Poems

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Nurse's song

Ruth Lacy Plum

Let me praise Love's infinite care for man, byrespecting, encouraging, and cherishing my brother—heart-shouting his spiritual goodness!
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The better choice*

Patti Lane Stevens

I may speak, even eloquently, yet how much better to love.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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Does God really speak to you?

Michael M. Abrums

Have you ever heard the voice of GodGuiding you like a shepherd's rod?

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God's man

William B. Schlismann

Created by God in His infinite good,held in Love's father-motherhood,man, pure and holy, upright and free,is whole, abiding in Soul harmoniously—complete, intact, under Spirit's law—God's beloved, perfect, spiritual idea.
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"He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions"*

Peggy Duke-Evans

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On the playground

Patricia L. Wilkin

When I'm climbing on the climberTill I can't climb any higher,God is there!When I'm playing in the sandboxOr I'm swinging on the tire,God is there!When I'm walking on the balance beamOr sliding down the slide,When I'm crawling through the tunnel pipeOr curling up inside,I'm as safe as I can be,For God is always there, you see—His love and truth are everywhere,Taking perfect care of me!

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Shared reflections

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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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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The body beautiful

Doreen Joffe

Neither slim chances nor fat gainsidentify the temple of God,the reflected "body beautiful,"individual embodiment of spiritual good,full of light,expressing right.
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Our children

Meda C. Leschen Clifton

Oh yes, I hold it safe—the knowledge of their dearness;close within my heart it lies.
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This day

Dorothy Bowen Fynn

This is the dayGod defines usas children ofSpirit, Truth, Light;as His spiritualimage and likeness,as His creation,His delight.
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Trafficking in truth

Nancy Weckler Bachmann

STOP the chatter of mortal suggestions,LOOK to God's all-loving expression,LISTEN for His all-knowing direction,And safely GO with Him!
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my ever psalm

Patricia Kadick

todayi nurture graceand joy,my gratitudeand unselfed confidencein Soul's divine direction
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God's message

Catherine S. Anderson

God's message said, "You love the Sentinel, the Journal, and The Herald of Christian Science.