Music & the Spoken Word Library

Successful Marriage – Sunday, February 07, 1982

Despite rumors to the contrary, there has been an upsurge in recent years. More and more couples—both young and old—are entering matrimony. And an increasing...

To Love – Sunday, January 31, 1982

Speak to one another of love. We all have feelings of love, of being loved, of being in love. Why is it that this means...

Anxious Living – Sunday, January 24, 1982

"There is such a thing as taking ourselves and the world too seriously, or at any rate too anxiously,"1 observed Henry Van Dyke. The song...

Our Pilgrim Planet – Sunday, January 17, 1982

Someone has said that the optimist believes we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears that this is true.

The Brotherhood of Man – Sunday, January 10, 1982

That which appears simple in theory is sometimes complex in its application. The principles of flight, for instance, were expounded decades before they were finally...

The Ultimate Challenge – Sunday, January 03, 1982

More than 500 years ago, Thomas A Kempis remarked, “Who has a fiercer struggle than he who strives to conquer himself? Yet this must be...

The Miracle of Change – Sunday, December 27, 1981

Philosophers have argued that change is impossible. How can a person be what he is not? How can he become something other than he is?

Will Ye Also Go Away – Sunday, December 20, 1981

It is the human tendency to believe that the louder an event is heralded, the more important it must be. Christ's birth teaches us differently....

Observations From the First Christmas – Sunday, December 13, 1981

For almost two thousand years men have told the story of the Christ child's birth. The shepherds, the wisemen, the angels, Joseph, Mary and the...