Poems

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Remember Gethsemane

Nikki Tomlinson Smith

Sometimes the greatest love isletting goearth-weights.
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Gaining heaven's aftersmile

Joel Magnes

I longfor Thy living Christ to lift me up,to touch my heart,to make me strong,to fill my thought with Thee.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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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Free acres

Donna S. Hunsberger

Like Ruth,be willing to gleanin the field after the reapers.

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In this moment, always

Helen T. Riesenberg

God cares for my children,and me;in this moment, always,steady in His love, He keeps them,and me,poised, peaceful, free.
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During a trial

Vera Sohr Kelly

Dear God, I hold Thy handand will not let it go.
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Be Columbus!

Godfrey John

You, homeless, lost, face to facewith lust, disgust, despair, in the city streets;you, young girl, hoping, believingin what is truest and timeless about you—purity, dignity, love—you, innocent!

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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.

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Shared reflections

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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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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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Now hear this

V. L. S. Webber

"I made you," God says.
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Love's ever-presence

Kathryn Paulson Grounds

There is a presence walks with usOn every pathless way,A light outshining midday sunHowever dark the day.
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Feeling Truth

Mario Tosto

Holy Father-Mother, God,Man is ever Your holy child.
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Unbinding self—encircling the world

Mary H. Reed

Because the water seeped right throughI knewthe plants were needing larger pots.
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What would I have done?

Carolyn D. L. Hewitt

Would he have gone along, this ruler namedJairus (whose daughter Jesus raised from death)Agreeing with the priests and other menWho sought destruction for the Son of God?
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Home

Godfrey John

is where placetruly becomesthe architectureof God's presence:the unrushedmeaning of complete.