Music & the Spoken Word Library

Memories from Home

November 14, 1999

The word home can send a flood of emotions, feelings, and memories without another word being spoken.  For some, single words, such as comfort, warmth,...

Look Up and Live

November 7, 1999

Who has not seen a little child holding out its arms and looking up to a parent—looking up for comfort, for security, for love?  There’s...

A Purified Heart

October 31, 1999

Peace of mind is a treasure available to every person on earth, and is lost only when we allow it to be taken from us. ...

Nurturing the Treasure of Friendship

October 24, 1999

True friendship may be the highest expression of what it means to be human.  Learning to rely on others and to care about them requires...

A Farewell to Old Friends

October 17, 1999

What is this marvelous gift we call friendship?  We say hello, we welcome or are welcomed, we chat, we become acquainted.  Something draws us together. ...

Letting Go

October 10, 1999

One of the difficult things about life is deciding what’s worthwhile and what isn’t.  Many of us have had the experience of pursuing something, only...

Asking in Faith

October 3, 1999

Faith is essential to life.  Almost intuitively, we recognize a need for it.  We seek it; we live by it.  But sometimes we yearn for...

Arise, Shine

September 26, 1999

Many adults remember a familiar summons from childhood days—a wake-up call that urged us to “rise and shine!”  Arising itself was often enough of a...

The Backward Glance

September 19, 1999

A father recently dropped his young daughter off at school and watched as she hurried up the steps.  Then, just before opening the door, she...