Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Soul Playing Catch-up – April 12, 2009

A world-renowned anthropologist who spent several years among the natives of the upper Amazon in South America once described leading a rapid march through the...

Come Home – April 05, 2009

Home can be the most inviting place we know: the cozy place where we love, the warm place where we rest, the happy place where...

Life’s Unexpected Changes – March 29, 2009

Anyone who has lived a few years has learned that life can change in an instant. One day all seems well and good, and then,...

Contagious Happiness – March 22, 2009

A medical journal recently reported something that probably all of us have experienced: happiness is contagious. Tracking more than 4,700 people as part of a...

Myself – March 15, 2009

Throughout our lives we interact with many people who form their own opinions about us. But at the end of the day, we are alone...

A Problem Is and Opportunity – March 08, 2009

Henry J. Kaiser was a problem solver. Born to a German shoemaker in upstate New York, he eventually became the father of American shipbuilding. Along...

Living Within Our Means – March 01, 2009

Deep contentment can come from choosing not to spend money that we don’t have. At first that seems obvious, but in a day when slick...

Sweet Joy of Forgiveness – February 22, 2009

At some time in our lives, every one of us has been wounded by the actions or words of another. Those wounds can leave us...

Give Me a Calm and Thankful Heart – February 15, 2009

Abraham Lincoln believed that music can restore the soul. And during the turbulent years of his presidency, his soul often needed restoring. He regularly attended...