Reverence for Life – June 10, 2007
Our world is beautiful because it is full of life. One of the great lessons of creation is that life, though it seems fleeting at...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
Noticing What Matters Most – June 03, 2007
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 a...
A Prayer in Music – May 27, 2007
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 on...
When You Thought I Wasn’t Looking – May 20, 2007
More than two decades ago, a young woman soon to graduate from college and get married reflected on her life and was filled with gratitude...
Choose You This Day – May 13, 2007
The story of Elijah is thousands of years old. Artists, poets, and composers have long been fascinated with his remarkable life. The prophet Elijah sealed...
Slow and Steady – May 06, 2007
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 a...
Spring-Cleaning the Soul – April 29, 2007
As seasons change, we often reorganize our homes, clear out clutter, and start fresh. We donate outgrown clothing and toys, books and furniture we no...
The Tabernacle Organ: An Instrument of Exceptional Historic Merit – April 22, 2007
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 merit,”...
Making Courtesy More Common – April 15, 2007
Early in his youth, George Washington wrote down a list of what he considered the rules of civility. The first suggested that “every action done...