Poems

KINDNESS IS OF GOD

Before I knew humility, I was kind,Believing that this kindness came from me;But now the understanding clear of MindShows me what long ago I could not see.

LET US THEN

This is the way it reads: "Let everything that hath breathpraise the Lord.

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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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SHAKE OFF PRIDE'S DUST

Why flinch at evil's cruel stavesOr whine at much to meet,When he who could command the wavesEndured pierced hands and feet?

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LISTENING

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

SIMPLICITY PROFOUND

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

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM

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

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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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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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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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.

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.