Thanks and Praise
November 21, 1999
The Psalms are filled with verses of thanksgiving and praise. In a repeated celebration of God’s goodness and mercy, the Psalmist connects these vital expressions: ...
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...