Music & the Spoken Word Library

From Here On… – Sunday, October 14, 1956

There are always times of looking back in the living of a lifetime.  No matter What decisions we make or fail to make, we are...

Decisions of principle – and of preference – Sunday, October 07, 1956

There comes to mind the recent remark of a young man facing some current problems and pressures: It was the utterance of one awakening to...

So Take Your Choice – Sunday, September 30, 1956

In these days of increasing complexity as more and more of many things are offered, paradoxically it becomes more and more apparent that our choices...

The Process of Procrastination – Sunday, September 23, 1956

Last week we talked of the tension of pretending—of pretending to be what we aren't, of pretending to be doing what we aren't doing. There...

The Tension of Pretense – Sunday, September 16, 1956

There are, in literature and in life, some intense tales of the tensions that come from leading a double life.  In the field of espionage,...

The thoughts we think – Sunday, September 09, 1956

It was Cicero who said: "To think is to live."1 Many other eminent observers have suggested the prime importance of the thoughts a person thinks—for...

Independent People – Sunday, September 02, 1956

In any area of activity where two or more people participate, there sometimes comes the question as to whose part is most important — Whose...

Truly the Light Is Sweet – August 26, 1956

There is in Ecclesiastes, a significant short sentence that suggests a subject; "Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the...

A door…open – or shut – Sunday, August 19, 1956

Last week we referred to the rate of speed at which men move — to the fact that 60 miles an hour means moving 88...