Poems

Ab Initio

Thou who hast watched the flame of hope burn lowUpon the altar hid within thine heartTill ashes cold and gray as moorland mistThe altar and thine heart alike enfold,And thou did'st rise with senses dulled by painUnspeakable to stumble down the pathInto the valley veiled in mists of doubt;Hear thou the voice of Truth immutable:Pause thou within the shadow of the rockWhile Truth doth break to thee the bread of Life.

Guerdon

Father of lights! Our Father!What shall the guerdon be,For many a grim encounterWith the waves of a surging sea?

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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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Dawn

Out of darkness and of dreamlandWhere the weary seek repose,Breaks the dawn with tints of azure,O'er earth's tangled web of woes.

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Assurance

Who would doubt the coming dawn,Though the night be without a star!Or the certainty of approaching Spring,While yet o'er earth afarLies Winter's mantle white?

Vision

At first a faint perception of the Christ,A gleam that tells us, Doubt not, but hope on;Then step by step with firmer tread we gainThe light that shows us God,—the dark is gone!

A Prince Now Prays

"King of the universe,All-knowing Mind,Father in heaven,So strong, tender, kind,Highest and holiest,This endless day,"So spake a child of God,"Teach me to pray.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

Listen to this Sentinel Watch series on a spiritual approach to healthcare.

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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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 Conquering hate, enthroning peace

Love's triumph over hate

How can we love when others hate? Prayerful turning to God, divine Love, with the earnest desire to express His qualities under all circumstances will give us strength and ability to do right.

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Free

Bound by sickness, sin, tradition?

Harvest

It is not hard to frame a harvest songWhen trees are sweet with blossoms in the spring,When the soft showers vie with the constant sun,And lush grass gives abundant pasturing.

Thy All-in-all

Has darkness closed about thy empty heart?

The Liberator

O wondrous Love, thy holy powerReleases meFrom all the stinging, clinging painsThat seem to be.

A Prayer of Petition

O Father-Mother God , teach me Thy will

A Prayer

O Spirit of all love and good,Whose realm is conscious peace,Because we know Thou art, we wouldOur gratitude increase.