Poems

Safe flight

Idea fallen?

Quicksilver

The hand that seizes lovewith fist of human willfinds it as mercury escapingthrough the fingers grasping/clutching/empty

Audio Collection

Where is God when bad things happen?

Have you ever asked yourself where God is when you’re faced with bad news? We invite you to listen to each episode and discover ideas that spark hope and inspiration.

From Safety

A safe refuge

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

View other Collections →

Of being loved

The very next timeI find myself prayingto be more loving,or bleating aboutwhy I find it so hardto love more than I do,I'm going to interruptmyself and say:

Write for JSH

Inspired by this poem? Consider writing and sharing your own! Find out more by visiting Writer’s Corner.

Write for JSH

On expectancy

"I pray and I pray,and the darkness goes away,"said my child.

God is great

God is great.

Lay hold on your prize

So, you sayerror won't let go?

Audio Collection

A spiritual approach to mental health

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

Audio Collection

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.

View other Collections →

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.

View other Collections →

Write for JSH

Inspired by this poem? Consider writing and sharing your own! Find out more by visiting Writer’s Corner.

Write for JSH

Thanksgiving

Gratitude is the door to blessingThankfulness is the gate to lightGrace is the tunnel through adversity.

Not always

Not always do we haveto wrestle withwhat is real orwhat is not.

A lighted candle

In quietnessthe idea glows:

Now it is true

Are youwaitingwaiting forwaiting for the movingwaiting for the moving of the water?

Green and tender promise

Gently,as by newborn warmth of spring,the mounds of frozen hopeare thawed by Love.

Concrete images

Theconcretesidewalk, tree,car, house, flesh, food:these things that eyes see,ears hear, hands feel,seem so real.