Music & the Spoken Word Library

To Learn Is to Love – February 20, 2005

To learn in love and safety is the right of every person. Occasionally, the burdens of life crowd out this important opportunity, but with some...

Real Love – February 13, 2005

Ever ask a married couple, how they keep love alive in their marriage? Well, they’ll probably tell you that the honeymoon always ends. Daily life...

A Merry Heart – February 06, 2005

A young man walked cheerfully from the hospital room of his ill mother, his hopes higher and his step lighter than when he had come....

A New Song – January 30, 2005

A song is an expression of the soul. Notice how children spontaneously erupt into song. Their underdeveloped language and motor skills cannot keep them from...

Lullaby – January 23, 2005

As sure as morning breaks and nightfall comes, lullabies are for children. And each of us was once a child. But who enjoys the lullaby...

All Loves Excelling – January 16, 2005

“Sing praise to him, . . . the fount of love”1 for blessings large and small. Love pours down from heaven in the beauties around...

One Step Enough – January 09, 2005

Life is lived one step at a time. If we’re patient, we can learn a lot from taking one step of faith—and then another and...

75th Anniversary – January 02, 2005

The first broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word was on a hot summer afternoon in the Tabernacle on Temple Square, July 15, 1929. The...

The Gifts We Open at Christmastime – December 26, 2004

So many family traditions are wrapped up in Christmas: green and shimmering trees; homes decked with twinkling lights, tinsel, and holly; stockings hung in hopes...