Poems

The poor wise man

Who is the poor wise man 
   who saves the city?
Could it be a blessed humble man 
   who is poor in spirit?
Could it be a …

Lift your gaze

Did you wake today to find
   the dawn’s new light 
obscured by morning mist? 
… the mist of worried thinking? 
… of fear and doubt …

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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 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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What is this?

Here’s the thing
if you know what it isn’t 
you don’t have to google
what it is.Because if it’s disturbing
discordant ...

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Clear sight

How hard it is to see
   the divine message 
when physical sense seems
   to distort it? …

Beyond time

Beyond the sweep of 
   what we call time 
Life knew and knows 
   and ever will know 
the light and strength, 
   the warmth and joy 
of all that …

The precious yesterday

The precious yesterday
   was Love’s cup of
      blessings
   filled with possibilities—
   opportunities 
to acknowledge the good
      expressed by Soul …

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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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 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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Above the fog

Encounter foggy thoughts
   that loom 
So thick at break of day? 
You have the remedy
   at hand 
To sweep those clouds …

Evidence of God appears

Quietly and quintessentially, 
God maintains His creation. 
A constant in our life 
is the ever-present reality 
of our oneness with God. 
Identifying with the Divine 
gives us the truth ...
As the moon rises
   in the sky, 
As sunrises and sunsets
   are created, 
As oceans rise and fall
   in tidal forces,
Our lives are …

From God alone

God is Mind,
knowing all there is to know.
How can I know aught
that He knows not? …

Yea and nay

“Yea; nay.”
Is this the shortest
prayer in Scripture?
It may be.
Certainly, it packs
a metaphysical punch
above its length …

It’s always God

It’s not my strength or resolve.
It never is, it never was
about a small “me”
praying to be victorious
over daily (sometimes nightly)
   bouts of pain.
No, it is …