Poems

A vision*

I caught a glimpse     of what John saw— 

Face to face with Love

Five-year-old Makenzie sits between the boysround blue eyes questioningher first time in a Sunday School 

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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Listen!

I’ve gotta.

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Father=Mother

Our Father is Mother; unlimited by gender:Not god and goddess, as the ancients stroveto balance love conditional on virtuewith love embracing all—condoning faultsstill unforsaken.
A Sunday School student shares what Church and Christ mean to her.

Stop sign

When you don’t know why you’re so upset—none of your needs seem to be met.

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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.

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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 Safety

A safe refuge

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

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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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Was it really so important that he face down the oppositionWhen no one appreciated what he’d done so far?

And God said...

Beloved,just like Meyou’ve been made to be!To loveand to heal!In and of Me you’re made to be.

100%

How often we hearof a certain percent—perhaps fifty-five, or eleven,ninety-nine or seven—presenting its picture of health, wealth, or self.

Sea change

Yes, it was on the beach that nightwhen the rising moon looked like distant fireworksand the sand stretched out foreverinto the calm, strong sea, that we first foundthe spiritual guidepost called “anchor of hope.

Home

Still providing rest—a fortress strong,a sheltering nestwhere no vulture thought or swift-winged dartcan startle or displacethe tree of Life which holds it firmlyin its placewhere nothing enters but that which Love allows.

A winter heart

When the earth inclines its axisto warm its other halfbecause the equinox is over,it brings to mindthe all-embracing activity of our Father.