Poems

HEART TRANSPLANT

O dear heart,Yield your affections of sense to Soul,Where man is innocent and whole.

"THERE CAME ONE RUNNING"

And now these children,Bounding into class,Inquire with upturned faces, shining eyes.

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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WITNESSING FOR TRUTH

"Go ye into all the world," the Master said,"Preach the gospel.

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CHRISTMAS, 1970

It could have been Bethlehem, year one,With shepherds watching quietly over their sheep,As this large city here where everyoneIn his own way will Christmas vigil keep.

THE HEALING TOUCH

I was sure I loved God so very much,For hadn't I felt His healing touch?

ZACCHAEUS

Zacchaeus looked down from sycamore treeOn the road that led towardGalilee.

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From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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AT-ONE-MENT

I know I am at one with God today.

MY ANGELS AND I

When I awake to morning sun,I take a moment just for thanks—Thanks that God and I are one,That God and His angels and I join ranks.

FROM THE WILDERNESS

With water gushing from the rock,And manna whitening stone and sand,How could there be the slightest doubtOf God's compassionate hand?

ALL THINGS NEW

The child outgrewthe coat he'd worn.

WHEREVER YOU ARE, BE

Everyone is your best friend,Why apprehension?

UNBROKEN BEING

Man cannot be polarized, is not dividedIn bitter confrontation, Left against Right,Age against youth, East against West, each sidedIn hostile camps, unable to unite.