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Mention a song by George and Ira Gershwin, and folks start humming and tapping their toes. These two talented brothers left a singular imprint...
So much of who we are and what we have are gifts from those who have gone before us. Our forebears planted seeds that...
In 1893 Katharine Lee Bates, an English professor from Massachusetts, visited the Colorado Rockies. Her stay included an expedition, in a prairie wagon, to...
A popular children’s story tells of a little girl named Mary who loses her parents to an epidemic illness. Orphaned and lonely, she is...
The Bible records that the Apostle Paul had what he called “a thorn in the flesh”—a trial or difficulty that helped to keep him humble and steadfast. He asked the Lord three times to take it from him, but it remained. Yet Paul came to see divine purpose in his infirmities and hardships, declaring with great wisdom, “For when I am weak, then am I strong.”
In 1955 Richard L. Evans, the announcer and writer of the Spoken Word for more than four decades, dedicated a book of his messages...
Our world is beautiful because it is full of life. One of the great lessons of creation is that life, though it seems fleeting...
Have you ever wondered why the city boy can’t sleep in the country and the country boy can’t sleep in the city? Or why...
Most of us have attended a funeral, a wreath-laying ceremony, or a graveside service and heard the solemn music of “Taps.” This tune, created...
More than two decades ago, a young woman soon to graduate from college and get married reflected on her life and was filled with...
The story of Elijah is thousands of years old. Artists, poets, and composers have long been fascinated with his remarkable life. The prophet Elijah...
We’re all familiar with the fable of the tortoise and the hare. The hare boasted that he could easily beat the plodding tortoise in...
As seasons change, we often reorganize our homes, clear out clutter, and start fresh. We donate outgrown clothing and toys, books and furniture we...
The world-renowned Tabernacle organ is an engineering marvel and an artistic masterpiece. The Organ Historical Society recognized it as “an instrument of exceptional historic...
Early in his youth, George Washington wrote down a list of what he considered the rules of civility. The first suggested that “every action...
Spring always comes. No matter how dark and cold the winter, the light and life of spring bring newness of hope. If a tree,...
My Shepherd will supply my need; . . .In pastures fresh he makes me feed,Beside the living stream.He brings my wandering spirit back,When I...
The Greek philosopher Epictetus said, “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things he has not, but rejoices for those...
The famous artist Norman Rockwell painted hundreds of magazine covers during his lifetime. But he didn’t just paint life, he lived it. He knew...
Life is a continuing series of transitions. We grow from babies to children to adolescents to adults, and we look back at pivotal moments...
We all know it’s difficult to feel very good about life when we don’t feel physically well, and we know that exercise will increase...
People grow up; they change. We must never stop believing in the capacity of every individual to change and improve. At his high school...
The pages of our nation’s history are filled with stories of great people who faced conditions of depravation, financial ruin, severe sorrow and suffering—even...
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” So begins the tender expression of poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. She then describes the...
Life is good. Despite the hardships and heartaches of life, we can find joy in everyday living. The more we look for life’s simple...
Joe Fairbanks grew up in a family of nine children. Money was tight, and, like many in similar circumstances, he wore mostly hand-me-downs. But...
Sometimes we think we can’t help, give, or do because we can’t help, give, or do perfectly. Maybe we think our house isn’t clean...
A deep commitment to something beyond ourselves is what gives meaning to life. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “If a man hasn’t discovered something...
The longer we live, the more we have occasion to attend the funerals of those who have been dear to us. During such memorial...
New beginnings can be invigorating. Just as a fresh blanket of snow changes the landscape into “unmarked territory,” calling out to little explorers with...