Poems

The eternal student

A satire
Holy Bible, book divine,Precious treasure, thou art mine:Mine to tell me whence I came;Mine to tell me what I am;

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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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Contemplation

Teach me where I need to go.

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Breakthrough

Bright light, white, pure, beneficent.

As brother to Zacchaeus*

I climb my sycomore tree,wholly lifted above crude crunch, mundane mutterings,to the free, uncluttered viewI seek.

Thy will, not mine

Ah, the fruitless, formless heaviness of indecision,That oversurging of pros and cons,That final tally of confusionYielding non-answerandStarting all over again.

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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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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Once I dwelt in the tomb of mental darknessamong the rocks of ignorance, fear, and sin—ranting in despair.

All there is

What is my fortune?

Remove the liability

We should not ignoreThe good that has gone before,But we must do more.

You never left home

The qualities of God, which you express,Cannot deteriorate, or age, or grow less,Or suffer, or sin, or die,Or be subject to contagion.

The Christian touch

Oh, we can quote the pagesAnd be fierce to error's ways;We can talk the absoluteAnd state our case for days;But where's the needed God-embraceThat gives authority?

Communication

God's indestructible, unbrokenchain of love;binding, yet freeing;close-linked, yet ever-expanding;enfolding, yet not restricting.