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In the Name of the Father and the Son
In the Name of the Father and the Sonby Michael DoyleTrying to hide in the nightWaiting for the morning lightFeeling my soul must atoneI have never felt so all aloneUntil I glanced on God’s faceThen and there, I knew graceA … Continue reading
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First Principles: Do Not Spoil What You Have By Desiring What You Have Not; Remember That What You Now Have Was Once Among the Things You Only Hoped For
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” – Epicurus
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Tagged Desire, Epicurus, First Principles, Hoped For, Now Have, Once, Remember, Spoil
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In Humility Walked
In Humility Walkedby Michael DoyleThe gap between us and eternityIs spanned through the Holy TrinityUnified and whole to dispel hostilityThe transition is made in our theologyThe anchor has been set in placeThe spiritual transformation we embraceMust be guarded against spiritual … Continue reading
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Tagged Anchor, Begin, Character Development, Christ, Conformity, Eternity, Gap, God, Grace, Grave, Harmonized, Heaven, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, Hostility, Humility, Inspiration, King's Ransom, Kingdom, Life For Death, Manipulation, Mankind, Pace, Place, Poetry and Poems, Redemption, Sin, Sinner, Span, Spiritual Transformation, Theology, Transformation, Transition, Unity, Walk
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Thought For the Day: When You Leave This Earth, You Can Take With You Nothing That You Have Received – Only What You Have Given: A Full Heart, Enriched By Honest Service, Love, Sacrifice and Courage
“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received – only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.“– St. Francis of Assisi
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Tagged Courage, Earth, Enriched, Full Heart, Given, Leave, Love, Nothing, Received, Remember, Sacrifice, St. Francis of Assisi, Take, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: There Is One Body and One Spirit, Just As You Were Called To One Hope When You were Called; One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism
” There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Called, Ephesians 4:4-6, Father of All, First Principles, In All, One Baptism, One Body, One Faith, One God, One Hope, One Lord, One Spirit, Over All, Through All
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Madison On Government
Madison On Governmentby Michael DoyleTroubled times seem to be surroundingWith more demons than angels aboundingMadison found this reason for governmentI don’t see any real further improvementThe truth remains that government is powerWith tiny tyrants clutching at their hourBig words do … Continue reading
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Tagged Abound, Advance, Angels, Big Words, Cloaw, Constitution, Crown, Demons, Disarmed Populace, Display, Enslaved Press, Eyes, Fellow Citizens, Few, Founded, Freedom, God's Laws, Government, Hear, Hope and Fear, Hour, Improvement, Information, Intolerance, Madison, Mess, Nation, Now and Then, Organize, Philosophy, Poetry and Poems, Power, Protesting, Reason, Recall, Recognize, Republic, Science, Shouted Down, Silence, Standing Army, Struggle, Surrounding, The Left, Thought, Total Revolution, Troubled Times, Truth, Tyranny, Tyrants, Violence, Way, Within
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First Principles: The Future and Success of America Is Not In This Constitution, But In the Laws of God Upon Which This Constitution Is Founded
“The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded.” – James Madison
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Tagged America, Constitution, First Principles, Founded, Future, James Madison, Laws of God, Success
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Thought For the Day: The Library Is An Arena of Possibility, Opening Both A Window Into the Soul and A Door Onto the World
“The library is an arena of possibility, opening both a window into the soul and a door onto the world.” – Rita Dove
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Tagged Arena, Door, Library, Open, Possibility, Rita Dove, Soul, Thought For the Day, Window, World
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Dinkʼinesh
Dinkʼineshby Michael DoyleIn mankind’s efforts to stand uprightTurning from darkness toward the lightWe’ve contended a few bones along the wayJust enough really for the right to sayFrom tree dwelling to learning to walkOn two legs, we became positioned to talkChipped … Continue reading
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Tagged Abyss, Ark, Backs, Bishop books, Bones, Chains of Changes, Chaos, Chipped bones, Complexity, Consequence, Darkness, Dignity, Dink'inesh, Dinosaur Bones, Faithful, Fallen Apart, Footprints, Found, Fragments, Glassy Eyes, God and Angels, God's Place, Haunted, Hidden Costs, Holy Persons, Humanity, Impossible Monsters, Judgement Day, Leaps of Fancy, Learn, Legendary, Light, Loss, Lost, Lucy, Mankind, Map, Obsolesence, Odd, Old Truth, Poetry and Poems, Profound, Religion, Religiosity, Repentant Sinners, Road Home, Science, Sentiments, Society's Transformation, Tales, Talk, Throne, Throwing Away, Tree Dwelling, Truth, Twenty First Century, Two Legs, Upright, Walk, Whisper, Whole Heart, Wink, Wonder, Wood
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