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...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
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...
Their Finest Hour – November 06, 2005
In 1940, as the thunder and lightning of armed conflict erupted across Europe, WinstonChurchill stood at the head of a nation faced with the horrible...