Poems

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NIGHT FLIGHT

Melissa Baker

The sky was ablaze with beauty,The cities were dripping with gold,But my heart was almost on empty.
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TO BE AND NOT TO BE

Gwenn Gurnack

To be a good Samaritan and a humble publicanHas set my heart afire.

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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 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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Steps

Elizabeth Mata

Drained and in want,I lie here with no strengthto get up on my feet.

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The joy of blessing

Margaret MacIsaac

May the sun shine in your heart,The rain nurture and refresh,And may you feel God's presenceEach step of the way.
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Friendship

Bruno Pinaquy

Like giving your warmCoat to the strangerWhen both of youAre cold
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A musical reckoning

Patricia Johnston

The music was the thing tonight that brought a reckoning.

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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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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 Faculties indestructible

MAN'S DIVINE HERITAGE

Man's divine heritage as the son of God is not a promise, but is the present fact; it is one's true state of being.

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From Safety

A safe refuge

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

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Kids

Like a pearl

with contributions from Erin Plum, Ben McArthur

Some of you wrote to tell us you enjoyed the article in the March 29, 2004, kids' Sentinel by poet Lyn Hoopes.
Kids

Attitude

Claude de Jocas

It's my twelfth double twist,and I've yet to stick one.
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A CHILD CALLS FROM DARFUR

Karim Ajania

Lord, how I long to be carried upon Your wingUnder the radiance of Your Love.
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His promise

Janet S. Beaman

Fear notWhat may lie ahead.
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Child of light

Diane Allison

Children of light, he called us! He, who moved as a moonbeam on water unweighted by heavy assumptions of the birth and death and sorrow of dust; Unillusioned by feet of clay, on feet of sight he swiftly came to comfort, teach and heal with hands whose touch outshone old shadows of shame and reached through death-dreams to wake to radiance his brother/sister-beams.
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Firm Decision

Carolyn Orta

TodayI take a stand.