Poems

LISTENING

Father , thank YouFor this hour,This quiet listening time.

SIMPLICITY PROFOUND

"Be still, and know," the Bible says.

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Anthology of classic articles

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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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THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM

May the open books invite them in—Those who stop at the window today.

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THANKFULNESS

Thankfulness is thoughtfulness,and joy and hope and praise,acknowledgment that God is good,and gladness for His ways.

RIGHT PLACE

I shall no longer look afarFor opportunity.

VISIT TO THE MOTHER CHURCH

A pure, sweet calm of restful silence cameTo hold my thought, and from the dome a glowAs soft as moonbeams wrapped me in the sameDeep love the Master gave to friend and foe.

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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.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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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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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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM

Here we find a thought removed from fear,And from mortal strivings gain release:Purpose, progress, faith, and hope are here,Mind's dominion, quietude and peace.

ONENESS

When my thought measuresThineIn righteous prayer,Nor height, nor depth, norClaim of time or space,Can separate me fromThy loving faceAnd tender care.

THE PROMISE

"Wait on the Lord," the Psalmist says.

KNOWING GOD ARIGHT

There was a time each day was streaked with night;Fruitless toil and shattered hopes my plight.

PRAYER

Dear Father-Mother Love divine,I pray to know Thy love, to seeThe bruisèd ones, the bonded ones,The broken ones of earth made free.

WHEN WE PRAY

Thank You, God, for the gift of prayerTo meet each daily task.