Monthly Archives: July 2026

Bloodline Embraced

Bloodline Embracedby Michael DoyleAway from the fire I hideAs I quietly wait and confide.The Savior has healed my heartAnd this blessing will never depart.I give thankfulness from this wayward sonFor the too many times I thought I was done.But the … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Goodness Is About Character – Integrity Honesty, Kindness, Generosity, Moral Courage, and the Like. It Is About How We Treat Other People

“Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.” – Dennis Prager

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First Principles: Before I Formed You In the Womb I Knew You; Before You Were Born I Set You Apart; I Appointed You As A Prophet To the Nations

“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” – Jeremiah 1:5 NIV

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Thought For the Day: Knowing Your Own Darkness Is the Best Method For Dealing With the Darknesses of Other People

“Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people. One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself … Continue reading

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First Principles: Texas Can Make It Without the United States, But the United States Cannot Make It Without Texas

“Texas can make it without the United States, but the United States cannot make it without Texas”– Sam Houston

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Thought For the Day: The Framers of the Bill of Rights Did Not Purport To ‘Create’ Rights. Rather, They Designed the Bill of Rights To Prohibit Our Government From Infringing Rights and Liberties Presumed To Be Preexisting

“The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to ‘create’ rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.” – Justice William J. Brennan

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First Principles: The Happiness of A People, and the Good Order and Preservation of Civil Government, Essentially Depend On Piety, Religion, and Morality

“The happiness of a people, and the good order and preservation of civil government, essentially depend on piety, religion, and morality.” – Fisher Ames

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Open Questions of Opportunity

Open Questions of Opportunityby Michael DoyleA landscape of soy and cornIs grown and has become replete.In it, a different paradigm is born,One rejecting the smaller portions of beef.There is an unhealthiness in the equation.Leaner foods could redeem the soil and … Continue reading

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Agroforestry Dues

Agroforestry Duesby Michael DoyleBrazilian toil,Brazilian biodiversity.The modern ages have been disloyal,But the people fight against adversity.The heart of thisIs the Amazon Rainforest.The samba beat cannot missAs this green ocean fights to resist.Atmospheric rivers float the skies,The mists of irrigation before … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: Most of the Important Things In the World Have Been Accomplished By People Who Have Kept On Trying When There Seemed To Be No Hope At All

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” – Dale Carnegie

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