Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Power of Music – April 14, 2013

Music has been called the timeless and universal language—a language of peace, of love, of hope. No matter where we live, regardless of our age...

Just Begin! – April 07, 2013

For many years, a husband and wife had been gathering branches that fell from the trees on their heavily wooded lot. One by one they...

A Promise of New Hope and Everlasting Life – March 31, 2013

One cold day, toward the end of a long, snowy winter, a family noticed serious damage to the beautiful ivy that grew on the outside...

Are You Listening? – March 24, 2013

We live in a world that seems to have stopped listening. Sound bites have replaced conversation; texting has displaced telephone calls; rhetoric has supplanted dialogue;...

Called to Serve – March 17, 2013

When Adam Geibel was only nine days old, he caught a cold that led to an eye infection. What should have been a routine treatment...

Giving Comfort – March 10, 2013

The classic western film Shane depicts a tragic conflict between ranchers and farmers. In one scene, the distressed wife of a farmer, feeling a need...

Happiness – March 03, 2013

The Gallup organization recently released a poll whose purpose was to measure positive emotions worldwide. A thousand people in more than a hundred countries were...

People Change Everyday – February 24, 2013

Have you ever bumped into someone you knew years ago, surprised to find how much he or she had changed for the better? Life is...

Step Outside Your Comfort Zone – February 17, 2013

When was the last time you tried something you had never done before? As creatures of habit, we tend to eat the same foods, take...