A massive haboob dwarfed a mountain range in Arizona on Sunday, July 13, amid severe thunderstorm warnings and strong winds.

Amazing Grace. By James Walvin. University of California Press; 216 pages; $19.95 and £16.99. ... In 1748 Newton was caught in a brutal storm off the coast of Ireland.

“Amazing grace,” intoned the eulogist, and repeated it. He began to sing: “how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me,” and the congregation, a bit startled, joined in, as the ...

St. Peter and St. Paul Church, in Olney, England, was home to curate John Newton from 1764 to 1780 and is where “Amazing Grace” was first sung on January 1, 1773.