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Worth Repeating
by Todd J. Williams
Worth Repeating is a podcast of readings and reflections including prayers, speeches, literary excerpts, historical documents, and Scripture. The reader and commentator is Todd J. Williams, president of Cairn University in Pennsylvania.
Episodes
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9/11 20th Anniversary: President Bush Speaks to the Nation
It has been two decades since that fateful day that forever changed our nation. We vowed never to forget and the implications and consequences of those acts of terror are still with us today. The night of the attacks, President Bush went before Americans and gave a simple, brief, and clear…
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In 2020, We Need to Hear Them. Christmas Bells, 1863
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was in a very dark place in 1863 when he wrote this poem that would eventually be set to music and come to be known as I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day. He lost his wife in 1861 in a horrific way. Still grieving, Longfellow wrote in his journal on December 25, 1862…
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A Measure of Devotion: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is more than iconic. It is impactful, profound, and inspiring. It is historically significant and worth not only repeating, but remembering. Only a few minutes long, embarrassingly brief by the standards for oratory of the day, Lincoln's speech evokes the…
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A Memorial Day Challenge to Remember and Recommit from President Reagan 1982
This podcast is excerpted from a speech given in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan at Memorial Day Ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery. It is brief, but poignant and profound and very "Reaganesque". This national holiday is set aside to commemorate and remember those who gave the ultimate...
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Character and the Forge of Life: The Village Blacksmith by Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow captures a character portrait in poetry. One we can learn from. One we can draw inspiration from. One we can share with our children and grandchildren. Published in 1840, early in Longfellow's career, this poem has stood the test of time but is less familiar to us…
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Kept By God: From "The Valley of Vision"
In these days of the COVID19 crisis, it is easy to lose sight of the love and power and sovereign care of God, easy to fear, easy to grieve the loss of comforts of easier days. But the power, grace and mercy of God are real and sustain us. He will keep us and give us strength. The prayers in The...
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Never Give In! - Churchill Speaks
In these days of hardship, restrictions, fear, anxiety, and disruption to our lives, there is a need to think about perseverance and perspective. Winston Churchill's famous "Never Give In" speech is well known and is both timely and timeless. But it's striking that its not delivered to troops...
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Strength and Inspiration from Abigail Adams
Abigail and John Adams are a great pair. They are incredible examples to us in so many ways. They endured much, gave much, and loved and respected one another immensely. In this letter to her husband, Abigail offers her thoughts in two parts. The first, showing her vim and vinegar, inquiring…
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"Can't" and the Importance of Resolve
In these days of crisis, it is important to comfort and be comforted. It is important to acknowledge fears and anxieties and concerns. But we also need resolve. We need to press on, persevere, endure. The uncertainty, the inconveniences, the real and perceived threats, the restrictions and even…
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In These Days of Fear and Uncertainty, Where is Wisdom? Job 28
When times are hard, when fears rise, and uncertainty looms large, perspective goes a long way. We need to seek it, obtain it, and maintain it. This perspective goes by many names, perhaps wisdom is one we tend not to associate with it. But wisdom matters. And never more so than in trying times...
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The 1914 Christmas Truce: Silent Night
Silent Night is an iconic Christmas carol sung the world over for 200 years. It transcends time and place. The simple, beautiful lines and the truths they relay are moving and abiding. The lyrics were written two years before they were set to music. And while the tune is memorable and befits the...
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A Thanksgiving Proclamation
Too often we take holidays for granted, They become such a part of our annual routines that we simply loose sight of their significance. Thanksgiving is no exception. We are inundated with new recipes, hints for hosting, parade coverage and Christmas shopping. The solemn and celebratory idea of...
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A World Split Apart: Solzhenitsyn Still Speaks
The absence of civic courage is a dangerous thing in free society. We cannot give way to the temptation to see our freedom as permission for the individual to pursue their own whims apart from higher purpose. We must want the best we can muster for ourselves, our children, our country, and. the...
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"To Touch the Face of God"
The Wright Brothers, Lindbergh, Earhart, Tuskegee Airmen, Yeager, Glenn, Armstrong and the rest. Americans have a rich aviation heritage. In 1941, nineteen year-old pilot John Gillespie Magee wrote a simple poem that made a greater impact on Americans than he could ever have imagined. From...
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These Truths: The Declaration of Independence (in its entirety)
The Declaration of Independence is a remarkable document. The history of it, the process of its formation, the drama, the politics, are all captivating. But its purpose is singular and inspiring: to express the American mind. It outlines what we believe to be true about humanity, human affairs,...
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The Valley of Vision: Prayerful Perspective
The Valley of Vision is a collection of Puritan prayers and devotions. They are rich, powerful, honest and biblical. There isn't a dud in the whole book. This prayer is the first in the collection and a fitting way to introduce the prayers contained here. It is a prayer of perspective and paradox...
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"If" .... Timeless Fatherly Advice
Kipling's "If" was an often memorized poem that is not heard of much today. It is considered an example of Victorian Stoicism. It is dated and paternalistic. But both my son and my daughter memorized it when they were kids and discussed its expressed ideas. It served them well. The poem is brief,...
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The 75th Anniversary of D Day: A Nation Prays
On June 6, 1944 as the allied invasion of Europe was underway, President Roosevelt took to the airwaves and led the nation in prayer. The greatest amphibious assault in history would begin the long, hard push to victory over the dark forces of fascism. Everything was at stake. And the nation prayed.
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Our Only Comfort
Dr. Todd Williams reads from the Heidelberg Catechism. The first two questions and their answers of this important work from 1563 are powerful in their simplicity and profound in their implications for our thinking and living in this world today.
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So Costly a Sacrifice: A Memorial Day Reading
Dr. Todd J. Williams shares a Memorial Day reading of Abraham Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby. Freedom is not free and neglecting to remember the cost of it, and those who made the ultimate sacrifice for it, leads to taking it for granted and holding it too cheaply.
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Worth Repeating is a podcast of readings and reflections including prayers, speeches, literary excerpts, historical documents, and Scripture. The reader and commentator is Todd J. Williams, president of Cairn University in Pennsylvania.
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Worth Repeating is a podcast of readings and reflections including prayers, speeches, literary excerpts, historical documents, and Scripture. The reader and commentator is Todd J. Williams, president of Cairn University in Pennsylvania.
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