Poems

BETHESDA

Why liein troubledexpectancy?

PRAYER ONE

Come, Spirit that changes everything,open my eyes up:come, Spirit that changes everything,open my eyes.

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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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ZION-PRAYER*

Arab, Jew—Who are you?

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NOTE TO NICODEMUS

It was at night thatJesus patientlyspoke to you, Nicodemus,about spiritual rebirth.

THE TIME IS RIPE FOR LEARNING LOVE

The hemlock cup is ready,the boiling oil is drawn;but the light of Christ breaksupon thought in prayerand wakens it to behold reality—no poison therenor threat anywhere.

SUPERSTRUCTURE

Noah knewnot just an ark, wooden, lifelesssaved him from the flood.

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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.

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Changing your world

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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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GOD'S TEEN-AGERS

A hundred school-leavers walking in lineTo receive their out-of-work pay.

SECURITY

No danger lurks withoutWhen deep withinNo fear is foundNor unrepented sin.

CONSIDER GOD'S LOVE

Consider God's love for you:It is constant.

INTO LIGHT

When one looks back and wonders by what chanceEvents took place—why one went here, not there,Did that, not this—could choice or circumstanceOr locust years remodel character?

PRACTICE

No matter what we seem to bemateriallywe all must strive to learn to seespirituallyand prove Love makes man healthy, free,eternally.

"BE STILL, AND KNOW"

In the still and limpid pool of Godlike knowingI bathed,and cleansed of turbulence and fear,I stepped forth healed.