Poems

COMMUNION WITH GOD

If but one hour I consecrateTo seek His grace and meditateOn things divine,Established is my day.

OVER THE WALL

This the way out—grow tall!So tall that the wallShrinks round your ankles.

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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 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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THY WAY

"Shew me now thy way," dear God,For I have lost my own.

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"FROM THE FATHER OF LIGHTS"

Your example, oh, your standabove all variableness!Your light becomes an impetusin my rebirth.

LOVE, NOT VENGEANCE

When in the Adam-dream I seeInjustice victimizing me,And vengeance, in the garb of right,Would neutralize my woeful plightYet trail a burden of dismayNo sentient courage can allay;

AWAKENED

Awakened from the dream of painBy Love's sweet healing light,I look back now with gratitudeOn what seemed an endless night.

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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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 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 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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THE BLISS OF OBEDIENCE

Into the mountain meadow steps the doe,Carefully testing the scents of summer air,Soon satisfied no unfriendly creatures knowThat she is there.

TENDER PERSUASION

Love comes gently,And with guileless artSpeaks freelyTo the ready heart.

SONG FOR SELF-PITY

So , did injustice strike?
Patience from God is positive,sure as of spring's returning that divineLove wins; not a mere negativeholding of the line.

LIFE–ENCOMPASSED

"Bound in the bundle of life with.

NOW I PRAY

Right here I pray—Here in the melee of a busy day.