Poems

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Remember Hagar?

Barbara L. Kelly

When waterfor herself and sonwas spentin a desert placeHagar weptnot seeingthe here and nowof supply.
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On course

Eleanor Y. Clapp

Father, tame my restlessness,The urge to move too fast,Reluctance, also, to listen.

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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.

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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Beautiful names

Katherine Blackson

In the New Orleans twilightshe called her boys at playbeyond the wrought-iron fences—"Strawberry, Pleiades, come to supper.

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Preludes

Marna M. Neufer

Long before the graying eastern skyreveals the coming dawn,the birds know;
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Christ's healing art

Philip Trent

Instant in season, out of season.
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Learning love

Nikki Tomlinson Smith

In loving we learn to love,without fear of hurt or worse—no acknowledgment at all.

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Shared reflections

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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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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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Luster

Marian Cates

God gives us His purposeto permeate our livesas oil saturates the woodof your mother's mahogany desk,enriching, preservingand making it shine.
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Beyond these walls

Jean M. Langerman

Always you were here,and now you're not.
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You are loved always

David Randall Keeler

"Good night!"she would saywith the warmest assuringas she tucked in snug blankets,
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Come all

Ellen R. MacMillan

God of all love—of goodness.
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Welcome mat

Sandra Luerssen Hoerner

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Beholder's eye

Doris Kerns Quinn

Bright sightGod's gift to allNot just some favored onesBright sightNo Adam-fallHas blurred the vision of God's sons.