Poems

A Song of Joy

Ships are sailing out on the bay;Lighted by Love they see the way,And glide along without delay,Because our Father is ruling the day.

CHRISTUS CONSOLATOR

Beside the dead I knelt for prayer,And felt a presence as I prayed.

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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 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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Compassion

Dear little bird with the wounded wing,So fettered by fear and suffering,The Father's love doth healing bring!

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Seeking a Country

This day Truth calls to me to go and findA country in the plains of heavenly peace,And take for sustenance God's loving, kindRemembrances and blessings,—truly, theseWere food and drink for Abraham.

Autumn Time

The melodies of Love resound todayO'er hill and vale and the maturing field;They tell old truths, e'en of glad beauty's sway,And herald loud the coming of the yield.

The Ever-presence

     OPEN thy hands,Clenched in despair's petition—     Can thy demandsExceed the fulness of His love's fruition     In whom creation stands?

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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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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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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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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Home

I've journeyed in far distant landsWhere the flowers ever bloom,Where the sky is blueThe whole night through,And the royal palmWith stately calmRises from coral sands.

Comrades

Today we're walking in the narrow pathWhich leads to endless life.

Security

Love divine, the enfolding armsOf Thy mercy compass me.

When Jesus Walked by Galilee

When Jesus walked by Galilee,'Twas then Truth made me free.

Credo

What is thy faith who sayest, "I believeIn God the Father," and yet livest notAs if God were, and were thy Father too?

Tryst

"Can you tell me the way to joy?