Music & the Spoken Word Library

Don’t Forget to Pray – January 15, 2006

Did you think to pray?” This simple question from a 19th-century hymn reminds us to offer thanks and seek divine guidance, comfort, and peace each...

A Time of Resolution – January 08, 2006

At the beginning of each new year we feel a sense of renewal and a chance to start over. We put more energy into accomplishing...

Joy to the World – December 25, 2005

Good tidings of great joy”1 is the message of Christmas. Whenever we love andserve, whenever we forget ourselves and lift others, we feel that joy....

Wise Men – December 18, 2005

During the first half of the past century, Edgar A. Guest became well-known as the“people’s poet.” Celebrated for his homespun, sentimental verse, he penned some...

On Earth Peace, Good Will Toward Men – December 11, 2005

And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. And...

Bethlehem – December 04, 2005

Long ago, in the dusty village of Bethlehem, a new life came into the world—a worldthat would be changed forever. On that silent night more...

We Have Cause to Give Thanks – November 27, 2005

We don’t miss what we’ve never known. But when people or things are an important part of our lives, we miss them dearly when they’re...

The America We Call Home – November 20, 2005

In 1893 Katharine Lee Bates, an English professor from Massachusetts, visited theColorado Rockies. Her stay included an expedition, in a prairie wagon, to the 14,000-foot...

The Path to Home – November 13, 2005

It may be that we have more expressions about “home” than anything else. We’ve allheard “home is where the heart is,” “there’s no place like...