Monthly Archives: March 2024

Thought For the Day: Creativity – Like Human Life Itself – Begins In Darkness. We Need To Acknowledge This. All Too Often, We Think Only In Terms of Light

“Creativity — like human life itself — begins in darkness. We need to acknowledge this. All too often, we think only in terms of light: “And then the lightbulb went on and I got it!” It is true that insights … Continue reading

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A Trinity Moment Revealed

A Trinity Moment Revealedby Michael DoyleThe church’s smile has been metNever missing a generation yetIt’s okay to share the laughterAs we prepare for the here ever afterThe yoke we put on, we must recallGives us more than it takes after … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: If You Tell the Truth, You Don’t Have To Remember Anything

“If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” – Mark Twain

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First Principles: Truly I Tell You, Among Those Born of Women There Has Not Risen Anyone Greater Than John the Baptist; Yet Whoever Is Least In the Kingdom of Heaven Is Greater Than He

“Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.” – Matthew 11:11 (NIV)

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Deep End Moments

Deep End Momentsby Michael DoyleThe deep end of the dating sceneIt can be or seem extremely shallowThat is, if you know what I meanIt’s, at best, the higher love’s shadowCan true love come without face-to-face?Or is that hoping for a … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Great Leading Objects of the Federal Government…Are To Maintain Domestic Peace, and Provide For the Common Defense

“The great leading objects of the federal government … are to maintain domestic peace, and provide for the common defense.” – Alexander Hamilton (1788)

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Thought For the Day: Cooking Is At Once Child’s Play and Adult Joy. And Cooking Done With Care Is An Act of Love

“Cooking is at once child’s play and adult joy. And cooking done with care is an act of love.” – Craig Claiborne

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In A World of Thoughts and Other Misgivings

In A World of Thoughts and Other Misgivingsby Michael DoyleIn a world of thoughts and other misgivingsThere is a lot of hurt in need of forgivingNot just for you or for me, but all it seemsThere are just too many … Continue reading

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First Principles: Our Constitution Was Made Only For A Moral and Religious People. It Is Wholly Inadequate To the Government of Any Other

“Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” – John Adams

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Thought For the Day: For Evil To Take Place, the Acts of A Few People Are Not Sufficient; the Great Majority Also Has To Remain Indifferent

“For evil to take place, the acts of a few people are not sufficient; the great majority also has to remain indifferent. That is something of which we are all quite capable.” –  Tzvetan Todorov

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