Poems

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Condition of progress

Marietta G. Lyon

Honesty answered firsta blunt, uncompromising "No"While False Humility rationalized"It's not to be expected!"Self-Righteousness.
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More than a quilt

Madora McKenzie Kibbe

The light of Christ is not a patchwork quiltIt is a seamless garmentSo we cannot be satisfiedwith stitching our lives togetherinto pleasant little patternsThe only real patternis the one of transfigurationThe light of Christ is a transformernot a seamstressThe Christ not only mends, it restoresand renews and reveals what already always has beenAnd every time we part withour preconceived pieces,our this-is-how-it-should-work-out outlookwe are blessedand robed in light,a light that also warms the world,the Christ light, which is not a quilt butthe Comforter.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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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"...now I see"

Raysiri Franklin Horace Doghor

Like the man Christ Jesus healed of being born blind,Or like being born blind,I found my entire being mentally deepIn a world of darkness,Not discerning the truth, the light.

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Sometimes angels

Lucy Diana Lokken

Sometimes angelsgently rest on consciousnesslike quiet flutterings of doves.
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You are needed

Lucy Chambers Karwell

If you would be a candleprepared to light earth's dark,your heart must be a ready wickawaiting Spirit's spark.
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Alone with God

Jennifer Bartlett

Alone with God?

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

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

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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A Reading Room is ...

Peggie Case Paulus

Yes, a Reading Room isMore than a reading room.
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The ultimate weapon

Jacob R. Moon

Basic training:"The mission of the soldier,"They told us,"Is to close with and destroyThe enemy.
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The Christ appears

Eleanor Henderson Buser

The fourth watch—Can seem the darkest hour of the night,When sea is tempest-tossed
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Moving day

Joanne Mazna Garinger

I may say goodbye to my house.
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Where are the boats?

Judith Lynn Moore

Challenging times.
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The kingdom within

Sandine Wade

As a crocus expands in the sunAnd contracts in the cold,So we, beneath the healing touch of Love,Put forth our petals and shineWith a reflected radiance not our own.