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Revisiting Paul Revere’s Ride
Revisiting Paul Revere’s Rideby Michael DoyleWhen Longfellow wrote of Revere’s rideHe didn’t mean to capture it stride for stride,But to create something of a heroic memoryPut on paper for the sake of American history.It was a clarion call for courage … Continue reading
First Principles: Christianity, By Introducing Into Europe the Truest Principles of Humanity, Universal Benevolence, and Brotherly Love, Had Happily Abolished Civil Slavery
“Christianity, by introducing into Europe the truest principles of humanity, universal benevolence, and brotherly love, had happily abolished civil slavery. Let us who profess the same religion practice its precepts… by agreeing to this duty.” – Richard Henry Lee
Thought For the Day: The Wound Is the Place Where the Light Enters You
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” – Rumi
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Tagged Entrance, Light, Place, Rumi, Thought For the Day, Where, Wound
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I’ve Come To Understand
I’ve Come To Understandby Michael DoyleEntombed in my shame,I was lost in my blame.I was afraid to show my face,Until I learned of God’s grace.I thought I knew my place,Hiding in the darkness.I was afraid to show my face,Mine was … Continue reading
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Tagged Afraid, Belong, Blame, Broken, Call, Change, Circumstances, Control, Darkness, Despair, Done Wrong, Entombed, Face, God, God's Grace, Harshness, Healing Hand, Heart, Hide, Lost, Lost and Wounded, My Place, Orphaned, Poetry and Poem, Redemption, Shame, Show, Soul, Touch, Understand
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Thought For the Day: Faith and Repentance Are the Same; They Are Not Two Separate Decisions. One Cannot Trust Christ As Savior Without Repenting
“Faith and repentance are the same; they are not two separate decisions. One cannot trust Christ as Savior without repenting or changing his mind. The very fact that he trusts Christ for salvation shows that he has changed his mind … Continue reading
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Tagged Christ, Curtis Hutson, Faith, Repentance, Repenting, Same, Savior, Separate Decisions, Thought For the Day, Trust
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First Principles: It Does not, Therefore, Depend on Human Desire Or Effort, But On God’s Mercy
“It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.” – Romans 9:16 NIV
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Tagged Depend, Effort, First Principles, God's Mercy, Human Desire, Romans 9:16 NIV
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Poetry Is Simple
Poetry Is Simpleby Michael DoyleShe said writing poems is simple,Just write what you want to say.Then suddenly, it’s simple,Or so the natural-born poets say.They try to give the secret away,As if it were something of the everyday.Yet, what’s missing is … Continue reading
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Tagged Authenticity, Believe, Child's Face, Choked Up, Connection, Everyday, Fighting To Survive, Intrude, Life, Life's Struggles, Lonely Child, Loving Family, Making Food, Missing Clarity, Mother's Embrace, Natural-Born Poet, Negation, Play, Poems, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Rejection, Say, Secret, Shared, Simple, Sorrow, Stay Above, Thought, Time and Again, Truth, Worse, Writing, Yesterday
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First Principles: We Must Go Home To Be Happy, and Our Home Is Not In This World. Here We Have Nothing To Do But Our Duty
“We must go home to be happy, and our home is not in this world. Here we have nothing to do but our duty.” – John Jay
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Tagged Duty, First Principles, Happy, Home, John Jay, Nothing, World
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Thought For the Day: Live In the Sunshine, Swim the Sea, Drink the Wild Air
“Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Tagged Drink, Live, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sea, Sunshine, Swim, Thought For the Day, Wild Air
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Into God’s Family
Into God’s Familyby Michael DoyleLike prodigals, we hit rock bottom,Brokering what’s right for what’s rotten.The self-righteous can be too blind to see.The truth of grace is needed for you and me.Returning home, we are still family.We must, of course, accept … Continue reading
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Tagged Blind, Broeker, Christian Nation, Community, Compassion, Cue, God's Family, Gracefully, Heal Our Souls, Holy Connection, Invite, Inward, Live Life, Outward, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prodigals, Rescue, Return, Rock Bottom, Rotten, Sorrow, Sself-Righteous, Tomorrow, Truth of Grace, Wandering Lost, Whole
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