Once Upon a Time – February 13, 2000
“Once upon a time” is a phrase that starts many of our beloved fairy tales. Scholars tell us that storytellers used the words to alert...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
Exuberance – February 06, 2000
Small children rarely walk anywhere. They leap, they dash, they run; the very words we use to describe their movement are as full of energy...
Don’t Turn Off the Light – January 30, 2000
Probably every parent who tucked a child into bed has heard the plea, “Please don’t turn off the light.” Most parents find a way for...
The Habit of Happiness – January 23, 2000
Many believe that happiness just happens to us, like the weather. But some have learned that they create their own “inner climate.” A woman who...
Glorifying God with Heavenly Music – January 16, 2000
Whether we sing, play instruments, or listen to what others create and perform, beautiful music offers each of us the opportunity to glorify God and...
Time Well Spent – January 09, 2000
Not many years ago, we looked to a new millennium as a distant, almost surreal event. It loomed like science fiction—like a horizon we couldn’t...
New Beginnings – January 02, 2000
Every time the sun sets, it rises in the morning and sheds new light on yesterday’s shadows. Whether a new century or a new day,...
Letting Christmas Live in Our Hearts – December 26, 1999
As he arose a changed man on Christmas morning, a repentant Ebenezer Scrooge exclaimed, “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep...
Of Gifts That Live – December 19, 1999
Jesus was born in Bethlehem and grew up in a country that became for Him, as for us, symbolic of the marvels of His mission....