Poems

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THE PRODIGAL THOUGHT

Doris M. Junker

Father, I said, give me my inheritance,All the things I own,To spend freely, live as I choose, go my way.
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WINDOW THOUGHTS

Rushworth M. Kidder

Suppose I close the blinds.

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Anthology of classic articles III

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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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MY PRAYER

Lucille R. Rushton

Not what others ought to beBut only what I need to seeDear God, reveal to me.

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APOSTLES

Phyllis Stoddard

Do I love enough to withholdthe silver and the gold?
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MORNING OF A HEALING

Melinda Dodge Morehardt

Awake—to a sure dominion,a wholeness.
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With God

Michael Latson

Without God I could do nothing.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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Changing your world

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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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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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SAFETY

Barbara L. Kelly

No corroding condemnationgnaws or nibbleswhen compassion and forgivenessform the pitch of mercyto seal the ark within.
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Can I Speak Your Language?

Sylvia N. Poling

Right wherewe areEvery momentGod speaksTo all of us.
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GOD'S THOUGHTS ARE MINE

LeRoy Weil

God's thoughts are mine to use, and used,Thought becomes the real to meAnd consciousness more truly IThan flesh-based claims could ever be
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EXPECTANT

Norma Takacs

Did he think that these two fishers from Galileewere rich—wealthy enough to give silver to a beggar?
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"CHARITY SUFFERETH LONG, AND IS KIND"

Jane Huelster Hanson

Memory plays its reruns:"She didn't speak kindly to me.
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"LET THIS MIND BE IN YOU"

Kathryn Ainsworth Grover

Satisfactionnever grows bygoing some wheredoing some thingor more material getting.