Poems

PROVED, UNPROVED

Walls:cement, fieldstone, brick,mud, mosaic—allcrumble under history'srelentless millstone.

BREAD

Scriptural passages have saidthat God's children shall be fedbread.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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HARVEST

Some seed will germinateFar sooner than the rest;And early is the growthOf young plant manifest.

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"WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP"

"We shall not all sleep,"We shall not all sigh.

COMMUNION WITH GOD

If but one hour I consecrateTo seek His grace and meditateOn things divine,Established is my day.

OVER THE WALL

This the way out—grow tall!So tall that the wallShrinks round your ankles.

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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.

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Shared reflections

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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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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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THY WAY

"Shew me now thy way," dear God,For I have lost my own.

"FROM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS"

Your example, oh, your standabove all variableness!Your light becomes an impetusin my rebirth.

LOVE, NOT VENGEANCE

When in the Adam-dream I seeInjustice victimizing me,And vengeance, in the garb of right,Would neutralize my woeful plightYet trail a burden of dismayNo sentient courage can allay;

AWAKENED

Awakened from the dream of painBy Love's sweet healing light,I look back now with gratitudeOn what seemed an endless night.

THE BLISS OF OBEDIENCE

Into the mountain meadow steps the doe,Carefully testing the scents of summer air,Soon satisfied no unfriendly creatures knowThat she is there.

TENDER PERSUASION

Love comes gently,And with guileless artSpeaks freelyTo the ready heart.