Poems

LOVE WAITS TO BLESS

Material sense is seen to have no placeIn that divine relationship of God and manThat each must try in humble way to traceAs thought awakes to pattern and to plan.

"HE CALLETH THEE"

"Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.

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Anthology of classic articles II

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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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SERENITY

Safe in God's encircling love,What chance or change can mar our days?

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GRACE FOR TODAY

Who longs to love, with gentleness of grace,Perceives unveiled the loving Father's face.

PHILIP AT JORDAN

There is a ford where Jordan flows besideBethabara.
The reading, Lord, is Thy work;To follow Thee is mine.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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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UNFOLDING FLOWERS OF SPIRIT

Flower of LifeSpringing within,The secret place is thine.

MAN

That you should beOne of earth's millions,Lost or wronged,Lonely or ill;That you should traceA single dreamUpon the darkIs not God's will.

STEADFASTNESS

Dear God, how good it isTo stay my thought upon Thy holy name.

QUIET

Quiet is not a lack of soundBut meekness and a quiet heart,A poise, a stillness wrapping roundAll turmoil that would pull apart.

THE WISDOM OF SPIRIT

Brief is the time of trouble,Long the eternal joy;Pain is a passing fableThat Spirit will destroy.
My little boy, prodigal of a coinHis father gave him, bought himself a toySuch as he'd seen the other children wear,A false face, whose fantastic visage heAffixed by strings to his small ears, and then,"Now watch me frighten Mother!"