Music & the Spoken Word Library

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...

A Problem Is and Opportunity – March 08, 2009

Henry J. Kaiser was a problem solver. Born to a German shoemaker in upstate New York, he eventually became the father of American shipbuilding. Along...

Living Within Our Means – March 01, 2009

Deep contentment can come from choosing not to spend money that we don’t have. At first that seems obvious, but in a day when slick...

Sweet Joy of Forgiveness – February 22, 2009

At some time in our lives, every one of us has been wounded by the actions or words of another. Those wounds can leave us...

Give Me a Calm and Thankful Heart – February 15, 2009

Abraham Lincoln believed that music can restore the soul. And during the turbulent years of his presidency, his soul often needed restoring. He regularly attended...

The Whole World in His Hands – February 08, 2009

A long time ago, unknown artists came up with words and a melody that resound in our hearts today: He’s got the whole world in...