Poems

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Unveiled

Elizabeth Keyes Williams

This hasn't been atime of leaving orof grieving—we both know Lovedemanded that wegrow beyond old pathsestablished years ago—both know that Life,so gladly lived, the Mindthat guides our loving,never terminates expression.
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God

Nicole Hornstra (fifth grade)

God is always sweet to me.

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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.

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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"The harvest truly is plenteous ..."*

Jennifer Hammond

Openyour fieldof thoughtto God's workthat the turningof the soil thereinmay yield abundantlybeyond any harvesthuman handiworkcould eversow.

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"Surely the Lord is in this place"

Mary Gadberry Patrick

No fear is here, now, whereeven illusion of fearmust inevitably disappearat God's, Love's, commandhere, now, whereGod, Love, is All—all-power, all-presence,eternal, supreme,refuting any pretenseof otherness, or pastor future elsewhere,than this dear, infinitehere, now, whereLove, God, isor else we could not be.
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Celebrating you

Naida A. Evans

What a joy to be includedIn this celebration of you.
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Thy Word

Richard Amand Hogrefe

Write upon my heartYour WordSo that I can see itWith my eyes open or closed.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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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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Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

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Promise of peace

Eleanor P. Humphrey

In healing message we have heardThe promised blessings of God's Word:"Great peace have they which love thy law.
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Childlike trust

Alberta R. Dressel

Your trust in God makes His Word clearand Love your only guide!And trusting Him your heart discoversneeded answers cannot hide.
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Eucharist

Lucia Johnson Leith

The unremarked, unnoticedthoughtfulness,the unsung, honest workfrom day to dayis Eucharist—as much as Sunday worshipon reverent knee—as we recognize in deedsof loving ordinarinessand faithfulnessa measure of the sacred Christlinessthat washes another's feet.
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To the Christian Science Church of Boston

At the end of summer, a teenage girl in a black T-shirt came into the lobby of the Church Administration building and dropped off the following poem.
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I love God

Celia Rowlson-Hall

I love Godand God loves me.
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Soul healing through Christ

Godfrey John

Through Christ, God's will for me is being doneIn all the lovely might of tenderness;Through Christ, a holy hush suffuses me:Soul, uncondemning, cleanses consciousness.