Poems

Your spiritual destination is here

You’ve arrived; 
  you’re not getting “there.” 
There’s no future place to be, 
just here and now.

Your being is …

The Christmas message

When the Virgin-mother 
   gave birth to her 
   firstborn son, 
Heavenly heralds 
   announced the …

Audio Collection

A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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The Love-lit road

God has laid His 
   precious stones
along a path that 
   leads to good.
The hurried ...

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To see God face to face

The Bible tells us
   Jacob was alone 
the night before
   his brother Esau came, 
bringing with him
   the four hundred men …

The lightest touch of Love

It brings floating
to the surface
the good already there...
   I’m unimpressed 
      with the carnal mind’s 
      constant refrain: 
“For joys, along the highways 
   and byways of material life, 
   remain.”

Rather, I’m persuaded …

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Shared reflections

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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 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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I thought peacemaking meant 
Defusing conflict 
Mediating disagreements 
Smoothing ruffled feathers 
Restoring broken relationships ...

Abide with me

We hope you enjoy listening to this new musical setting of Hymn 8 from the Christian Science Hymnal. The lyrics are by Henry Francis Lyte and the music is by Andrew Sentinella. Click on the “Listen” button to hear the song.

To vote

I ask in prayer how I should vote—
   which candidate is best?
The answer puzzles me ...

It has to be Love

If we look 
   and think we see 
   chaos’s fragments 
      or hate’s clutter 
         swirling like a sandstorm
            —blinding— 
we can remember …

No longer inflamed

Fever-pitched? 
Feel the cool balm of 
the ever-presence of God, good, 
     quelling the terror, the inflamed thought—
the sweet assurance that ...

The balloon lesson

The balloon was blown up 
to incredible size. 
It taught me a lesson 
that …