Courage to Endure – Sunday, November 1, 2015
Long-distance runner John Stephen Akhwari represented Tanzania in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with an unforgettable performance in the marathon. He did not...
Music & the Spoken Word Library
Good Books – Sunday, October 25, 2015
For hundreds of years, men and women and even nations have been shaped by influential books. If it’s true that we are what we eat,...
The Still, Small Voice of Conscience – Sunday, October 22, 2017
About 45 years ago, the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of a United States president and shook the nation to its core. A young...
A Home That Lasts Forever – Sunday, October 18, 2015
Recently an older home was demolished to make room for a new house to be built on the same property. Over the decades, that home...
The Power of Preparation – Sunday. October 11, 2015
In one of his legendary fables, Aesop, the master storyteller, tells of an encounter between an ant and a grasshopper. It was a sunny summer...
Happy and Blessed – Sunday, October 4, 2015
Many decades ago, on quiet mornings before school and work, a sleepy young family used to gather in the living room of their modest home...
A Note of Appreciation – Sunday, September 27, 2015
We all want to feel appreciated—that our efforts are valued, that our contribution makes a difference. Hearing even a simple expression of gratitude can inspire...
“Better Drawings Than Before” – Sunday, September 20, 2015
John James Audubon, a world-famous birdwatcher, naturalist, and painter, is credited with discovering 25 species of birds. He is perhaps best known for his masterful...
Make Someone Smile Today – Sunday, September 13, 2015
Life was not meant to be an unending sequence of beautiful days. But beautiful things can happen even on ugly days, and often those beautiful...