Franciscan Sisters' "Songs for 20 Somethings Series" Spotlights Craig Bickhardt's "It Opens" at http://fscc-calledtobe.org

    GREEN BAY, WI, January 05, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Bickhardt is an esteemed songwriter whose songs have been performed by legends such as Ray Charles, B.B. King, Johnny Cash, the Judds and Alison Krauss. About writing "It Opens", he reflected "The wonderful thing about songs, if they are written with some integrity and a bit of poetry, is that they invite interpretation. A song is a doorway that doesn't look like a door. What it opens to is up to you."

"In our own way we learn that the unexpected and the unanticipated are usually good things. Nothing is locked to us as long as we have the will to act, a little faith and an accepting heart. Doors are mysteries, provocative and irresistible. But fables and fairy tales aside, there are no dragons behind them anymore. It's usually quite safe to walk through."

"One latch closes when you're young, another's waiting to get sprung. The threshold trips you and you stumble through. And your future says, "How do you do."

Sister Louise Hembrecht observed "What a wonderful song to begin the New Year. It is such a positive approach to the New Year and to life in general. God opens many doors to us. Behind those doors are so many good things, so much grace. May we always be willing to open and walk through the doors God puts before us."

Founded in 1869, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity serve in Health Care, Education and Parishes in the Southwest, Central and Upper Midwest. Their Franciscanized World News Page updates the sisters' latest ministries and vocations, and celebrates seeing the world as St. Francis and St. Clare did: the good and holy possibility in the culture of everyday life.

# # #