The Essentials of Freedom
July 2, 2023
Much of the world was at war in 1941, when United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt prepared to give his annual State of the Union...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
A Sacred, Holy Calling
June 18, 2023
Perhaps the best-known prayer ever uttered, the Lord’s Prayer, begins: “Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name” (Matthew 6:9). To hallow is...
Charles Dickens and His Christmas Carol
Here inside the Charles Dickens House in London, England, sits a desk that once belonged to the great novelist. It was here that Charles Dickens...
Striving to Become Like Him
November 6, 2022
The word strive means something slightly different from the word try. To strive suggests purposeful effort. To try, on the other hand, connotes something a...
Repairing What Is Broken
October 23, 2022
Many years ago, a family experienced a little annoyance (like the kind we all face)—they had a leaky pipe in the bathroom ceiling. Drip, drip,...
Neighbors in Our Own Households
July 24, 2022
Most of us want to love our neighbor. And yet, for some reason, it often seems easier to do that when the “neighbor” lives far...
Who is My Neighbor
July 10, 2022
The story of the good Samaritan was first told as an answer to a question. A certain lawyer, who seemed to want clear lines marking...
To Remember and be Remembered
May 29, 2022
Dale Adams has an unusual hobby—one that has brought meaning and perspective to his life while also honoring those who have gone before. Dale reads...
Of Enemies and Friends
May 13, 2022
God gives each of us a limited supply of time, and for the most part, we choose how to use it. The writer E. B. White...
Tender Mercies
May 1, 2022
Events in life sometimes come at us so rapidly and randomly that it can be hard to find any meaning in them. So much of...
A Beloved Community of Sisters and Brothers
January 16, 2022
We live in what some have called a “consumer society,” a society focused on buying and selling—then buying and selling some more. Such a society...
The Reason for the Season
December 5, 2021
Christmas is a season of interesting contrasts. In many parts of the world, for example, Christmas comes in the darkest, coldest part of winter—and yet Christmas is a season of light and warmth, characterized by the warm glow...