Music & the Spoken Word Library

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...

Potentials Rather Than Problems – Sunday, July 8, 2018

Former U.S. First Lady Barbara Bush has been quoted as saying, “If human beings are perceived as potentials rather than problems, as possessing strengths instead...

Resourcefulness and Ingenuity – Sunday, July 1, 2018

Sometimes life’s most difficult problems can be solved in the most unexpected ways. In fact, even when a situation seems downright hopeless, a little resourcefulness...

America’s Best Idea – Sunday, June 24, 2018

In 1872, United States President Ulysses S. Grant signed a bill designating Yellowstone as America’s first national park. In fact, it was the first national...

Moments, Joys, and Fatherhood – Sunday June 17, 2018

Most fathers know that fatherhood can be the source of life’s greatest joy and its deepest satisfaction. Of course, they also know that no work...