Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Need for Spiritual Fitness – Sunday, March 14, 1982

The German philosopher Thomas A Kempis once pointed out that "There is no peace in the heart of a worldly man, who is entirely given...

The Patience of Prayer – Sunday, March 07, 1982

We live in an impatient world, a world in which the speed of our arrival seems to be valued even more highly than the importance...

Identity – Sunday, February 28, 1982

There is a question that haunts every human being, and it is “Who am 1?” Sometimes it wears other faces like, " Am I competent?...

The Success of Failure – Sunday, February 14, 1982

To some extent, what Charles Dickens concluded about his time in the Tale of Two Cities, is also true about the present age. These too,...

Successful Marriage – Sunday, February 07, 1982

Despite rumors to the contrary, there has been an upsurge in recent years. More and more couples—both young and old—are entering matrimony. And an increasing...

To Love – Sunday, January 31, 1982

Speak to one another of love. We all have feelings of love, of being loved, of being in love. Why is it that this means...

Anxious Living – Sunday, January 24, 1982

"There is such a thing as taking ourselves and the world too seriously, or at any rate too anxiously,"1 observed Henry Van Dyke. The song...

Our Pilgrim Planet – Sunday, January 17, 1982

Someone has said that the optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears that this is true.

The Brotherhood of Man – Sunday, January 10, 1982

That which appears simple in theory is sometimes complex in its application. The principles of flight, for instance, were expounded decades before they were finally...