Poems

Divine presence

Refuse to livewith nights grown strained and long.

Spirit's constant spring

Each trialis but a dream—a passing weightto test the greatnessof our thought.

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Home

Not necessarily family connections,but shared affections.

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Bloomtime

It's time for crocus blossom.

An orderly day

I would be orderly, Father.
God created now;we invented then.

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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 Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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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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One process

Have we, like Cadmus, sown dragon's teeth?

what strength

it is to know thatthe purity of this momentis nonrandomed unsporadicnonretractable

God's will prevails

Not through the urgency ofwillfulnessare problems healed,but through the quietness of clear reflection,through one's willingness to yield.

Unyielding life

God's ideaburied in a rock-ribbed cage?

To follow Jesus

Seek understandingto bless and to heal.

Life cycle

Vigor, power, and purpose—Vital signs of Life—give me conscious worth.