for women’s health care including this one on the Stupak Amendment back in ‘09. There is no firm evidence that Ira Gershwin actually heard the quote itself, but considering that he lived until 1983, it is quite possible that he may have come across it in some form. We Shall See His Lovely Face" has been one of my favorite songs to play on the piano since I discovered it years ago in one of the Singspiration Books: "Favorites, gospel songs for solos, duets, etc.

A humorous piece from a February 27, 1965 Chicago Tribune article dropped mention of “his lovely wife, Ira” in a manner that suggests that most readers were still in on the joke ten years later. But the way the hymn was originally written fits better with that second kind of religion that I talked about, the kind that honestly faces the reality of this world and our lives. And the horrific nature of his circumstances, as an expression of God’s righteous judgment on Israel, remains a potent reminder that we are never in a pit so deep, and we never endure tragedies so severe, that God cannot, with a word, bring light to our path that overcomes our darkness with hope. In fact, when I was in college, I did an internship for his office in Washington DC, and I’ve always been a huge supporter of his.This book was about her struggle to maintain her own identity when she is thrust into the world of a political campaign. I laughed, I cried, and when I was finished was absolutely certain that my husband and I could easily live next door to them. But the most credible origin of George’s “wife” continues to be the radio gaffe, which was memorialized, and well-mocked, by several newspapers in the mid-1950s. In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper turns to Malachi 1:1–5 to see how God himself answers that very question.

But beneath the surface of the water, on the ocean floor, everything is calm and secure, and that’s what an anchor tethers a boat to in a storm. Connie so completely describes her experiences as the wife of a candidate for the US Senate that you feel like you're riding in the car with her. She tells tales from the campaign trail including young staffers dictating her schedule and being introduced at a function as “Sherrod Brown…and his lovely wife” – no name included. I definitely appreciated hearing from the spouse of a politician--too often, I think this role is grossly overlooked and underestimated. The family – a father, a mother and several children – were on their way out when the smallest boy became terrified and ran back upstairs.Perhaps the reason the quote is so persistent is the way it captures the dynamic between George and Ira Gershwin. In fact, in 2009, singer and pianist Mark Nadler performed a cabaret show about Ira Gershwin, lauding the exploits of the accomplished yet laid-back lyricist. And they knew this was God’s doing: “The Lord has done what he has purposed; he has carried out his word, which he commanded long ago” (Lamentations 2:17). PUBLISHED UNDER POP FICTION, AN IMPRINT OF SUMMIT MEDIA] One competition, one man, twenty-five women, and a bet. They can also spell and are capable of constructing complete sentences without using the same word twice.