Music & the Spoken Word Library

An Element of Risk – Sunday, September 22 1985

It is an unwritten law that excess is dangerous. And, in a democracy such as the United States, where good fortune and technology have combined...

True Greatness – Sunday, September 15, 1985

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them,”1 according to William Shakespeare. That may be true. But what is...

Simple Gifts – Sunday, September 08, 1985

The world is not so complicated as many people believe. Yes complication is easy to find, All one has to do is look at our...

Developing Inner Strength – Sunday, September 01, 1985

Rudyard Kipling, in a poem titled simply,  “If,” investigates the many attributes of maturity. Among the attributes he discovers, one recurs in several forms: the...

The Risk of Life – Sunday, August 18, 1985

Rudyard Kipling, in a poem titled simply,  “If,” investigates the many attributes of maturity. Among the attributes he discovers, one recurs in several forms: the...

The One and the Ninety-Nine – Sunday, August 11, 1985

The Savior gave a telling parable when He asked, "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not...

Freedom and Power – Sunday, August 04, 1985

Freedom and Power are two of life's more valuable possessions. To be of greatest value both must accompanied with responsibility. But like anything else, they...

Baffled, but Undaunted – Sunday, July 28, 1985

Call it what you will: Persistence, Tenacity, Resolution, or Perseverance; it is still the quaint old principle of getting back on the horse that has...

The Trees Grow Tall on Guadalcanal – Sunday, July 21, 1985

1985 marks the fortieth anniversary of the end of World War II: in May of 1945 peace came to Europe; in September of the same...