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Thought For the Day: Blessed Is the Season Which Engages the Whole World In A Conspiracy of Love
“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.” – Hamilton Wright Mabie
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Invitation To Change
Invitation To Changeby Michael DoyleChange a life with an invitationThe real thing given, not imitationChristmas comes in just a few daysLet’s show it in all of our waysIt’s worth it to think and recallThat Christ our savior came for us … Continue reading
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Tagged All of Our Days, Arrive, Blessings, Change, Chosen, Christ, Christmas, Days, Done, Faithfulness, Glory, Holy Ghost, Imitation, Invitation, Life, Love, Praise, Recall, Savior, Shelter, Show, Son, Special, Story, The Father, Think, Ways
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First Principles: This I Hope Will Be the Age of Experiments In Government, and That Their Basis Will Be Founded In Principles of Honesty, Not of Mere Force
“This I hope will be the age of experiments in government, and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force.” – Thomas Jefferson (1796)
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Thought For the Day: The Real Index of Civilization Is When People Are Kinder Than They Need To be
“The real index of civilization is when people are kinder than they need to be.”-Louis de Bernieres, novelist (b. 8 Dec 1954)
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Into the Season
Into the Seasonby Michael DoyleChristmas cards start to flowInto the season we love and knowNo matter the changes the comeThere is glory in this kingdomTis the season of mercy mildWhile angelic hosts proclaim the childWho was born in the of … Continue reading
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Tagged Angelic Hosts, Angels, Blessed Truth, Born, Changes, Child, Christ, Christmas Cards, Christmas Story, Echo, Errors, Flow, Glory, God, God and Sinner, His People, Holy, Kingdom, Know, Love, Magnified, Manger, Melody, Mercy Mild, Poetry and Poems, Praises, Reconciled, Relationship, Saints, Sake, Sanctified, Season, Side By Side, Stranger, Sung, Theology, Worship
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First Principles: I Never Considered A Difference of Opinion In Politics, In Religion, In Philosophy, As Cause For Withdrawing From A Friend
“I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.” – Thomas Jefferson
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Thought For the Day: If We Don’t Believe In Freedom of Expression For People We Despise, We Don’t Believe In It At All
“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” -Noam Chomsky, linguistics professor and political activist (b. 7 Dec 1928)
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Tagged Believe, Despise, Freedom of Expression, Noam Chomsky, People, Thought For the Day
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Krampus
Krampusby Michael DoyleWith his cloven hoofs he has comeTo seek out lurkers in the kingdomTo those who would bring such evilKrampus can do worse than bedevilReading as he does from the book of lifeRestoring the peace to those who bring … Continue reading
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Tagged Aware, Bedevil, Book of Life, Cloven Hoofs, Deception, Elves, Escape, Evil, Forbidden, Good, Hidden, Kingdom, Krampus, Lies, Light, Lurkers, Peace, Poetry and Poems, Practice, Reading, Restore, Selves, Sow, Sown, Strife, Surprise, Tenfold, Understood, Undoing, Wrong Doing
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Wishing You All A Very Blessed St. Nicholas Day, 2021!!
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Tagged Blessed, Fill, Generosity, Kindness, Love, St Nicholas Day 2021, Thought For the Day, Wish
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Thought For the Day: The Give of Every Good and Perfect Gift Has Called Upon Us To Mimic God’s Giving, By Grace, Through Faith and This Is Not of Ourselves
“The giver of every good and perfect gift has called upon us to mimic God’s giving, by grace, through faith and this is not of ourselves” – St. Nicholas, Bishop of Myra
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