Music & the Spoken Word Library

Somebody’s Mother – Sunday, May 8, 2016

On the second Sunday in May 1908, Anna Jarvis honored her late mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, by organizing America’s first-ever Mother’s Day services. In 1914...

The Time to Prepare – Sunday, May 1, 2016

A high school student learned a valuable lesson as he took a college entrance exam a few months ago. The night before the test, he...

The Gift of Life- Sunday, April 24, 2016

Have you ever observed a child who finds an injured bird on the ground? Almost instinctively, she wants to take it in, feed it, and...

Weather the Storms- Sunday, April 17, 2016

An experienced and now retired pilot and flight instructor learned valuable lessons about life while flying airplanes around the world. He learned that even though...

Important Days – Sunday, April 10, 2016

For the most part, every day on the calendar is like every other—each starts with sunrise and ends with a sunset, with lots of busyness...

What Love Is – Sunday, April 3, 2016

Sometimes, we come to know what something is by understanding what it is not. We learn of integrity, for example, by confronting dishonesty. We learn...

The Great Light of Hope- Sunday, March 27, 2016

Why is it that the most significant, beautiful moments in life so often come just after periods of darkness and sorrow? The birth of a...

An Opportunity to Learn- Sunday, March 20, 2016

We were created to grow. Life is an adventure in learning and progress, becoming a little wiser and better each day. In this sense, without...

A Brighter Tomorrow- Sunday, March 13, 2016

In a scene that plays out often in snowy weather, a young driver was in a hurry to meet a friend and hit an icy...