Poems

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The Gift

ESTHER BRINTON

Dear , I would comeBringing you the heart's most precious thing,That only God could give to me for you.
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Wings of Thought

ELIZABETH HAYWARD GARDNER

Thanks , thanks for the wings of thought!With them may I spurn the sod;I may mount to the height of eternal day—I may rise to the realm of God:Though my heel to the hard earth cling,And though mists may cover my eyes,The pinions of Love will lift me aboveThe creature that suffers and dies.

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From Living the Lord's Prayer

'OUR FATHER ...'

The Lord's Prayer sparks the recognition that divine Love is always with us.

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Guidance

LOU-VEE B. SIEGFRIED

THE peace that comes at close of day Is symbol of the sheltering way God's perfect love broods over men And leads them back to faith again;

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Omnipresence

KATHARINE ALICE WITTER

OH, precious knowledge stilling fear,Annulling discord, envy, strife;Revealing God as ever near,As omnipresent Truth and Life!
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A Prayer

WILLIAM KOCH

O FATHER , give me words to voice The song that lingers in my heart.
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Transfiguration

LEAH BOHN

As a bride adorned! Ah! Truth, I too would be Adorned, transformed, With radiant purity.

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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.

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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 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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Altars

MARION SUSAN CAMPBELL

Almighty God,Thine altars are so near!This very mornHow quietlyMercy defeated scorn.
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"In my Father's house"

BEATRICK BRADSHAW BROWN

In my Father's house is a place for me where I may go and rest,A place of hallowed beauty midst the mansions of the blest.
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Wayfaring

EDITH GADDIS BREWER

Naught can disturb my walk with Thee,Thou ever present God.
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A Hymn

EDMUND R. CUMMINS

LOVING Father, Thou hast told usIn Thy sacred Book divine,That Thine arm doth e'er enfold us,That our lives are one with Thine;Yet, regardless of the tokenThat we all Thine image bear,Some believe that they are broken,Fallen, sinful, sick with fear.
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My Song

EUGENIA M. FOSBERY

I READ a book of poems to-day,And then I said, I too will write a song,For I am likewise thrilled by lilting bird,And summer sky, and racing cloud, and feathery tree.
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"Herein is love"

JAMES DOUGLAS GOSNEY

God sent not His dear Son to us in vain!From out His heaven, He bids us love alwayOur neighbor as ourselves, and Him obey.