Poems

HOSPITALITY OF THE CHRIST

Drawn to the radiance of the Christ they comeUnto the open door, so trustingly.

MOTIVE

Would I have, while unwilling to earnor know, without intent to learn?

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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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POSSIBILITY

Fear-darkened sense toldOnly of danger,Of wind and night, menace of raging sea,A frail craft's inadequacy.

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CHURCH BUILDING

If our last nail were driven,Construction work all done,Our task would not be finished,Nor would our goal be won,

BEYOND THE SYMBOLS

Love etched a trillium in fragile whiteagainst the deepness of old winter's gray.

PENETRATION OF TRUTH

Truth penetrates all error;Yet not as agitated drillBoring through rock,But by its presence only.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

From Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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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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ANSWER

You search the vague and distant hillsWith weary hope in anxious quest:"Horizons all are far away.

AGE OF SCIENCE

The compound at the Master's elevationincluded home and work and transportation,even talking with an earlier generation.

WHY DO I PRAY?

Is it for healing that I pray?

BE OF GOOD COURAGE

Be of good courage.
Now only this we know:The presence here,The warm, sweet glow;Not any face, nor any nameProclaims His Person, whence He came,But Love draws nearTo opened heart and thought,After wind and quake and fire,When, through purified desireDearly bought,We listen, conscious of His willEmpowering good, not ill,And evil stripped is seen as naught.

REGENERATION

Our dreams die hard.