Poems

When Love Comes In

When love comes in, resentment cannot stay,Discouragement, self-pity drop away;Thus falsity gives placeTo gratitude and grace.
In deep humility she took my handAnd led me toward the light that I might see,Then stood aside to let me view aloneThe risen Christ and immortality.

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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 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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Prayer and Praise

What is prayer, and what is praise?

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We Do Not Grieve

We do not grieve when watching down the streetTo see a loved one turn and pass from sight,Because we trust that we again shall meetWhen work is done and lamps of home are bright.

Love's Hospitality

Pride, vehement within me, strove and strained:This place will never dignify our station;I blush to have a caller, it complained,For I must face the old humiliation.

Peniel

Ah, Jacob, well I know just how you feltGoing back again to meet your brother,Fearing in him revenge, or even subtlety,Fearing within the soreness of hurt pride.

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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.

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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God Is Love

Can I live in sin and sorrowWith Thy truth on every side?

Choose Ye This Day

Elijah sent word for all Israel to come,And they came from their worship of Baal, still sullen.

"I shall not want"

"I shall not want.

A Solitary Place

Jesus rose in the morning;He rose to pray.

As an Hiding Place

As an hiding place from the wind, the prophet saidA man shall be.

The Cleansing

Wash Thou my feet, O Lord! Thine eyes aloneSee me as free from stain of earth's dark dust.