Music & the Spoken Word Library

The Title of Mother – May 10, 2009

Mother Teresa, known the world over for her great compassion, was once asked what she considered the most significant honor she had ever received. There...

Connecting With the Generations – May 03, 2009

Something deep within us wants to connect with those who went before us: our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, and other family members. When we know who...

Friends Again at Last – April 26, 2009

Ella Wheeler Wilcox probably wrote from personal experience when she said: One great truth in life I’ve found, . . . The only folks we...

Good Days Ahead – April 19, 2009

“Humility is the realization that not everything that happens in life is all about you,” said Rabbi Harold Kushner. “True humility, grounded in a view...

The Soul Playing Catch-up – April 12, 2009

A world-renowned anthropologist who spent several years among the natives of the upper Amazon in South America once described leading a rapid march through the...

Come Home – April 05, 2009

Home can be the most inviting place we know: the cozy place where we love, the warm place where we rest, the happy place where...

Life’s Unexpected Changes – March 29, 2009

Anyone who has lived a few years has learned that life can change in an instant. One day all seems well and good, and then,...

Contagious Happiness – March 22, 2009

A medical journal recently reported something that probably all of us have experienced: happiness is contagious. Tracking more than 4,700 people as part of a...

Myself – March 15, 2009

Throughout our lives we interact with many people who form their own opinions about us. But at the end of the day, we are alone...