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HOME

Winifred Goodman

Parting Is a dream untenable,Unreal,Because we always areAt homeIn His great Love.
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BRIGHT SHINING

Myrtle Daugherty

Do not disdain the penitential tears.

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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 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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THE PRACTITIONER

Arthur Percy Bubb

He turns to Mind throughout the day,Not once nor twice but every hour,To guide him in the narrow way,As God-endued to speak with powerThe Word of Truth and Love, to healOr raise from sin the living dead,While in humility to kneelBefore the word, "Take up thy bed.

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RAINDROPS OF DIVINITY

F. Ina Burgess

The gracious rain falls on the famished fields:The tranquil, waiting earth drinks thirstily,And empty stream beds parched and gray with dustBear laughing, singing waters to the sea.
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FULLNESS OF JOY

Wilhelmina Belle Barnes

A deep , abiding joy does not need laughterTo express its presence or its power,For God's own Son, known as the "man of sorrows,"Gave us his joy that our joy might be full.
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"BUT THE SERVANTS KNEW"

Sally Forth

Jesus bade the servantsbring water unto himand fill the waterpots of stone;they filled them to the brim.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on mental health—and find hope, even healing.

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Get to know God: The “omnis”

Listen to gain deeper insight into the four “omnis”—omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and omniaction.

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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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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THE INNKEEPER

Cleo Cooper

Was he to know that he had closed his doorTo the Prince of Peace on this momentous night?
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ARISE AND EAT

Helen Packard Johnson

O Elijah, Elijah, King forlorn under a juniper tree,Why do you here despair?
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"MAKE THEE AN ARK"

Jeanne Paul Christensen

"And God said unto Noah, Make thee an ark.
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THE GENTLE WORD

Edna Wise West

The gentle word has power beyond compare—Its scope is infinite; with what sweet graceIts utterance falls upon the heartLong bruised by harshness.
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THY PLACE

Elizabeth O'C. Ledbetter

So often one has asked, "Where is my place?
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THE BEACON LIGHT OF PRAYER

Oma Olna Martin

When in the maze of mortal thoughtsI sometimes lose my way,And fears and doubts beleaguer me,I lift my heart and pray;And in the beacon light of prayerMind's path that must be trodShines clear once more, and taking it,I find again my God.