Poems

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GIVING

Barbara L. Kelly

Once, when a friend gave much,I found myself disturbedthat I had no means to repay her.
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READING TODAY'S LESSON

John N. B. Millican

Not a mortalBlinking in the candlelightOf a dark morning,

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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LESSON-SERMON

Richard O. Howard

No euphonic cloudiness here—No hazy, vague conjectures,No dogma, no ritual,No other to interfere.

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LARGESS

Mary J. Augustine

Thank You,dear God,for every blessing—big or small;and, thank You againjust for beingAll.
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WHAT THE SUN IS SAYING

Godfrey John

Soul is saying
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BY DAY, BY NIGHT

Carol Earle Chapin

No matterhow hate scorches,God's cloudy pillarshields.

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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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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MILLENNIUM

Esther M. Scheck Peterson

Retaliation?
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A CERTAIN MAN

Margery Macdonald Cantlon

We read about this manincredibly standing,pouring out thanks,not holding back,fairly leaping with joy.
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RUN WITH PATIENCE

Carol Earle Chapin

Heavenbound, headed toward Truth,off in a high spurt of confidence—
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TEACHER-LEARNER

Eleanor Swenson Allison

I have to stretchTo learn the lesson:Read the story,Search the scenes.
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SUDDEN LIGHT IN DARKNESS

Richard Henry Lee

Listen—marvel!
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EQUIPOISE

Godfrey John

Brother-sister, find your self in the firstrecord of creation:find yourself shaped by the Infinite—male-female, onecompound idea.