Poems

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LESSON FOR TODAY

June McCleneghan Fowler

Accept no penalty todayFor failures in the past.
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AT CHRISTMAS TIME

Margery Macdonald Cantlon

Maybe oxen breathed warmlynearby, watching,hearing the new cryas Mary tendedher firstborn son,as Joseph protectedthe infant one.

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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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IS THERE A DAVID?

Marjorie Center Thomson

Is there a David for this battlefield?

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UNCALENDARED

Peter J. Henniker-Heaton

Man has no hour of birth, no natal momentwhen stars inclementcan fasten upon him some dark implacable fate.
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THE FAMILY OF MAN

Esther M. Scheck Peterson

The infinitevarietyof His divinefamily—everywhere—up and down,near and farand all around,each uniqueas a star—precious jewels!
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THE CHRIST COMES

Margaret Tsuda

to each of us.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

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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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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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FLIGHT PLAN

Maxine Le Pelley

Rated pilot learns to flyThrough viewless, scudded skyBy trusting instruments,Not eye.
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PRAYER FOR OUR CHILD

Isobel Anne Anable

Creative Spirit,ageless, new,I pray to seeour child in Your likeness, not ours,forever known and loved by You.
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TIMELESS GROWING

James Floyd Huston

It wasn't time that let usleave behind the little deathsthat hauntedand then were goneor carried on in other formsand tauntedtill their tauntings held no meaning.
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Sentinels

Hazel Harper Brandner

A soldier makes his own reportAnd calls each hour that all is well,When he patrols a camp or fort.
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SOLUTION

Kathryn Laney Veazey

Mind knowsno doubt,no clamor fordecisive way.
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STOP GO

Marilyn Utter Gardner

Whenever I'm sadOr have thoughts that are bad,I can STOP and thinkOf God's love for me.