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Disturbing the Status Quo
Disturbing the Status Quoby Michael DoyleWith a direct look filled with woe,Life is disturbing the status quo.A shotgun wedding points the way,Niagara Falls charges the path that stays.Pennies have been thrown awayAs if only a ghost from yesterday.Champagne and oysters … Continue reading
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Tagged Angst, Breathe, Champagne and Oysters, Deception, Direct Look, Disturbance, Ghost, Killlng Tme, Life, Monsters, Niagara Falls, Penny, Poetry and Poems, Rage, Shotgun Weddiiinig, Status Quo, Throw Awayy, Vallentines, Woe, Yesterday
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First Principles: God Forbid That the Day Should Ever Come When, In the American Mind, the Thought of Man As A Consumer Shall Submerge the Old American Thought of Man As A Creature of God
“God forbid that the day should ever come when, in the American mind, the thought of man as a consumer shall submerge the old American thought of man as a creature of God, endowed with unalienable rights.” – Benjamin Harrison
Thought For the Day: Fame Is A Vapor, Popularity An Accident, and Riches Take Wings. Only One Thing Endures and That Is Character
“Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.” – Horace Greely
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Tagged Accident, Character, Endure, Fame, Horace Greely, Popularity, Riches, Thought For the Day, Vapor, Wngs
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The Prophets Said
The Prophets Saidby Michael DoyleThen said the Lord,And the Prophet Elijah led,Always moving Israel forward,Sometimes hopeful and others dread.Still, in God’s promises made,We shall rejoice, being unafraid.The holy covenants call to God’s way.We reflect on this in how we pray.Speaking … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christianity, Ediification, Eljah, Faith, God, God's Promises, Holly Coovenants, Intercession, Israel, Jesus, Poetry and Poems, Prayer, Revelatinin, The Lord, The Prophets
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Thought For the Day: Fear Prophets and Those Prepared To Die For the Truth, For As A Rule They Make Many Others Die With Them, Often Before Them, At Times Instead of Them
“Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.” – Umberto Eco
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Tagged Before, Death, Fear, Instead, Prophets, Rule, Thought For the Day, Truth, Umberto Eco, With
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First Principles: And He Will Go On Before the Lord, In the Spirit and Power of Elijah, To Turn the Hearts of the Parents To Their Children and the Disobedient To the Wisdom of the Righteous
“And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for … Continue reading
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Tagged Chiildren, Disobedient, Elijah, First Principles, Heart, John the Baptist, Luke 1:17, Parents, Preparation, Ready, Righteous, Spirit and Power, The Lord, Wisdom
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Monsters Under Our Bed
Monsters Under Our Bedby Michael DoyleThe dubious detectiveWas a memory of the collective.Searching through the nightFor even one illuminating light.In the face of the living dead,The crowd screams its dread.There are no real answers to be found,No matter how fast … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Bed, Collectiive, Crowd, Deetective, Dread, Face, Light, Living Dead, Memory, Monster, Night, Poetry and Poems, Search
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Thought For the Day: If We Want To Know the Glory of God, If We Want To Experience the Beauty of God, and If We Want To Be Used By the Hand of God, Then We Must Live In the Word of God
“If we want to know the Glory of God, if we want to experience the beauty of God, and if we want to be used by the hand of God, then we must LIVE in the WORD of God.” – … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty of God, David Platt, Experience, Glory of God, Hand of God, Know, Live, Thought For the Day, Used, WORD of God.
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First Principles: Always Vote For Principle, Though You May Vote Alone, and You May Cherish the Sweetest Reflection That Your Vote Is Never Lost
“Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.” – John Quincy Adams
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Tagged Cherish, First Principles, John Quincy Adams, Principle, Reflection, Vote
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A Tale of Indiana
A Tale of Indianaby Michael DoyleIn the crack of lifeRests the obsessionOf all who know strifeAnd all of its oppression.The cracks are loud,In a way, somehow allowed.It tells a story of deathThat remains until our last breath.A mouthful of dirt,In … Continue reading
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Tagged Crack, Dirt, Hurt, Indiiana, Life, Obssession, Opressiion, Poetry and Poems, Strife, Tale
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 