Christmas Gathering
December 10, 2023
For well over a hundred years, The Nutcracker ballet has delighted audiences at Christmastime. The ballet opens with family and friends gathering on Christmas Eve....
Music & the Spoken Word Library
Becoming Better Than When We Started
November 5, 2023
In 1978, Nobel Prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn spoke at Harvard’s commencement ceremony. The students in the audience had reason to be proud of their accomplishments....
The Pioneering Spirit
July 23, 2023
On July 24, 1849, John Benson was headed west, drawn by the prospect of gold in California. The American West was sparsely populated in those...
The Good Fight
May 21, 2023
The hymn just sung by the Choir was written well over 150 years ago, and it was inspired by words that are much older than...
Because of Him
April 9, 2023
Lloyd: Thank you, Madison, Choir, and Orchestra. Today, I’m here with Conlon and Rachel Bonner. Recently, their beautiful 9-month-old son, Joshua, died unexpectedly. Rachel, Conlon,...
A Spiritual Awakening
March 12, 2023
Most would agree that the world today seems to be in turmoil. Troubling events large and small swirl around us, from war to poverty to...
With Faith
October 30, 2022
With good reason, we often admire people who are persistent, resilient—those who face hardship but simply refuse to quit. We stand in awe of their...
Patches of Godlight
October 16, 2022
I’m standing in front of a home called “The Kilns,” located in Headington just outside of Oxford, England. The home got its name from the...
Running With Faith – UK Jason Smyth
September 18, 2022
Here in Northern Ireland, the countryside is famously green and fertile, nourished by beautiful rivers and lakes. But sometimes when a coastal fog settles in,...
There is No Fear in Love
September 11, 2022
Some days, reading the news feels like reading those prophecies in the Bible about the end of the world. “Perilous times,” the Apostle Paul called...
The Music of Faith and Hope
August 28, 2022
Over a decade ago, some friends got together to make music. They called it “an experiment in a new way to produce music visually.”[1] It...
Come and See
April 17, 2022
Early in His ministry, Jesus had only a handful of followers, most of them members of a small fishing community near the Sea of Galilee....