Music & the Spoken Word Library

More Stately Mansions… – Sunday, February 10, 1980

We have all seen the remarkable construction of the chambered seashell—how each year the developing marine animal adds another compartment to its home, making a...

On Wasting a Lifetime – Sunday, February 03, 1980

Is there really, somewhere, in a meadow far away, still a shepherdess who sings all day while she watches her flocks?  If there is, we...

Gifts of the Night – Sunday, January 27, 1980

A dynamic and optimistic executive was once asked if he ever got discouraged. His quick reply was a pearl of insight. He said, "I don't...

Beginning Anew – Sunday, January 20, 1980

Oh divine Redeemer…turn me not away…grant me pardon and…remember not my sins… oh divine Redeemer. 1

Homesickness – Sunday, January 13, 1980

Of all the sicknesses which afflict man, homesickness is at once the easiest to contract and the most difficult to cure. For we can be...

A Light For This Year – Sunday, January 06, 1980

The turn of a decade, perhaps even more than the turn of a year, is a time for reflection, a summing up of where we've...

O the kind words we give…

January 30, 1972

The words of an old song suggest a subject: "Let us oft speak kind words to each other, At home or wher-e'er we may be...

Self-Searching

January 23, 1972

There is a proverb that says: “Believe no tales from an enemy’s tongue.” But perhaps we can believe our own examination of ourselves.

We Can All Be There

January 9, 1972

One of the most gracious and considerate men of our acquaintance, and one of the busiest also, puts at ease those who come to call...