Poems

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Seed of faith

VIRGINIA YOUNG TOWNSEND

Tiny seed of mustard plant,Who would have thoughtYou would have caughtThe Master's eye,To give a lesson to all mankind?
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Present prayer

ELEANOR JANET WINTLE

Let me not relive evil,Reaffirming, reassertingpast beliefs, false memories.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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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The Word

KATHRYN A. KNOX

The Wordis expressed everywhere—in the beginningin the onlyforevernow.

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Guidance

HARVARD O. CLAUSSEN

Truth unfoldsAs Mind directsWhat Soul inspiresAnd Love protects.
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Vital gratitude

BRETT L. STAFFORD

Not a mechanical "thank-you"for hoped-for benefits,or mere habitual utterance for present good
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What a privilege!

RUTH PENNINGTON-HUSSENBUX

What joy—what dominion—is ours,what an honorto be a guest at God's table:feast prepared in the wildernessready to be partaken of,and a place set just for you.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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 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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Love's full circle

HELYSE V. BIGGS

"Love is loving you" was my visitor's comforting wordon bidding me adieu.
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A lesson about the Lesson*

DELOVA S. DURNFORD

The east lightens,waking me to a dayscribbled fullon my calendar.
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Washed clean

LYNDA A. GILPIN

Blessed, are they that dwell in thy house:they will be still praising thee.
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Ready for service

THEODORE L. CLAPP

O Father, the Giver,Help me be a receiver.
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Dear Saul-becoming-Paul

CAROL MASNER

Those robes of Saul caused confusion,all those Saul-actions.
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A realization

JANET CORINNE HEDGEPETH

It is error to believethat I am too caught upin matter's liesto have earto hearGod's gracious repliesto my prayer.