Poems

COUNSEL

In your dark nightDo not go down into the valley.

I Love to Pray

When do I pray?

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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.

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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MY BROTHER

I mourned.

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WORD RETURNED

I went out with joy.
We do not know for sureyour young heart's wrestlings in a distant age,nor possibly the pangs of injured pride,the throes of fear, you had to overcome,with loved ones lost, nor the hard rideinto captivity, wrenched from native landto wait as servant, do what came to hand.

going to the city

Little feet, big feetall walking different.

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A spiritual perspective on politics

We've gathered a variety of guests for this series, each with wonderful spiritual insights and proof that these spiritual ideas are effective—even for something that looms large, like politics.

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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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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FRIENDLY UNIVERSE

Since the one MindCreated the universe,None can ever findAny part hostile or perverse.

RATIONALE

("Even ifI knowwho I am

Where is God?

Here is God, where I am.

THE TENTH LEPER

He alone turned back;He alone was grateful:He did not lackThe thankful heart.

What is Perfect?

Jesus said our Father is perfect, sowe should be perfect, too.

FROM A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT:

Open your door to God,And you open your thought to Love;Be generous with your love for all,And the freedom of Life will be yours;Take heed of the truth in Spirit,And Truth will answer your needs;Be as a tree—