Dearly Beloved, Do you know the origin of this quote? “Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings.” This famous quote is from the movie, It’s A Wonderful Life. It’s catchy, but is it true? How many of the following statements are true: Angels are human beings who have died All Angels have…

Dearly Beloved, “Go figure!” Do you know the origin of the phrase? Guess what? It is not known, but it likely stems from colloquial American English in the 20th century. It is thought to have originated as a shortened, casual form of saying, “Go and figure that out,” meaning, “Try to make sense of that…