Poems

Listening for God

My tongue says, "I can't!"I just sit there and cry.

If I had been Abraham

that fearful day,what would I have thought,what prayed,loading firewood upon the lad—upon my only son?

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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 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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Expanded view

Once I conceived of here as there,As when instead of now.

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A calm so deep

When seas of mortal thought are churned,I often see, floating above tempestuous wave-lashan idea—the possibility conceived of calm—a calm so deep the seas are only whispers now.

O sons! O daughters!

"O Timothy,".

Your place*

As a snake fits its hole,Or a turtle its shell,So there is a placeJust for you as well.

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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.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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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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Today and today

I am hathMadeMeOr else myReality were but myth.
Wakeful at a small inconvenient hourI thought of the sleepless Ahasueruscommanding his book of recordsbe read to him.

What hast thou?

What hast thou in the house?

Insight

Insight comesin that infinite instantwhen time and spacedissolve intojust knowingthatGod is.

Joy

Happiness can be made into a list.

Speechless

We work with words all day long,writing, erasing, thinking,squaring them up in books,wrapping them up in newspapers,speaking them—see them here.