Music & the Spoken Word Library

While Christmas is New – Sunday, December 04, 1983

The Christmas season is upon us, the pines filled with their suggestive fragrance, the holly berries still red and plump. There is yet time to...

Teaching Children Peace – Sunday, November 27, 1983

Recently a mother taught her daughter about the world, spinning a small globe and pointing to the countries and continents, talking about the peoples and...

Learning Appreciation – Sunday, November 20, 1983

“A man stood before one of J.M.W. Turner’s unrivaled paintings and said, “I can see nothing in it.” Then the great artist replied, “Don’t you...

Faith – Sunday, November 13, 1983

We often discuss the role of faith in the affairs of men and women. Faith is “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of...

The Art of Staying Young – Sunday, November 06, 1983

The unforgiving ticking of the clock moves us on—dispassionately, uncontrollably carrying us towards maturity and old age. There is nothing we can do to alter...

The Circle of Friendship – Sunday, October 30, 1983

The most important task imposed by religion has always been to “love thy neighbor” and that includes love thy family. It is a charge to all...

The Case for Human Rights – Sunday, October 23, 1983

World events of recent months—including civilian bombings, political assassinations, and other acts of premeditated violence and loss of life—have reminded us once again that man’s...

Overcoming Problems – Sunday, October 16, 1983

A problem, like a child’s exercise in mathematics, seems something to be solved according to an easy formula, set aside and then forgotten. Certainly, that’s...

Love One Another – Sunday, October 09, 1983

The most basic commandment in Christianity is that we love one another. Jesus said on this and on our love for God hang all the...