Poems

Trust

I have Thy Word—a shelter and a friend;For this, and faith to trust, I thank Thee, Lord.

Enough Today

Why doubt thy Father's love,And for tomorrow pray?

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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 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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Love Leads

The mist that hid the rising hillRolled back with warmth of day,And brought to view the pastured slopesBy which our pathway lay.

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Light in the Prison

Art thou in prison, hopeless, bound,With doubts beset, by suffering tried, While past regrets and future fearsRelentless stand on either side?

"Come and dine"

The Christ is giving now the invitationTo sacramental feast for all prepared,The bread of Truth, Love's wine of inspiration,In silent prayer so lovingly is shared.

The Lesson

I learned from God how beautifulThe words of Love can be;Their miracle of bud and bloom,On lips of men like me,

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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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 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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A Prayer for Purity

O let the music of my daysBe tuned to loving!Let not the tinkling cymbalOf self-conscious virtue, subtly moving,Mix with true chords of service and of praise.

The Harvest

The deep tranquillity of peace,A joyous heart that sings,The sweet assurance and releaseHis ever-presence brings.

Ever-Presence

Fear not, dear child, for I am with thee always,Guiding through tempest,Guarding thee through storm.

Friendship

What is friendship?

Returning Spring

After the winter, spring has come again,Foretold by light and heralded by song.

In Thankful Praise

Dear God, I thank Thee I may feelThy presence everywhere;In silence sweet, or storm, may knowThe calm of answered prayer;