Music & the Spoken Word Library

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...

Why Not Now?

January 2, 1972

“Build the more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll!”1 This is more than a line of finely phrased poetry. It suggests...

Where one door shuts, another opens… – Sunday, January 01, 1960

There is maxim quoted in Don Quixote which this day somehow suggests: "Where one door shuts, another opens. . .."1 We come to an end...

The essence of all that Christmas is – Sunday, December 25, 1960

We have spoken before of the several sides of this season.  But beyond all else, all the festivities, all the gathering of families and friends,...

Home—and Christmas – Sunday, December 18, 1960

What can one say for a season where so much is intermixed?  There is thoughtfulness for others, but a thoughtfulness preoccupied with a bustling of...

What takes our time – Sunday, December 11, 1960

Last week we talked of the waste of worshiping the average, and that the average is neither an absolute nor an ideal and is not...

The average: not the absolute nor ideal – Sunday, December 04, 1960

Last week we closed with this comment: "Man is obviously made to think.  It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole...

…to think as he ought… – Sunday, November 27, 1960

Today we should like somewhat to summarize our subject of some weeks on our responsibility for all the thoughts we think, for our actions and...