Poems

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Achievement

MARY H. OLIVER

The budding thought that seeks a higher senseOf Life and Love, that yearns to understandThe universe of Mind, must soon expand—When God is sought, He surely shall be found.
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In the Court of the Areopagites

J. ARTHUR R. STEVENSON

Ye men of Athens, what intention broughtYour footsteps eager to the hill of Mars?

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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Shepherd Song

GRACE NIXON STECHER

As the shepherd guides his chargesTo the mountain meadows green,So does God provide the uplandsWhere His flock may rest serene.

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A Soldier's Prayer

ROBERT LOUIS LINZ

At break of day, when morning sun draws nigh,I close my eyes in prayer, and pray that IMay know the truth, that it may make me freeAnd bring me nearer still, my Lord, to Thee;
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"In a certain place"

JANIE FLEMING LAWRIE

There only is one certain place:It is not far,Nor found by weary, toilsome ways—There, now, we are.
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Convoy

MARION ALICE BOWERS

How sure is he who travels in the way!He holds his course in confidence and peace.

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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.

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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 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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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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Wings

LILLIAN D. MINES

God gives him wings—strong-pinioned, buoyant, kind,Held true by compass of all-knowing Mind—A legion angel thoughts to bear him up and on.
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Repentance

OPAL WINSTEAD

The peaceful silence of the contrite heartIs eloquent beyond all clamorous praise;For in this stillness pride and fear depart,And meekness learns of God His wondrous ways.
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Obedience

ROBERT ELLIS KEY

Do you move freely on the mountain height,With feet unfettered and with heart unbound?
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Safety

JUNE BARR

Hid in the secret place of Mind,Far from earth's turmoil and distress,Safe in the inmost heart of Love,We find at last our happiness.
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Certainty

PAULINE IDA YOUNG

"It is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
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Prayer

JANET MC CORMICK-GOODHART

Let me not cling to any earthly pattern;Let me not hold to modes and means outworn!Oh, let me rise in inspiration's freedom,And fearless face the new and glorious morn!