Poems

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EASTER

Jane Huelster Hanson

No special gifts, no frozen creeds,But gratitude and love in deeds.
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HERE I AM

Joy Dell

Someone calls.

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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 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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"KNOW THE TRUTH"

Edna E. Overby

"Someday, when I grow stronger,I can 'know the truth,'" she said,"Then I shall heal the sick,And maybe raise the dead!"

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"JUST THE READING OF THE BOOK"

Doris June Jack

It worked for others; would it work for me?
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AWARENESS

Jessie R. Richardson

Jesus stood alone in what he knew;At peace, he prayed the whole night through:But I in restless doubt am tossed;The glory of the day seems lost.
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READING ROOM

Miriam E. McNally

Come in   from the rushing street, the din of office, home, or store,   in—to the pure and radiant stillness of the Christ   the gentle power of Love that fills all space   in ordered beauty, harmony, and grace.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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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 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 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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PREPARATION

June M. Biester

Father, may I knowand understandhow to love,That I may seethe need:And then impartwith grateful heartA loving word.
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CREATION'S CROWN

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

To love man first—oh, cherished prayer—to treasure most, of all God made,His blessed child, and keep awareman has not strayed beyond God's care.
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THE WRONG AND THE RIGHT

Max Dunaway

Said Jonathan, "I did but tasteA little honey.
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IDENTITY

Carol Earle Chapin

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REGENERATION

Gibbs Hofmann

My lips, from which too often fellBarbed words to wound those whom You bless,Have learned to taste the miracleOf living waters, and profess
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DAVID AND JONATHAN

Audrey Mersereau Bond

This friendship is not just a clasping of hands,a warmth of affection;its fabric is woven with infinite strandsof tender protection.