Poems

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TRUE BROTHERHOOD

Althea Brooks Hollenbeck

Men look on him and think, "He is her son.
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GUIDE ME, LORD

Maxine Le Pelley

Guide me, Lord, that I may steerMy own course straight and without fear.

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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 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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"COME UNTO ME"

Mary H. Oliver

Nearly two thousand years ago the wordswere spoken, "Come unto me, all yethat labour and are heavy laden.

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FULFILLMENT

Edna Wise West

As every unit vital is unto the whole,So each idea is essential to the fullOmnipotence of Soul.
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LAZARUS SPEAKS

Frances M. Pray

How strange it was at first—How hard to make them all believeThat I was not a spiritMoving in their midst,And when I walked among my friends,All looked with awe and were afraid.
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TRUE FORGIVENESS

Adilene Ratigan

I strove awhile to free my thoughtFrom deep resentment's bitter stain.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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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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From Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS

Edith May Matthews

We must live bravely: the faithful will knowGod is beside them wherever they go.
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MENTAL BATTLEGROUND

Marion Francis Brown

My enemy is not my foeWho seeks my life in war's duress,But that which would dethrone the ChristWithin my human consciousness.
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THE IMPOTENT MAN AT BETHESDA

Lillian Turner Marks

At any time the power was at hand.
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"I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND NOT SACRIFICE"

Pearl Strachan Hurd

Mercy, not sacrifice.
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NO MOTE, NO BEAM

Hazel Livingston

When the mote in my brother's eyeLooms larger than in mine,Teach me the senses to defyTill thought is one with Thine,Until with clarity I seeNo mote nor beam in him or me.
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LIFT UP YOUR HEART

Mildred Seidensticker

A great resurgence sweeps across the earthAs cleansing fires of Truth consume the tares,Challenging all that would oppose God's powerTo liberate mankind from evil's snares.