Music & the Spoken Word Library

Tidying Up – Sunday, April 26, 2015

Even though most of us realize that true happiness does not come from the things we accumulate, for some reason we still end up accumulating...

Patience – Sunday, April 19, 2015

Pottery is among mankind’s oldest and most enduring crafts. The process itself feels like a work of art, as the expert potter carefully, patiently shapes...

Awe- Sunday, April 12, 2015

At the end of a long day of school and work, a busy college student was asked about his exhausting day. Instead of mentioning his...

The Hope of This Season – Sunday, April 5, 2015

It’s been said that God rewrites the book of Genesis every spring.1 “In the beginning” takes on special meaning each year as we witness the...

Try Something New – Sunday, March 29, 2015

A woman who loved soufflé decided to make some for her family for a special occasion. But she became nervous when she read the recipe...

To Love – Sunday, March 22, 2015

Only those who are willing to risk heartbreak and disappointment will ever know what it means to truly love. As C. S. Lewis put it:...

A Story to Tell – Sunday, March 15, 2015

One of Mark Twain’s stories tells of an artist, George Sterling, who finds most of humanity—other than himself—rather uninteresting. Self-absorbed in his own career and...

Fail Forward – Sunday, March 8, 2015

At the start of a new semester, the president of a large university advised his students: “We will all fail. More than once. Every day.”...

A Song of the Heart – Sunday, March 1, 2015

Few things release the feelings of the heart like singing does. It brings deep emotions to the surface that we might otherwise struggle to express....