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THE GARMENT'S HEM

Mildred Kendall

I touched the garment's hem today,and prayed that God's own hand would lead me                                                               to the highest height.
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DEDICATION OF A SMALL CHURCH

Louise S. Darcy

No vaulted nave, no towering spire,We dedicate with faith today.

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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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DISTRIBUTION

Doris A. Lewis

As Spirit's witnesses we keepThe Lord's command to feed his sheep,Distributing God's boundless wealthThrough our reflection of true health,Expressing Love and Truth each dayTo weary ones who pass our way,Imparting hope and joy and peace,Which bring to heavy hearts release;In selfless living we fulfillThe doing of our Father's will.

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I SAW A STAR

Edith Coonley Howes

I saw a starOf such great magnitudeIts light encircled earth,Illuming all,And lifted thoughtTo claim the holy birth,The kingdom here.
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IT IS CHRISTMAS

Dorothy Close Adams

Did Love speak to you todayIn some new and glorious way?
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EXCEPT YE BECOME...

Fanny de Groot Hastings

He who called a little childAnd set him in the midst of menAnd told them they must be as mild,As humble, cautions now as then:

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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 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 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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CONQUEST

"Through God we shall do valiantly.
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THE GIFT OF GOD

Ethel P. Harrison

To wake at dawn and know anewThat Christ comes hourly to youIs fragrance of rare frankincense,Is myrrh of God's omnipotence,Is gold from out that greater mold;It is to live within Love's fold.
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LET US NOT FEAR

Maude de Verse Newton

Let us not fear life's starless nightNor hear the tale it tells—The earthborn chronicle of manAnd sorrow it impels.
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LOVE, THE COMFORTER

Kathryn Paulson

As leaven lightens heavy bread,As dawn makes darkness bright,So love erases grief and dreadAnd makes all burdens light.
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THE PRODIGAL'S BROTHER

Winifred M. Johnson

"Son , thou art ever with me,and all that I have is thine.
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"THE DESERT SHALL REJOICE"

Kathleen Hall Thorpe

Tears of grief that seek so unavailinglyTo salve the wounded heart,They leave us wandering alone and aimlesslyIn desert lands, apart.