Poems

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BEFORE DAWN

Irene M. Ebeling

Is it Venusthat tops the tallest pineframed by my window?
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"MAKE ME THEREOF A LITTLE CAKE FIRST"

Maxine Le Pelley

A personal demand?

Audio Collection

These books healed me

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on how the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy heal.

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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WHEN HEALING COMES

June McCleneghan Fowler

It may be on some silent, sandy beachWith lazy waters lapping at my feetOr on a crowded, noisy city street.

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PAUSE WITHIN PROGRESS

Margaret Bouvé Moreland

Restful stand is this—upon rung,not leafof laurel.
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TO KNOW

Sydney C. Swire

I jounce my baby son on my kneeAnd think of another mother,One I never met, whom I am learning to knowBecause all mothers know each other.
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THE GIFT OF DAY

Doris Kerns Quinn

Dayis no idle giftfrom a thoughtless benefactor,no insubstantial stageon which we can appear as actorsof our own preposterous fiction—making it up as we go along.

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Mary Baker Eddy: Her enduring discovery

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

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Shared reflections

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

From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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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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ALIGHT WITH LOVE

Doris Kerns Quinn

Man's eyes are lit with love.
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ACCEPTABLE

Pearl Strachan Hurd

Prophet—honored, respected,"save in his own country"—feels cruel blastof rejection.
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THE REAL YOU

Alfredonia Thomas Lambert

Boy, you ain't no lump of clay;God made you it is true—but He didn't make you that way.
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The Parable of the Sower

Sylvia N. Poling

A sower—One who plants seeds.
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YOUR PLACE

Maxine Le Pelley

In Genesis one,Scripture showsYour place in God.
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PLACE IN SPACE

Richard Henry Lee

Pinpointing place,You say so surely,"Here is where.