Poems

The courage to give

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She was there for me

She was there for me.

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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 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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For the ordinary aspiring to extraordinary thingsWho would tread upon high places and hear a mountain sing,Know that to look from out Africa' rooftop,The mighty steeple, Kilimanjaro, born in fire and rimmed in ice,Is not to stand upon God's shoulders,But merely sit upon His footstoolWhere the thirsty would sip the glacial rivers of His pleasure.

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The dove flew, following the rain, and locating no landingShe returned to the ark.

A prayer for four young men

Written in response to the July 2005 terrorist bombings in London.
Christ Jesus said:What you do for the leastof my brethren,you do for me.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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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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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REMOVING THE FEAR

They said that a nightmare of fear might come upon us.

Remembrance in Rock

America's canyons, Hawaii's lava beds, Lascaux's caves—primitive man entrusts souvenirs of ancient pastto interpretation by future generations.

Holy ground

Even if we,like Lot's wife,idled and numbedby loss and grief

CALMING THE TERROR

They said wherever you travel sudden terror might come.

Recognizing God's gift

God's wind of integrity cleanses my world,His wholeness shields me from harm.

Calming the terror

They said:Wherever you travel, sudden terror might come.