Poems

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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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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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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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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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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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Shared reflections

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

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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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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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.
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HE SENT HIS WORD

Kathryn Ainsworth Grover

"Why are ye fearful,O ye of little faith?
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THE ANSWER

Margery Todahl Blokhine

Long may be the answer comingBut in Mind's unfolding year,As a dove's unerring homing,Sure's the proof that God is near.
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THEN HEALING CAME

Mary Bell Rhodes

I longed for healing for my child,.
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AGELESSNESS

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

Yesterday youth ran away—flung to the wind its pride, and sobbed and cried;then ran away and left mein maturity, and I cried, too—it was the only thing that youth could do!
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HIS FATHER'S BUSINESS

Jessie R. Richardson

Let our dear children find their way As Jesus did on that far day, When at the age of twelve he knew His place was in the temple.