Music & the Spoken Word Library

To Love – Sunday, March 22, 2015

Only those who are willing to risk heartbreak and disappointment will ever know what it means to truly love. As C. S. Lewis put it:...

A Story to Tell – Sunday, March 15, 2015

One of Mark Twain’s stories tells of an artist, George Sterling, who finds most of humanity—other than himself—rather uninteresting. Self-absorbed in his own career and...

Fail Forward – Sunday, March 8, 2015

At the start of a new semester, the president of a large university advised his students: “We will all fail. More than once. Every day.”...

A Song of the Heart – Sunday, March 1, 2015

Few things release the feelings of the heart like singing does. It brings deep emotions to the surface that we might otherwise struggle to express....

Milestones on the Road of Life – Sunday, February 22, 2015

In 1753 the British government, with its heavy hand on the American colonies, put Benjamin Franklin in charge of the colonial postal system north of...

Breaking Bread – Sunday. February 21, 2016

We live in a time of great division. Advances in technology have, in many ways, made our world smaller, but instead of coming together, we...

Those Three Words – Sunday, February 15, 2015

If you knew that this was your last day on earth—that tomorrow your life would end—what would you do today? Most people would probably not...

Try Your Best – Sunday, February 8, 2015

No one ever does everything perfectly right all the time. Each of us makes mistakes and falls short of perfection. That’s life, and that’s OK.Broadway...

Rejoice with Those Who Rejoice – Sunday, February 1, 2015

Feeling genuinely happy for another person’s good fortune may be one of the truest marks of authentic goodness and real friendship. Surprisingly, it sometimes seems...