Poems

A rose

I picked a single rose and placed it in a vase.
These orange ones piling into red split the stillness of this post-dawn fog and tell me of the loosening that must come in our lives:

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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 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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Turn toward the light

Look at that flower, so beautiful and bright.

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My neighbour

My next-door neighbourIs a lighthouse.

Summation

Constant, purposeful,Principle controls the way:firm, abiding strength.

Welcome, daylight!

He who makes the day to dawnnow dawns in us anew;Each sacred thought, each treasured word,brings day* to see us through.

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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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A spiritual approach to mental health

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

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 Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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My prayer

God, help me express Your glory—Respond to Your call—In quiet prayer and gratitude,In kindnesses to all.

Retirement

The heavenly-minded never "retire"Like the mortals of this world.

Death's travesty

To think thatmancould ever be putbeneaththesod;whenmanis unborn,the image, the likeness of God!

What I would like to do

What I would like to do is start again:Be a more faithful servant,Put first things first,Render unto Caesar and to God the appropriate things,Love myself enough to love my neighbor well.

VIVA!*

My neighbortore my trellis down:It lay there broken,all dark brown.
Once, my soulthrough gloomy roads was walking.