Poems

IN GOOD COMPANY

You are part of a great companyof good men who have encountered crises.

CLIMBING

Dear Father, may I learnTo make each stone a stair—Each stopping place a stepping place,A place for climbing there.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

From Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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I CAN STOP BEING SWUNG

Asleep,sometimes I ride the pendulum.

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THAT WHICH IS

That God is Lifeseemed reasonable enough,
A Reading Room doorstands openin the marketplace.

LOOK, BE FREE

Tottering atop mymental fence,Indecision twists upcommon sense.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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A LAD HERE

This boy—child or stripling—never mentioned before or afterthis one brief verse.

"MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE?"

The voice is subtly insistentwith a suggestionsounding reasonableif not entirely validsensible if not entirely wiseor lovingor—say, who is this?

SCOPE OF LIGHT

The dark has no dimensions,No caliber outlined;As absence and negationIts nature is defined.

"IN THE BEGINNING GOD..."

You said: "I don't see where one can beginTo sort the muddle that I've gotten in;And how can I be sure beyond a doubtThat God is real enough to get me out?

WHITE LIES?

The self-deceptivehuman mindis—to say the least—color-blind.

TALL TREE

Vivid symbolof active gratitudefor Life—