Poems

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COMBAT ZONE

Harriet L. Bossard

Rid me, God, of tendencyTo fight my wayPast evil giants of the day;Mere human thrustNot strong enoughTo catapult the stoneThat renders error prone.
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MEASUREMENT

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

"How tall are you?

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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 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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DIVINE POWER

Donald Heisler

Mistake, penalty—all mortal talkCan be erased, if one will walkWith Christlike thoughts of love, in light,Denying self and human plight.

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TRUE SERVICE

Imogene McCaig

Story of Martha! Still it speaks to usWho seem—so often!—in her very case,Cumbered and troubled about many things,Our thoughts, as hers, tread their harassing round:Cannot the Master see how hard our tasks?
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THE TWO GARMENTS

Florence Fraser Ludgate

The costly garment of self-pity,Intricately wrought, closely woven,Will not stretch or yield to any need.
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WHAT DO I NEED?

Carol Earle Chapin

A change?

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Shared reflections

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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From Freedom from addiction

LOST AND FOUND

I saw that in order to find my life, I had to first lose it—that is, lose all sense of life as material.

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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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"RABBONI"!

Lyle T. Hammond

The simple name, "Mary," Jesus spokeTo the Magdalen Easter dawn.
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IMPARTIAL LOVE

Esther M. Scheck Peterson

What is love?
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THE WAY-SHOWER

Helen M. Childs

He mapped our path.
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DANIEL AND THE LIONS

Doris Kerns Quinn

Deep in the den, blocked by a massive stone,Daniel and the lions passed the night.
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LEAVEN

Myrtle Daugherty

A little leaven lifts the entire mass,given some time.
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BEHOLD:

Mary Dunham

You, moth on the screen door,Gazing with longingAt blue world of infinityWhere wings may climb and soar,But still hesitantly clingingTo old familiar barrier,Unsure of venturing, waiting,Unaware of the opened door.