Poems

Foliage of Love

Like spiritual buds
Awaiting inevitable blooms,
An inner foliage revealed
The ever-present reality: …

faith, hope, love

We perch as if on precipice
arms out
asking ...

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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 Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Inseparable

God is everywhere
Everywhere we go 
We are ...

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Like trees

how like 
trees 
we are
rooted and grounded …

Always

The word “always”
speaks to me of God . . . 

True employment

Straightway I leave my net and follow Christ.
I’ve changed my job, and now …

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Shared reflections

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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 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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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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Holy surrender

I yield to eternal Truth
Free, baptized in ...

Persuasion

The senses
plead with words that sway;
they have …
Father-Mother God,
wake us up,
keep us up, 
show us
all of us
are ever Yours ...

Leaping words

the poet understands
that writing is 
            not simply
                        thinking thoughts
                        delving deep
                        watching words
            but …
i will come to the feet of Christ
i will come to this fount
i will come to this holy ground
to be washed and cleaned ...

Easter every day

A poem to celebrate Easter!