Poems

IMPARTIALITY

Peace had gone from my restless heart.

TO A PRACTITIONER

A thousand homes rejoice todayThat once were sad and dark.

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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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FREEDOM'S CALL

"Come unto me.

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"WHAT IS THAT TO THEE?"

If envy, curiosity,Tinge of jealousy,Should say to me,"May we come in?

FROM SENSE TO SOUL

Not enough—flower-petaled beauty—Fragrance also there:Not enough—soft-feathered bird-throat—Music filling the air.

SPIRITUAL STILLNESS

The Psalmist sings, "Be still, and knowThat I am God"; and those who heedDiscover Love's rich overflowMakes green the wilderness of need;

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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 Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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PERFECTION

Perfection is no abstract stateNor wistful hovering of vague desireFor a mutation somewhat higherTo make us somehow better than we are—Perhaps to give us kinship to a star.

IMMORTAL FRUIT

To taste of fruit immortalseek Truth through Spirit's portal;unlock the gatethat opens unto Soulwith love, and let the wholeof heaven hereand now appear.

COMPANIONED

I am companioned though you are gone;From selfish yearning my heart is free.

MY BRETHREN

A clear sense of omnipotence—Be this my constant prayer,That when I would my friends compareAnd judge them less than goodMy love for God and man I findWill quickly bring me back to MindAnd I shall see as Peter saw:No man as common or unclean.

TOGETHER

Out of reach?

TRUTH'S SIMPLICITY

Why do I seem to struggle so?