Music & the Spoken Word Library

Facing Fear – Sunday, August 31, 1980

Life is a high-risk endeavor. The stakes are enormous. Utter happiness or total heartbreak often depend on a mere difference in a step, a turn...

“Technology” A Double-Edged Sword – Sunday, August 24, 1980

The age of technology in which we live has helped mankind in the pursuit of social and economic progress. Advances in the fields of electronics,...

Giving of Ourselves – Sunday, August 17, 1980

Albert Schweitzer once told a graduating class, "I do not know where all of you are going or what you will do but let me...

Devotion—The Depth of Life – Sunday, August 10, 1980

Devotion is certainly one of the noblest words in the English language. Lincoln used it to describe the ultimate dedication of those who fell at...

Barriers – Sunday, August 03, 1980

We are constantly reminded of the barriers that divide us. The speeches we make from our soapboxes are not alike; the flags we wave may...

The Gift of Prayer – Sunday, July 27, 1980

Prayer has been a reoccurring theme on this program. We've commented about the continual need for prayer, about the strength and confidence it brings into...

Defining the Pioneer Spirit – Sunday, July 20, 1980

There is hardly a community or town from Plymouth Rock to the Western Seaboard which does not owe its existence to pioneers—to brave men and...

The Usefulness of Sadness – Sunday, July 13, 1980

Sadness and melancholy are feelings we would generally avoid if we could, but of course we cannot. Joy and sorrow are mixed and stirred together...

Life’s Impermanence – Sunday, July 06, 1980

One of the great themes of literature has always been life's impermanence. Poets and playwrights have looked at the human condition and marveled that everything...