Poems

THE NIGHT OF NICODEMUS

Here I am: helpless, defeated, hopeless.

THE TENTH LEPER

Were they not still lepers at heart—those ninewho turned not back to seek the Lord with signof gratitude?

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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.

From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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INDIVIDUAL UNFOLDMENT

For some,a brilliant flashand instant, glad fruition.

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SELF-FORGETFULNESS

"Physician, heal thyself.

MARTHA OR MARY

Luke 10:38-42

PROXIMITY

Truth rolls away the heavy stone,Expels the night,Reveals the omnipresent ChristIn dawn-pure light.

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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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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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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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THEY KNEW IT NOT

When wonder and awe were voicedBy those who came to seeMatter's supposed forceConsume the three,

HERITAGE OF LOVE

The world, once limited, is wideNow as the sky and the sea,It stretches out on every sideIn its immensity.

THE VERY STONES

The need is here.

CHANGE OF VIEW

I saw myself a mortal, meeting deadlines;I saw my fellowman a judge, and soI felt that I must beat about with fervorAnd rush with haste and frenzy to and fro—Until I caught a glimpse of God's perfection,His wondrous, endless, changeless, loving plan.

TO LOVE—OR NOT TO LOVE

"How hard it is to love!" she cried—but as she daily prayed.

"THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH"

Psalm 19:14