Poems

A Reading Room doorstands openin the marketplace.

LOOK, BE FREE

Tottering atop mymental fence,Indecision twists upcommon sense.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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.

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"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?

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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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Anthology of classic articles III

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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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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WHITE LIES?

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

TALL TREE

Vivid symbolof active gratitudefor Life—

THE MIRACLE

We do not pray formiracles as such—only to know beloved sonis free.
Whoever lies at Bethesda.

WAY OF LOVE

I sat in loveand watchedas day passed into days.

STRICT ADHERENCE

Press to the real.