Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Unanswered Questions – Sunday, October 11, 1953

No doubt all of us are troubled at times by the unanswered questions of life.  No doubt all of us are given to wondering at...

Keeping Up … and Catching Up – October 04, 1953

We recall the often-quoted comment of Lewis Carroll's Red Queen: "Now here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in...

The Weight of the Future – Sunday, September 27, 1953

Sometimes we may feel overpowered and depressed by the tasks that lie before us, by the undone things that we have yet to do. 

Hate – and the Hollow Heart – Sunday, September 20, 1953

Among the long list of things that make men unhappy, none is more devoutly to be avoided than hate in the human heart.  And among...

On Harvesting too Soon – Sunday, September 13, 1953

In days of restlessness and of uncertainty, sometimes people (all people, including young people) are disposed under pressure to make shortsighted decisions—decisions that seem attractive...

On Work Well Done…- Sunday, September 06, 1953

It is an unhappy day in the life of any man when he fails to find sincere satisfaction in doing useful things for the joy...

Serendipity – Sunday, August 30, 1953

There is a word in our language, a significant word coined by Walpole, but little known and little used.  It is serendipity—which means essentially: something...

On Making Decisions – Sunday, August 23, 1953

Further in this matter of making decisions: Taking time to decide is frequently an essential factor of safety.  But there is also such a thing...

Until the Next Step Shows Itself – Sunday, August 16, 1953

Sometimes when we are faced with decisions, we may well wish that we had a blueprint that we could count on.  We may well wish...