Poems

YOUR PLACE

In Genesis one,Scripture showsYour place in God.

PLACE IN SPACE

Pinpointing place,You say so surely,"Here is where.

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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 Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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ACTIVE PATIENCE

Let me know this busy dayHow patience goes—

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THE ETERNAL GRACE

How anxiously we sometimes ponderThe why and wherefore, when and how,When all the while the eternal wonderOf Love and Life is here and now.

CHRISTMAS

Make your thought the resting place:Stable-quiet, starlight calm,Lowly as the scattered straw.

REACHING OUT

Oh, how I remember that day!Yes, I was reaching out,Wildly, desperately, reaching out.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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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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THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY

My friend is gone, I'm told.

SEEING GOOD IN GOOD

Have you heard the phrase"See the good in him"and thought as I didto find some small tokenof graspable goodnessin among the other repelling traitsthat disgust, annoy, and impose—hoping to be satisfied with a sample of God's man?

DIVINE ECOLOGY

The grand ecology of the divineHolds all ideas in atmosphere of LoveWherein Mind's equiponderant designNurtures the hawk as truly as the dove.

LOVE BARS NONE

Love barsbarring;loving allbars none.

LOVE IS ENOUGH

Love is big enoughTo fill all empty spaces in the heart.

MOMENT BY MOMENT

The gentlebend in tenderness—reaching to raise with fullest strengththat traveler wounded by thieves,lifting him upand bringing himby faithful beastsafe to the inn.