Poems

Prayer

Let me not cling to any earthly pattern;Let me not hold to modes and means outworn!Oh, let me rise in inspiration's freedom,And fearless face the new and glorious morn!

"Write them not"

One there was who prayed to see revealedSuch things the earthly-minded cannot know.

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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 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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My Victory Garden

In victory garden of my heartMay seeds of Spirit flourish;There holy thoughts may Truth impart,And inspiration nourish.

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Sanctuary

Let me pause here beside this open doorWhile gratitude floods swiftly through my heart:This is the little room that welcomed her,This the still place in which her thoughts found strength—A humble spot, a tiny "closet"—whereThat one whose heart went out to all mankindCould ponder God's dear love and tender care.
What time I am afraid,I need to trust Thee more;I need to know that LoveHas ample good in store.

Communion

I shall commune with God,And lay aside tonightEarth's troubles, worries, sorrows, fears,And turn my heart to light.

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Anthology of classic articles II

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles.

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Changing your world

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series—and discover how your prayers can make a difference in the world.

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 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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Protection

Divine Mind guides me day by day,In all I do, in all I say;Intelligence divine is mine,Truth is my way.

Awakening

I awake from dreams of sense,Wake with dawning in my eyes,As in thought the vision breaks—Man is never one who dies,Compassed in a meager span,But a living, changeless ray,Perfect, born of Spirit's will,Shining in eternal day.

Eucharist

Drink deep the inspirational wine,Truth's bread, oh share!Communion, Eucharist divine,Awaits you there.

This Is Our Church

Like a medieval fugitive from wrong,Who fled before his wicked enemyAnd found the church a sanctuary strong,Wherein to claim impregnability,So in this structure pure of Truth and LoveWe find our refuge from pursuing foes,A sanctuary safe, and high aboveThe fear and doubt and pain that would imposeTheir tyrant rule upon us.

God's Man

O man of God's creating, How beautiful, how strong!To thee, in boundless measure,The gifts of Love belong.

God Reigneth

God reigneth—yes, the darkest hourMust yield its false and gloomy power,When thought is turned from sense to Soul.