Music & the Spoken Word Library

Resolutions – Sunday, January 01, 1984

It is the time of year to put up a new calendar and with-it new hope for a new life. It is the time when...

Christmas Day – Sunday, December 25, 1983

In some parts of the world military flares light up the night sky, the same sky once lit by the radiant star of Bethlehem. And...

Service to Others – Sunday, December 11, 1983

When the judgement day arrives and our lives are reviewed, we will probably be judged in large measure on whether we were kind to other...

While Christmas is New – Sunday, December 04, 1983

The Christmas season is upon us, the pines filled with their suggestive fragrance, the holly berries still red and plump. There is yet time to...

Teaching Children Peace – Sunday, November 27, 1983

Recently a mother taught her daughter about the world, spinning a small globe and pointing to the countries and continents, talking about the peoples and...

Learning Appreciation – Sunday, November 20, 1983

“A man stood before one of J.M.W. Turner’s unrivaled paintings and said, “I can see nothing in it.” Then the great artist replied, “Don’t you...

Faith – Sunday, November 13, 1983

We often discuss the role of faith in the affairs of men and women. Faith is “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of...

The Art of Staying Young – Sunday, November 06, 1983

The unforgiving ticking of the clock moves us on—dispassionately, uncontrollably carrying us towards maturity and old age. There is nothing we can do to alter...

The Circle of Friendship – Sunday, October 30, 1983

The most important task imposed by religion has always been to “love thy neighbor” and that includes love thy family. It is a charge to all...