Poems

ELIM

At Elim were twelve wellsand seventy palm trees—sweet water and shade for the wanderer.

LOVE SPEAKS

Fear saidI could not speak before this crowd,So many strangers listening to my words,And I untalented, untrained, unread.

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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 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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LAW OF LOVE

Who first pours thanks prepares his heartfor future glory-filling,clears a place for joy to startthe instant he is willing.

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MAN'S WORK

Who sketches distorted views of life—picturing self in a role of strife,driven by time, a ruthless master,ever prodding men to pull fastertheir load of responsibility?

IN HIS PRESENCE

There is a quietness.

TWO VIEWS OF DAWN: A PARABLE

To unillumined eyelight reappears,rising above the rim and finding me.

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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 III

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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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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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"PEACE ON EARTH"

Love is blessing you and me,Blessing all humanity,Even those who disagree.

THE POET PRAYS

Set my lines to song, dear Lord;Give them resonance and beauty.

COMPLETE

I am complete, for Ihave put my hand in Thine,O God.

THE HEALING CHRIST

The healing Christ is here—today.

SPIRITUAL SECURITY

The young boy Joseph was just as securewithin the pit as his brothers werewith the sheep.

THE FRAGRANCE OF HER NAME

She made the name so lovely—one to beFilled with the fragrance of fidelity;For who can speak her name and not recallRuth's life?