Poems

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You never left home

BETTY REISS

The qualities of God, which you express,Cannot deteriorate, or age, or grow less,Or suffer, or sin, or die,Or be subject to contagion.
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The Christian touch

MARTHA SAGE VANG

Oh, we can quote the pagesAnd be fierce to error's ways;We can talk the absoluteAnd state our case for days;But where's the needed God-embraceThat gives authority?

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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Communication

SUZANNE MAHON

God's indestructible, unbrokenchain of love;binding, yet freeing;close-linked, yet ever-expanding;enfolding, yet not restricting.

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I don't want to miss

SCOTT LAURIN SCHNEBERGER

Friends inquire,as friends do,softly,why I refuse offers to drink—for what causeI choose to fast, denymyselfwhat's meant for bliss,and then tooriskoffense.
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Shalom

STANLEY JOHN YORK

How shall I pray to understand true peace—the peace which passeth understanding?
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The gift of peace

DORIS KERNS QUINN

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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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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Each passing moment

IRIS A. SHANGREAUX

"Behold, I make all things new.
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From human heredity to divine inheritance

DORIS LUBIN

How glad I am to beNot out on limb of family tree,But firmly stanced on holy ground,Feet with gospel shod.
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Thank you, Father

E. MARIAN MORRISON

Father-Mother, thank youfor myriad, so-called miracles:for impossibilities reversedor simply dissolved—thus never occurring—when we see Your good solutions,wondrous answers,divinely natural,far greater than any fromhuman planning,then we know that we candemonstrate what we are learning,prove what we are winning!
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A clearer view

BETTY FIEDLER

Christ Jesus touched the blind man's eyeswith healing power of Truth.
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Gratitude

HELEN I. MARKWITH

Gratitudestirs,eddies,engulfs,spills over andcascadesinto the cracked, earthen depths of despair, futility.
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Divine operation

MAXINE SHORE

The word of Truth, omnipotent,Omnipresent, and omniscient,Operates without delayWhen we pray—Ever ready, more efficientThan modern laser or ancient blade.