Poems

Luster

God gives us His purposeto permeate our livesas oil saturates the woodof your mother's mahogany desk,enriching, preservingand making it shine.

Beyond these walls

Always you were here,and now you're not.

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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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You are loved always

"Good night!"she would saywith the warmest assuringas she tucked in snug blankets,

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Come all

God of all love—of goodness.

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Beholder's eye

Bright sightGod's gift to allNot just some favored onesBright sightNo Adam-fallHas blurred the vision of God's sons.

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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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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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

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 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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Again, again, and again, and again—I was sinned against.

Satisfaction guaranteed

No "desert place"no incompleteno running—where?
Daily I asked God to show me just howI could let my child go.

More than just waiting

Patience, more than just calm waiting,more than suffering throughuntil good comes,patience, like the bud of a rose—beautiful in itself—holds the kingdom of heaven within,turns to face the light of Truth,and blossoms into fullnessas the warmth of God's loveshines upon it.

A portrait of the Artist

Long before we knew Him wellHe knew all of us:He was master of formand metaphor

Where I find God

Through a shaft of moonlight,or sunlight making "diamonds" on the snow,Through a child's bubbling laughteror an adult's quiet glow,Through the satin sheen of a tulip's petal,or a hummingbird'sattraction to the nectar deep inside.