Poems

An evening hope

(with gratitude to the members of The Christian Science Board of Lectureship for giving their love and light)

In the waiting garden

Surely no bird sangThere was no squeaking of the hunting batNor rustling of lizardAt the cave's mouthIn the waiting gardenAt that momentWhen Lazarus came blindlyFrom the grave.

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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 Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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The woman and the book

The woman spent her childhoodin a lovely corner of the universewhere the spring-flowering arbutuspushing up throughthe dead leaves of winterscents the air around.

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Yield

There's a lesson in the trees,their ease—they just bend in the breeze.

A patient's prayer

Dear God,I prayto do my part,to listenwith a humble heart,to know my placewithin Your plan,to see myselfas perfect man.

My Father's son

I watched him leave so many months agoHis face expectant/eager, all aglowForgetful of the field wherein I stoodsun-beaten, dour.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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Touchstone

Not ill willNor self-willBut good willIs God's will.
If shadows claimed a placeto cast their gloom,you wouldn't tryto rub and scrubthem out of sight

The non-event

"I have decided," said my nose,"to have a cold.

Eyes opened

Sometimeswhen I forget to look where I'm goingI tripover my own thoughts.

My gifts

What gifts have I that I can bring,This Christmas Day, unto our King?

Singing a new song

I am onewith the beggarlying at the gatecalled Beautiful