All Around Us
April 10, 2022
Sometimes we see things so often that we don’t really look at them anymore. When was the last time you stopped to watch a beautiful...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
Ask, Seek, and Knock
April 3, 2022
Jesus of Nazareth once gave this bold invitation: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be...
Just Let the Fire Warm You
March 27, 2022
When he was nearing 80 years old, Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was asked in an interview, “Have you found that your relationship to...
Showing Our Love
March 20, 2022
Hundreds of years ago, Shakespeare wrote this timeless wisdom: “They do not love, that do not show their love.”[1] Yes, love is a feeling, an...
The Mighty Vasa
March 13, 2022
On a Sunday nearly 400 years ago—August 10, 1628, to be exact—not far from here at the navy shipyard in Stockholm, the mighty Swedish warship...
The Focus of Our Lives
March 6, 2022
For two years, the pandemic has given us something this world has rarely faced—a common hardship. While everyone’s experience has been different, no person, no...
In the Direction of Hope
February 27, 2022
In one of George Bernard Shaw’s plays, a successful young woman challenges the idea that we are victims of our circumstances. “I don’t believe in...
Those Who Make us Better
February 20, 2022
A young man once asked Warren Buffet, one of the world’s foremost investors, what advice he would give on how to be successful. He might...
No Tinge of Regret
February 13, 2022
For many people, life is filled with busyness. There’s nothing inherently wrong, of course, with being busy. But it’s also not inherently a virtue—especially when...