Poems

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Morning prayer

ROSALIND S. JOHN

Father, I'm coming to Youprodigal again—hungry for what You have andtired of what I thoughtwould satisfy.
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A simple birdsong

Virginia Thesiger

The birds of the air collect togetherThe twig, the clay, the straw, the feather;

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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Enoch's walk

MARGARET TSUDA

Was that special walkof Enoch's —when God took him andhe was not—so different from his daily way?

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God's gifts along the way

Dorothy Huntington

Love leaves uslittle gifts along the way.
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Friendship

MARGARET M. N. HIGSON

Our friendship is a young and tender plant:It's not a tree to hang our dreams uponOr bear the weight of mortal mind's demands.
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Epiphany

PHYLLIS STODDARD

Mine are quiet urgings—No histrionics.

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Shared reflections

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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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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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Prayer flight

JACKLYN J. WILLIAMS

First stage (grounded):Father, why must he be like that?
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Where is the Christ?

LAURA ANN BLAIR

Millions have toured the ruins and excavationsOf Capernaum, Nazareth, Bethany, Jericho,The shores of the beautiful Galilee.
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in Love

MARY ALICE ROSE

I knew God couldGod wouldGuide me into love.
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Divine hues

GLORIA CLEMENTS

God's jewel, youare shaped and shinedto color your worldTruth-pure,Love-kind:every facetMind-defined,Soul-substantiated—sealed and signed.