Poems

AT A CHURCH MEETING

There was Diotrephes.

THE READING ROOM

I entered , knowing that my need was met;That He who hears before we call had heard.

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Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

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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RESURRECTION

The day was gray, my heart was sad.

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QUIET DEPARTURE

Let me depart in quiet thought.

ANNUAL MEETING

A holy hush fell on this holy ground.

REFLECTION

The storm was over and the rains had ceased;Dark, lowering clouds had risen to disperse,And I walked out into the sweet, cool airLost in deep thought, and unawareOf nature's beauty round the countryside.

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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 Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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GOD KNOWS

God knows, and man reflects God's knowing;Then need I plan or fear?

SIMEON

The Holy Spirit told me I would seeThe dear Messiah ere I go away.

SUPERNAL LIGHT

The light of Truth has never failed,Through sometimes in us dormant liesUntil, by drastic need assailed,We see through more enlightened eyes.

BEFORE THE LECTURE

This is a sacred time, this quiet hourBefore the feast so lovingly preparedIs set before us.

WHY THE SILENCE?

Why should a silence fallWhen each has much to sayTo help his fellow menUpon the upward way?

GROWTH

Step day by day into the human sceneAs if along your garden path in springYou walked with eager notice of each greenUnfolding frond and each first blossoming.