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First Principles: In Questions of Power, Then, Let No More Be Heard of Confidence In Man, But Bind Him Down From Mischief By the Chains of the Constitution
“In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” – Thomas Jefferson (1798)
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Tagged Bind, Chians, Confidence, Constitution, First Principles, Man, Mischief, Power, Question, Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: Education Without Values, As Useful As It Is, Seems Rather To Make Man A More Clever Devil
“Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.” – C.S. Lewis
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Tagged C.S. Lewis, Clever, Devil, Education, Man, Thought For the Day, Useful, Value
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This Time of Year
This Time of the Yearby Michael DoyleThere it is, that slow mist in my eyesIt’s not so hard to see and recognizePlease don’t mistake these tearsIt’s just this time of the yearIt’s a slow roll of processional daysAs we live … Continue reading
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Tagged Above, Appreciation, Authority, Behelhem, Bustling Season, Celebration, Christ, Connection, Cope, Cross-Walk, Difficulty, Double-Talk, Eternity, Eyes, Faight, Forget, Gifts, God, Hold Hands, Love, Loving Hope, Majesty, Mistake, Perfection, Poetry and Poems, Processional Days, Purity, Reason, Recognize, Renew, Rest, Salvation, See, Serenity, Sin, Slow Mist, Snow, Song, Star, Tapestry, Tears, Time of Year, Unhurried Holidays, Weight of Sin, Wise Men, Wonder
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First Principles: How Could A State Be Governed, Or Protected In Its Foreign Relations If Every Individual Remained Free To Obey Or Not Obey the Law According To His Private Opinion
“How could a state be governed, or protected in its foreign relations if every individual remained free to obey or not to obey the law according to his private opinion.” – Thomas Hobbes
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Tagged First Principles, Foreign Relations, Free, Govern, Individual, Law, Not Obey, Obey, Private Opinion, Protect, State, Thomas Hobbes
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Thought For the Day: Count Your Age By Friends, Not Years. Count Your Life By Smiles, Not Tears
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.” – John Lennon
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Tagged Age, Count, Friends, John Lennon, Life, Smiles, Tears, Thought For the Day, Years
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Advent’s Adoration
Advent’s Adorationby Michael DoyleOur eyes are open wide in adorationToday marks the start of the Advent seasonJoined hands pray for our blessingAssured as we are without need for guessingThe pancakes made and servedTasted better than we deservedWe find Jesus walking … Continue reading
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Tagged Adoration, Advent, Advent Season, Assured, Aware, Blessing, Christmas, Dead, Deserved, Eyes, Faith, Guessing, Hope, Immanuel, Jesus, Know, Last Words, Loving One Another, Pancakes, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Served, Taste, Teach, Treach, Weight
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Thought For the Day: A Prison Cell, In Which One Waits, Hopes – and Is Completely Dependent On the Fact That the Door of Freedom Has To Opened From the Outside, Is Not A Bad Picture of Advent
“A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer, God Is … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Bad Picture, Dependent, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Door of Freedom, God Is In the Manger, Hope, Open, Outside, Prison Cell, Thought For the Day, Wait
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First Principles: Trust In the Lord With All Your Heart and Lean Not On Your Own Understanding
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding”– Proverbs 3:5
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 