Poems

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After reading the Bible Lesson

NANCY ELIZABETH DINSMORE

Not closing my books and walking away,Gritting my teeth while facing the day,But opening my thought to new things I've readSo that day-long, night-through, I'm fed and led.
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Prayer on waking

SHEILA A. KINROSS

Let this beGod'sday of unfoldment.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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This is the time to rise

BARBARA DIX HENDERSON

Watch out.

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Creation discovered

THEODORE L. CLAPP

Do I create God because I need Him?
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You don't have to climb a tree...

Lona Ingwerson

When things around you aren't going so well,And you feel the needTo think things through,You don't have to climb a treeOr run away from home—You can always find the land of Christian Science!
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Purpose

JUNE McCLENEGHAN FOWLER

Expressing God in countless waysIs reason I am living.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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Shared reflections

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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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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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Nothing to erase

GERALD STANWELL

Before we can see/admirefloodlit, the polishedfigure on the dais,did not the sculptor workpatiently for many hoursto earn our praise?
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The lines of grace

MILDRED KENDALL SHAW

The lines of grace fallnaturally into the pleasantplaces of the heart—love outpouringpatience assuringforgiveness on the instantwith the accuser at the door.
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Mustard seed

JACKLYN JEAN WILLIAMS

Tiny speck of seed-faithaftertruth-sowing
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Perfect balance

ELIZABETH BEAM

Wanting to skate through life,I took to my blades.
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Put wings on!

GLORIA CLEMENTS

Lightly go,burdenless one,divinely free and glad.
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Giving and living

LUCY S. BLAKE

There is only one way to give—With open heart,With open hands.