Poems

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The need for mothering

Regina Smaridge

Welling upin the heart of all mankindis the need for motheringin the universe.
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A little light

Duane Valentry

Like a first star,A first faint glimmer of dawn,On the opening of a long-closed shutter—Comes the visionOf what life truly rests on.

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Changing your world

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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Identity

Elizabeth Glass Barlow

The swan that floatson Airlies Lakefloats double,swan and shadow.

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Swan ride

Shirley Mary Nicholson

The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders.
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Infinitely sustained

Margaret Tsuda

Wait,not doubting.
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Prayer for prayer

Klaus-Hendrik Herr

Worn out,Yearning for spiritual food,And trying to pray so hard,I came to point where, like a flash in dark obscurity,A wonderful idea made room for itself:

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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Changing your world

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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 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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Make the most

Jane R. Harwood

Certainly! You canmake the mostof Love's song-winged moments.
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In step with light

Gerald Stanwell

Not by chance,not by plannedavoidance of the darkdoes true conviction dawnand make its markin waking consciousnesswhere deep root growthso long unseendigs its way to victoryand fellowship.
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"As it is in heaven"

Margaret Tsuda

Why notlive each dayas if it wereour first day in heavenrather than(as some counsel)our last one on earth?
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We can praise!

Shirley Mary Nicholson

I wanted to praisebut praise didn't come:problems requiring solutionand other burdensweighed heavily.
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Man beloved

Paul Edward Gingell

We are never lost from God,nor ever at a loss to realizecare and comfort at His presence—
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As shepherds

Jane Murdock

As shepherds keep guard over straying flocks,we must watch over our flock of thoughts.