Poems

The lightest touch of Love 

It brings floating
to the surface
the good already there...
   I’m unimpressed 
      with the carnal mind’s 
      constant refrain: 
“For joys, along the highways 
   and byways of material life, 
   remain.”

Rather, I’m persuaded …

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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.

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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I thought peacemaking meant 
Defusing conflict 
Mediating disagreements 
Smoothing ruffled feathers 
Restoring broken relationships ...

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Abide with me 

We hope you enjoy listening to this new musical setting of Hymn 8 from the Christian Science Hymnal. The lyrics are by Henry Francis Lyte and the music is by Andrew Sentinella. Click on the “Listen” button to hear the song.

To vote 

I ask in prayer how I should vote—
   which candidate is best?
The answer puzzles me ...

It has to be Love 

If we look 
   and think we see 
   chaos’s fragments 
      or hate’s clutter 
         swirling like a sandstorm
            —blinding— 
we can remember …

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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 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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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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No longer inflamed 

Fever-pitched? 
Feel the cool balm of 
the ever-presence of God, good, 
     quelling the terror, the inflamed thought—
the sweet assurance that ...

The balloon lesson 

The balloon was blown up 
to incredible size. 
It taught me a lesson 
that …

A watch for peace 

Our dear Master, Jesus,
Taught through his life divine
That God …

Humble servant 

I go forth
humble
and delighted
and exuberant
to be ...

God’s song 

against the steady
drumbeat refrain
of bullying taunts—
the worn soundtrack
of what sometimes
feels like your life

there sings a …

Abscission 

Like trees that grow
   then let leaves fall,
as we obey
   our Father’s call,
we too can drop
   what doesn’t serve …