Praying with the news By Carol Dismore It's possible to rise above distress and anger to actively pray for our communities, as this poem expresses. Reading news reports this morning, suddenly with no forewarning, something struck my thought to drag it down.Caught off-balance, falling, reeling,down the vortex went my feeling -magne- tism pulling, pulling down. "Stop!" I tell myself with vigor.Love is infinitely bigger,lifting me instead of pulling down.Love denies what I am seeing, reaffirms the truth of being:God is everywhere. There is no "down." Waking "up" (no pun intended), all that downward pull is ended. Nothing can disturb my thought today.Praying now for those affected, every trace of sin rejected, praising God, I "bear a song away." Originally published in the 12 February 2026 Christian Science Monitor CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF MERIMBULA Sunday Church and Sunday School for Children and Teens 9.15am at Tura Beach Library and on Zoom. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL sancynasoncs@gmail.com WITH ANY ENQUIRIES OR TO LET US KNOW IF THIS ARTICLE SPOKE TO YOU. Praying with the news By Carol Dismore It's possible to rise above distress and anger to actively pray for our communities , as this poem expresses . Reading news reports this morning , suddenly with no forewarning , something struck my thought to drag it down.Caught off - balance , falling , reeling , down the vortex went my feeling -magne- tism pulling , pulling down . " Stop ! " I tell myself with vigor.Love is infinitely bigger , lifting me instead of pulling down.Love denies what I am seeing , reaffirms the truth of being : God is everywhere . There is no " down . " Waking " up " ( no pun intended ) , all that downward pull is ended . Nothing can disturb my thought today.Praying now for those affected , every trace of sin rejected , praising God , I " bear a song away . " Originally published in the 12 February 2026 Christian Science Monitor CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY OF MERIMBULA Sunday Church and Sunday School for Children and Teens 9.15am at Tura Beach Library and on Zoom . PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL sancynasoncs@gmail.com WITH ANY ENQUIRIES OR TO LET US KNOW IF THIS ARTICLE SPOKE TO YOU .