Music & the Spoken Word Library

Developing Our Potential – Sunday, April 28, 1985

The potential of each human being is usually greater than the product of our lives. It is generally accepted that most of us go through...

Seeing Spring – Sunday, April 21, 1985

In springtime, the world is renewed. The crocuses put forth their shoots in search of the sun" the grasses that were gray beneath the snow...

You’ll Never Walk Alone – Sunday, April 14, 1985

If we would have our way, we would book ourselves a safe passage through this life.

The Silence of Growth – Sunday, March 31, 1985

The world shouts its demands at us in many ways. Voices over a thousand radio stations jangle at once. Undigested bits of information come creeping...

What’s In A Name? – Sunday, March 17, 1985

Shakespeare's Juliet, on her balcony pondered a question that gives cause for consideration yet today. "What's in a name?" she asked. "That which we call...

Fostering Aesthetic Awareness – Sunday, March 10, 1985

For many of us, life is a visit to a large picture gallery—a gallery where most of the paintings are facing the wall. Our senses...

The Workmanship of Mine Hands – Sunday, March 03, 1985

One of life's more youthful and exciting times is the annual renewal of the earth called spring. It's a time when one can have a...

The Power of Praise – Sunday, February 17, 1985

More than a hundred years ago the famous English man of letters, Samuel Johnson, said, “The applause of a single human being is of great...

Facing Problems – Sunday, February 10, 1985

In much of the Northern Hemisphere it is the long, gray season when life seems a little harder for want of sunshine.  We battle flu...