Poems

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LESSON FOR TODAY

June McCleneghan Fowler

Accept no penalty todayFor failures in the past.
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AT CHRISTMAS TIME

Margery Macdonald Cantlon

Maybe oxen breathed warmlynearby, watching,hearing the new cryas Mary tendedher firstborn son,as Joseph protectedthe infant one.

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A spiritual approach to healthcare

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

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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IS THERE A DAVID?

Marjorie Center Thomson

Is there a David for this battlefield?

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UNCALENDARED

Peter J. Henniker-Heaton

Man has no hour of birth, no natal momentwhen stars inclementcan fasten upon him some dark implacable fate.
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THE FAMILY OF MAN

Esther M. Scheck Peterson

The infinitevarietyof His divinefamily—everywhere—up and down,near and farand all around,each uniqueas a star—precious jewels!
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THE CHRIST COMES

Margaret Tsuda

to each of us.

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Shared reflections

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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 Place

"The secret place of the most High"

We learn in Christian Science that God is infinite Truth, Life, and Love and that He imparts to His creation only that which is completely beneficial.

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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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FLIGHT PLAN

Maxine Le Pelley

Rated pilot learns to flyThrough viewless, scudded skyBy trusting instruments,Not eye.
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PRAYER FOR OUR CHILD

Isobel Anne Anable

Creative Spirit,ageless, new,I pray to seeour child in Your likeness, not ours,forever known and loved by You.
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TIMELESS GROWING

James Floyd Huston

It wasn't time that let usleave behind the little deathsthat hauntedand then were goneor carried on in other formsand tauntedtill their tauntings held no meaning.
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Sentinels

Hazel Harper Brandner

A soldier makes his own reportAnd calls each hour that all is well,When he patrols a camp or fort.
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SOLUTION

Kathryn Laney Veazey

Mind knowsno doubt,no clamor fordecisive way.
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STOP GO

Marilyn Utter Gardner

Whenever I'm sadOr have thoughts that are bad,I can STOP and thinkOf God's love for me.