Music & the Spoken Word Library

Continued Celebration – Sunday, December 22, 1985

Observers may look at the life of Christ and call it a failed mission—a gift given to humanity and left, unwrapped, forgotten under the Christmas...

Christmas: The Promise of the Stars – December 15, 1985

When Thomas Carlyle, the British essayist and philosopher, looked into the heavens, he saw more than stars. He saw hope. "When I gaze into the...

Beyond the Headlines – Sunday, December 08, 1985

There was a time when a man knew his neighbors,  when all the people in a village or hamlet were called by their first names;...

May Peace Be With You – Sunday, December 01, 1985

There may be more peace and tranquility in the world than history or headlines would lead us to believe. Whenever a volcano erupts or a...

Greatness – Sunday, November 24, 1985

Historians have long debated whether great men and women create great times or are the product of the times in which they live. Perhaps all...

Reading—Man’s Crowning Achievement – Sunday, November 17, 1985

If there is one crowning achievement in the collective history of mankind—one overshadowing accomplishment from among the aggregate of human discoveries and advances, it is...

Remembering Spencer W. Kimball – Sunday November 10, 1985

The reporters said Spencer W. Kimball, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, died, but we know he lives. Literally, as a...

A Responsibility to Our Forefathers – Sunday, November 03, 1985

In 1775, during the Second Revolutionary Convention in Virginia, a Virginia farmer rose to tell his countrymen, "I know not what course others may take,...

Sharing Life – Sunday, October 27, 1985

"Share all of life's joy and be rarely alone, for exile is empty, a harp without tone."1 These words by John Colman remind us that...