Poems

HEAVEN WITHIN

The tiny leaf uncurls, expandsat touch of spring:it does not cry for further strengthbut stretches out its dew-drenched lengthby using inner might.

DO YOU THIRST?

Then today—now—you are biddraw water with joy"out of the wells of salvation.

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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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HEALING

When thought grew calm and humanwill was silent,the healing came,gentle and natural as an opening flower.

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ASCENDING STEPS

I was sure I knew what the Scriptures meantwhen they bade me lay self-will aside.

TO CLAIM A CROWN

"Hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown".

LET'S BE ON GUARD!

Are we awake, and on guard,or idly dreaming in the slumber ofapathy

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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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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

Listen to this inspiring collection of articles or download the audio.

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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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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SPEAK TO ME, LORD

Speak to me, Lord, when my heart is heavy,Burdened with loneliness, sorrow, or pain.

MY PRAYER

"Ask.

A NEW SONG

Not through force of emphasisOr strained intensity,But on quiet tide of gratitudeLet my prayer come to Thee.

NEITHER BEAR FALSE WITNESS

There I stood,Having borne false witness against myself,Against my neighbor,For I had called one white, had called one black,As though man, God-created, were of two kinds.