Poems

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Life

Eva-Maria Hogrefe

Infinite Love offers the fullness ofChrist's cup,which we gratefully receive asbaptism, inspiration,spiritual understanding,blessed transformation,showing that peace and strength aboundAs Truth lifts up—And man in eternal LifeIs found.
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My yearning to serve

Ellen Moore Thompson

Oh, I have felt His divine presencefilling the stillness of a morning,freshly compelling me to serve Him solely;

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Anthology of classic articles II

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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Giving action to thought

Janet L. Benson

Progress:forbids a backward glance,impels a forward thrust,denies a sense of chance,demands an active trust.

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There is no impasse

Louise Clarke Harsch

So often we outline and defineHow we wish an outcome to unfold.
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Patience

Melissa Carr Kupfer

Not a grim wait,nor passive resignation,discouraged, anxious,questioning"when?
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Nurse's song

Ruth Lacy Plum

Let me praise Love's infinite care for man, byrespecting, encouraging, and cherishing my brother—heart-shouting his spiritual goodness!

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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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From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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The better choice*

Patti Lane Stevens

I may speak, even eloquently, yet how much better to love.
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Does God really speak to you?

Michael M. Abrums

Have you ever heard the voice of GodGuiding you like a shepherd's rod?
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God's man

William B. Schlismann

Created by God in His infinite good,held in Love's father-motherhood,man, pure and holy, upright and free,is whole, abiding in Soul harmoniously—complete, intact, under Spirit's law—God's beloved, perfect, spiritual idea.
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"He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions"*

Peggy Duke-Evans

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On the playground

Patricia L. Wilkin

When I'm climbing on the climberTill I can't climb any higher,God is there!When I'm playing in the sandboxOr I'm swinging on the tire,God is there!When I'm walking on the balance beamOr sliding down the slide,When I'm crawling through the tunnel pipeOr curling up inside,I'm as safe as I can be,For God is always there, you see—His love and truth are everywhere,Taking perfect care of me!
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The body beautiful

Doreen Joffe

Neither slim chances nor fat gainsidentify the temple of God,the reflected "body beautiful,"individual embodiment of spiritual good,full of light,expressing right.