Poems

FORGIVE AGAIN

"What —forgive again?

WHEN ANGELS CAME

With noiseless step the angels cameInto my heart at midnight hour;Though they had neither form nor name,With noiseless step the angels came.

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Shared reflections

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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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CHILD

The thought of "child" is innocency.

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GOD GLORIFIED

When we have setSelf-love aside,Conquered rancorAnd human pride,Then our portion—Thought purified—Will crown endeavorWith God glorified.

REFLECTION

Windowpanes will not shineThrough a long and darkened night,But moon and stars and glow of sunMake them reflect the light.

GOODNESS LEADS ONWARD

I used to call the little things I did—Like unseen favors, simple courtesies,The drying of an eye,Exchange of jolly wit for plaintive sigh—Trivialities,A sort of marking time, till grand realitiesMight start my upward, heavenward, climb.

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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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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 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 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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SOLACE

Weep not.

BEHOLDING LOVE'S CREATION

Creative Love, whose radiant power has keptThe spiritual universe and man intact,Would never leave His child in dark bereft,For God holds man in Love's divine compact.

TESTIMONY MEETING

"Let your light so shine," the Master said,That men "may see your good works, and glorifyYour Father.

CHARITY

The way was steep and night seemed long,But charity rejoiced,In darkness raised Love's triumph song.

HOMESTEAD

I moved into the light,And suddenly I sawThat house was mine.
"Put up again thy sword into his place,"Jesus admonished the impetuous oneStriking in vain defense.