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Thought For the Day: The Church Lies At the Very Center of the Eternal Purpose of God. It Is Not A Divine Afterthought
“The church lies at the very center of the eternal purpose of God. It is not a divine afterthought.”– John Stott
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First Principles: Consider How the Wild Flowers Grow. They Do Not Labor Or Spin. Yet I Tell You, Not Even Solomon In All His Splendor Was Dressed Like One of These
“Consider how the wild flowers grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these.” – Luke 12:27 (NIV)
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First Principles: The Advancement and Diffusion of Knowledge Is the Only Guardian of True Liberty
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” – James Madison
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Thought For the Day: The Hope of A Secure and Livable World Lies With Disciplined Nonconformists, Who Are Dedicated To Justice, Peace, and Brotherhood
“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. In any cause that concerns the progress … Continue reading
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Innocence Born
Innocence Bornby Michael DoyleA child is born into this world innocentDespite the ways that can make a life diffidentThere is no wrong this child has doneYet, hatred ends its love before it’s begunHowever the killers guilt is framedThere is no … Continue reading
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Tagged Adequate, Age, Begun, Born, Caused, Child, Child's Death, Community, Defend, Defense, Diffident, Done, Ended, Framed, Good, Good Reason, Good Soul, Guilt, Hatred, Immunity, Innocence, Killers, Killing Season, Know, Lies, Life, Love, Monstrosity of Man, Named, No Reason, No Wrong, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Rain, Restored Value, Spoken, Suffered, Wash Away, Ways, World
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First Principles: You Cannot Help the Poor By Destroying the Rich. You Cannot Lift Up the Wage Earner By Pulling Down the Wage Payer
“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.” – Abraham Lincoln
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Thought For the Day: No Man Means All He Says, and Yet Very Few Say All They Mean, For Words Are Slippery and Thought is Viscous
“No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.” – Henry Adams
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I’ll Meet You There
I’ll Meet You Thereby Michael DoyleSomewhere in hereIn the deep felt insideThere is cold fearThat has nowhere to hidePushed past mountains and woodsThe darkness comes as it shouldFighting against this is no goodThis is the truth that’s understoodWounded hearts always … Continue reading
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Tagged Acknowledging Your Lies, Ancient Road, Ancient Wisdom, Anguish, Beg, Believed, Blackest Black, Bury, Coins, Cold Fear, Cold Wind, Darkness, Dead, Dececember, Die, Embrace, Error, Eyes, Face, Fat, Fight, Forever, Forget, Ghosts of Fear, Good, Goodbye, Goodness, Harshness, Hate, Heads, Heartbreaks, Heaven, Here, Hide, Hope, I'll Meet You There, Inside, Journey, Last Breath, Life Depends, Light, Live, Long, Lost, Love, Meet You There, Misconception, Moments of Life, Mountains and Woods, Mysteeries, Near, Never Coming Back, Night, Nowhere, Passage, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Remember, River Styx, Run Deep, Should, Silent, Sins, Snow, Somewhere, Soul, Soul Searching, Truth, Understood, Wait, Win, Wish, Word, Wounded Heart, Year's End
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Thought For the Day: In Questions of Science, the Authority of A Thousand Is Not Worth the Humble Reasoning of A Single Individual
“In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.” – Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (15 Feb 1564-1642)
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 
Turkey Run State Park
Turkey Run State Parkby Michael DoyleIndiana is prone to having a second winter appearAfter it seems the real winter has disappearedThis was the circumstance in February 2024When a snowfall came, inviting my family to exploreMy daughters and I loaded up … Continue reading →