Poems
August 21, 1978
Theme for a never-ending day
Cecile Hyatt
I hear the themeannounced in trumpet tones—I am alive with Christ in God!
August 14, 1978
Christ Jesus
Christina Elizabeth Bentinck
The blind, the deaf, the dumb, the lame, the sinners,and the sick,
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August 14, 1978
"After forty days"
ROBERT TOWNSEND WARNECK
There wasno raucous shoutwhen Jesus cameout from the wilderness,no thunderous shockannouncedhis way.
August 14, 1978
Awaking
Elise Manon Lunas
This mourning moment is the Adam man's:mists of grief enshroud the view.
August 7, 1978
Dis-illusionment with evil: a divine incentive
Esther M. Scheck Peterson
A friend once asked mesomewhat quizzically,"Are you illusioned?
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July 31, 1978
Vigorous study
Brett L. Stafford
Dig deep, brother,beyond mere scan—then silence mortal distractionand feel Love's presence—propelling youinto seeingman's intact being
July 31, 1978
Exult!
Sean Sullivan
Free to be—that's what freedom is to me!To burst the false confinesof mortal thinking that would bindme to the earth,and shout the celebration of rebirth!
July 24, 1978
Standpoint
Francis Fanshawe Algie
Not in the chaosof untutored thought—Self-will, self-love, uncrucified—can one discern God's man,Love's healing power prove.
July 24, 1978
One race
Jennifer J. Brown
There isno black consciousnessno white consciousnessonly God's omniscience.