Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Love of a Mother – May 14, 2000

  No matter how well prepared a woman may be for a child, motherhood inevitably challenges the far reaches of her soul.  On an ordinary...

Safely Enter In – May 07, 2000

A short story tells of a king who allowed prisoners to choose their own fate—they were placed in an arena and told to select one...

Go the Right Way – April 30, 2000

In a 1964 professional football game against the San Francisco Forty-Niners, Minnesota Viking Jim Marshall picked up a fumble and ran sixty yards for a...

Immortality: Gift of God – April 23, 2000

One of the oldest epics in literature dates back to the ancient kingdom of Sumeria more than 4,000 years ago.  Written on clay tablets and...

His Path – April 16, 2000

If we rate the importance of historical events by how much they impact the world and for how long the impact lasts, we would have...

Regrets and Opportunities – April 09, 2000

As we pick our way through the maze of life, we find that wrong turns and misread maps cause inevitable delays.  We get lost, and...

The Art of the Possible – April 02, 2000

Every great effort is fueled by a compelling vision.  Sculptors see potential in a stone; builders begin with an edifice in mind; students see their...

Where Gulliver Went Astray – March 26, 2000

One of the world’s best-known fictional characters is Lemuel Gulliver, whose travels were immortalized by Jonathan Swift.  Gulliver, a seafaring doctor, first finds himself among...

Joy for Life’s Journey – March 19, 2000

Despite its tasks and trials, each day of life offers us opportunities to find joy in our daily activities.  In a world filled with cares...