Poems

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A PLACE PREPARED

E. Lyndon Fairweather

Through every door that opens before my questing feetThe dear Christ goes before me, my daily needs to meet.
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COME, WALK REJOICING

Audrey A. Mersereau

Look up, O troubled heart, and cease despairing;your Father's love is steadfast, warm, and true.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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UP FROM BETHESDA

Carol Earle Chapin

Are we, as was that victim long ago,Asleep beside Bethesda, reckoningAs real some dreamed-of empty dream or fear:A sickness, grief, or sin, or personal sense?

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COMPASSION

Jeannette H. Johansson

Compassion is no swinging cloakworn on the rigid shouldersof self-righteousness.
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INSPIRATION

Jane Copthorne Macdonald

Let the rush of gladness come,The song of praise.
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SHADOWS ON THE WING

Virginia E. Young

Awake , my heart, and sing;True joy is yours today!The happiness that springsFrom thought atune with GodIs mine;I ask no greater thing.

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Shared reflections

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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 Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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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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DILIGENCE

Doris A. Lewis

Study to show thyself approved,A workman without shame;Thus fortified, thou art not movedBy evil's baseless claim.
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THE PROMISE

Gw'en M. Castle

Mind , omniscient, ever present,Solves the mysteries of His Word;On the one who seeks sincerelyUnderstanding is conferred.
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THE LEAVEN OF LOVE

Emma E. Akin

Love is the grace of selflessness,The passport into heaven;For love fulfills its blessedness,Not when retained, but given.
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THE LEAST LAMB

Fanny de Groot Hastings

I saw a pastured lamb today,It was the youngest in the fold.
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"WHAT HAST THOU IN THE HOUSE?"

Adelaide Rothenberg

"The creditor," I cried unto the seer,"now challenges the freedom of my sons,for he seeks to take them from me to be slaves.
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GOD'S DAY

Kate Holland Patton

When I awakeI know it is God's day.