Music & the Spoken Word Library

Feast – Sunday, March 09, 1997

In times of privation and hunger, all people dream of feasts of tables piled with fruits and game of rich sauces and warm bread. Perhaps...

Life Is in the Details – Sunday, March 02, 1997

A popular phrase today is “don't sweat the small stuff.” but, in fact, life is made-up of small stuff - little details that combine, like...

He Is With Us – Sunday, February 23, 1997

There is a great joy in knowing that God is watching over us, that He cares about us and wants us to be happy. Relying...

Cheerfulness Breaks In – Sunday, February 16, 1997

In his famous biography of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell quotes from a conversation between Johnson and a man named Oliver Edwards. Edwards makes the following...

Making Memories in Time – Sunday, February 09, 1997

Among the resources we each possess; our time is the most precious and perishable. Each day ticking clocks and changing calendars, growing children and aging...

Hand in Hand – Sunday, February 02, 1997

The tight grip of every newborn’s hand is a tangible reminder of our need for each other. Physicians may call this the “grasp reflect,” but...

Wet Paint – Sunday, January 26, 1997

No matter who we are or where we come from, we all react to certain warning signs the same way. We all know to pull...

Beauty – Sunday, January 19, 1997

How do we measure beauty? What is its essence, its substance, its reality? From the beginning of time, people have looked at landscapes and paintings...

To Trust and Be Trusted – Sunday, January 12, 1997

Were it not for trust, our society simply would not work. For, when we proceed from an assumption of mistrust, we become paralyzed by our...