Traits of a Survivor – Sunday, September 9, 2018
We all have our share of difficulty and tragedy in life. Some of us, in fact, seem to have more than our share. And then...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
A Life without Work Is a Life without Growth – Sunday, September 2, 2018
Some years ago, a 17-year-old boy spent a long, hot summer doing landscape work. It was a hard, sweaty job—not the kind of thing most...
Good Neighbors – Sunday, August 26, 2018
“Good fences make good neighbours,” remarks the surly neighbor in Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall.” Boundaries and borders, categories and classes seem to be an...
Comparison Is the Death of Joy – Sunday August 19, 2018
Life can be a roller coaster, with ups and downs, brief moments of calm, and then thrilling, sometimes scary bursts of speed. And what’s interesting...
There’s No Place like Home – Sunday, August 12, 2018
In the classic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the young girl Dorothy dreams she is carried away from her home by a terrifying tornado....
When We’re Wrong – Sunday, August 5, 2018
We know that nobody is perfect—the evidence is all around us. It’s not hard to notice faults and errors in other people. But we are...
Great Days Ahead – Sunday, July 29, 2018
Do you consider yourself a creative person? Whether or not we know how to paint, decorate, or compose music, in a sense we are all...
A Destination in Mind – Sunday, July 22, 2018
The Choir and Orchestra have performed the music of Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein—two American artists and pioneers of musical theater.
Change and Constancy – Sunday, July 15, 2018
Without question, the year 1929 was a memorable one. During that year, the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began, a German airship circled...