“I just thought the idea that I was hearing something so exotic to me from someplace as far away,” Danoff said. The fact that Danoff had never been to the state did not matter, and he just assumed that they had beautiful mountains and winding roads too. Danoff then thought that the four-syllable Massachusetts might work, but then, West Virginia would sound even better. The only problem was that the three syllables of Maryland did not fit the rhythm of the song. To pass the time, the couple made up a song about winding roads in the country. It was late in 1970, when Billy Danoff and Taffy Nivert were driving to a family reunion along Clopper Road in nearby Montgomery County, Maryland.
It is to build new roads while never forgetting the roads they've travelled and the homes they love.RELATED: John Denver Songs: The Best Hits From The World’s Best-Loved Performer Our task, as friends of refugees, is to honor their country roads and help them with the quest. In the spiritual alphabet, “c” is for connection and “q” is for questing. Their need is to integrate this memory with a new life and move forward with courage, while never losing their roots. I think of the tens of thousands of refugees in world today who carry within their own hearts an arduous country road that leads back home. Our memory is like a country road, leading us to the place in our heart, even if we cannot return in physical space. Among those memories, for so many of us, is a place called home. Memory plays an extremely important role in process theology. The idea is that we are always in process, slightly new at every moment, but that we are shaped by memories from the past that are the building blocks of the present.
military in Afghanistan, tweeting that his state has a “responsibility to these heroes & their families.” I agree with my governor, and am so glad that friends in the interfaith community are playing a role in resettlement. Asa Hutchinson announced his support for taking in refugees who have supported the U.S.
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