Poems

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THE COURAGE TO YIELD

SANFORD C. WILDER

If you find your head down,and see no place for your heart;it is not the end of friendship, becauseyou can make a fresh start.
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No outsiders

THEODORE L. CLAPP

Different culture, different history, knowledge,Eliminate so many from the truth?

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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

From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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A steady course

LOUISE M. LINN

You never thought you'd be in this boat?

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See the butterfly

Claire Roselius

The little caterpillar never dreamedThat he would someday fly,Sailing over wood and fieldHigh up in the sky.
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Right now

JESSIE E. WIRTHLE

"Now are we the sons of God.
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When all else has failed

CATHRYN TOOHEY ADAMS

At the mountain's foot—dwarfed, bereft of all thatseemed of worth, I striveto reach—outside time—

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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 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 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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Bigger problems—greater joy

CARL J. WELZ

Does a mountain climber complainbecause the cliff is steep,the peak too high?
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Dig deep!

BARBARA DIX HENDERSON

Challenge is stimulus.
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A friend's departure

RICHARD E. RALSTON

In selfish grief I wept for himWhen first he passed beyond my sightAnd wondered why a summons cameFrom the Lord of Hosts to end his light.
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"They shall still bring forth"

MAXINE LE PELLEY

Even in gray yearsstill to yieldstill to be led,inspired, fed—still to be healed.
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"Always" and "every"*

SUSAN M. SCHMELTZ

From childhood I had read those words,skimming them smoothlyover mind and tongue.
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change of tone

RICHARD HOWARD

I used to long for God's voiceto come à la Cecil B.