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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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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December 6, 1993

Love with patience

Lillian B. Dewey
The light of patience,Pouring out of facesUsed to righting wrongWith Truth, reveals:In spite of heaviness within,Or outside force or gloom,Mind's direction isTo listen, learn, and love with patience.
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November 29, 1993

Unveiled

Elizabeth Keyes Williams
This hasn't been atime of leaving orof grieving—we both know Lovedemanded that wegrow beyond old pathsestablished years ago—both know that Life,so gladly lived, the Mindthat guides our loving,never terminates expression.
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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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 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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November 8, 1993

"Surely the Lord is in this place"

Mary Gadberry Patrick
No fear is here, now, whereeven illusion of fearmust inevitably disappearat God's, Love's, commandhere, now, whereGod, Love, is All—all-power, all-presence,eternal, supreme,refuting any pretenseof otherness, or pastor future elsewhere,than this dear, infinitehere, now, whereLove, God, isor else we could not be.
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November 1, 1993

Thy Word

Richard Amand Hogrefe
Write upon my heartYour WordSo that I can see itWith my eyes open or closed.
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October 25, 1993

Promise of peace

Eleanor P. Humphrey
In healing message we have heardThe promised blessings of God's Word:"Great peace have they which love thy law.
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October 18, 1993

Childlike trust

Alberta R. Dressel
Your trust in God makes His Word clearand Love your only guide!And trusting Him your heart discoversneeded answers cannot hide.
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October 11, 1993

Eucharist

Lucia Johnson Leith
The unremarked, unnoticedthoughtfulness,the unsung, honest workfrom day to dayis Eucharist—as much as Sunday worshipon reverent knee—as we recognize in deedsof loving ordinarinessand faithfulnessa measure of the sacred Christlinessthat washes another's feet.
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