The 4000th Broadcast – April 30, 2006
Announcer: “The dawning of a brighter day”—these words were sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on July 15, 1929, during the first broadcast of a...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
The Hope of the Children – April 23, 2006
Nearly every day we see portrayed in the media innocent children suffering the violence of war, the ravages of nature, and the pain of disability....
An Appointment with April – April 16, 2006
In the early spring of 1912, students crowded into a Harvard classroom for the final lecture of renowned philosopher and poet George Santayana. Near the...
A Shepherd’s Care – April 09, 2006
The good shepherd has long been a symbol of God’s love and watchful care. The shepherd knows his sheep and calls each one by name....
Lest We Forget – April 02, 2006
When all is well and life is good, we tend to forget those who have made our present comforts possible: the teachers, parents, ancestors, and...
Loss and Gain – March 26, 2006
The life of beloved poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is proof that good can come from sorrow and difficulty. He received great honors for his many...
Time and the Things of Greatest Worth – March 19, 2006
How we choose to spend our time says a lot about us. It’s true that sometimes we don’t have any say over how our minutes,...
The 10-Dollar Fine – March 12, 2006
How we treat others says much about who we really are. Civility, mercy, sacrifice, and integrity hold our society together. Yet such qualities often seem...
What E’er Thou Art, Act Well Thy Part – March 05, 2006
We all have moments in life that can change us forever. Somehow we’re never quite the same after certain experiences. And more often than not,...