Poems

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The non-event

Virginia Thesiger

"I have decided," said my nose,"to have a cold.
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Eyes opened

JANICE JOHNSON-PALMER

Sometimeswhen I forget to look where I'm goingI tripover my own thoughts.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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My gifts

NEAL STANFORD

What gifts have I that I can bring,This Christmas Day, unto our King?

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Singing a new song

LILLIAN RANGE DELLY

I am onewith the beggarlying at the gatecalled Beautiful
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Immortal history...

SUE A. SPOTTS

This is man's true, eternal story,Not a tale that is quickly told,But the truth of man in God's glory—Truth that never grows old.
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Vesture of the Christ

JEAN M. LANGERMAN

What is this endlessly unfoldingrobe of Truth,this timeless weavenot seamed, not stitched,at no point vulnerable,but the undivided vesture of the Christ?

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Anthology of classic articles II

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Anthology of classic articles

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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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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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Conception and perception

KATHRYN A. KNOX

Conceptionis Mind aloneunderstandingits Mind-created idea—not matter thrownand mixedin a biologic jar.
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No blackout

ELLEN MOORE THOMPSON

In any night of our experience,darkness seems to far outweigh the light.
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Unnecessary obstruction

GREGORY PAUL WALSH

Silly stubborn nonself,A one-way cloud,Hides—not us from His sightBut Him from ours.
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Progress

LONA INGWERSON

There was a timewhen I pursued bread for bread's sake
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Pray first

MARTHA S. SAVAGE

We've all been warned of the callous word.
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Prelude to the Lesson-Sermon

ADA S. ALLAN

In the wee small hours of mortals' timeI come expectantlyto break the bread of Truth.