Tag Archives: Believe

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

Posted on April 30, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.” – Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

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Thought For the Day: Believe You Can and You Are Halfway There

Posted on April 23, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“Believe you can and you are halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

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Na/GloPoWriMo #14: Quis ut Deus?

Posted on April 14, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #14: Quis ut Deus?by Michael DoyleMay parents had their preferenceBut my life has whispered its reverenceMaybe they meant to play oracle?But like the archangel’s rhetoricalThis name is a bit battle wornAs a soldier speaks on behalf of the forlornAnd … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Archangel, Battle Worn, Believe, Dedication, Lord's Warrior, Na/GloPoWriMo, Parents, Poetry and Poems, Quis Ut Deus?, Revelation, Reverence, Satan, Scorn, Sleeve, Soldier, Song for the Sea, Truth | Leave a comment

First Principles: I Do Not Feel Obliged To Believe That the Same God Who Has Endowed Us With Sense, Reason and Intellect Has Intended Us To Forgo Their Use

Posted on April 11, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” – Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)

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Na/GloPoWriMo #7: Spanish Flower Shadorma

Posted on April 7, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Na/GloPoWriMo #7: Spanish Flower Shadorma by Michael DoyleTime stands stillAs I turn awaySlowing downTides are feltDeep inside my fragile soulInnocence betraysCastle sandsSlip through my fingersWashed awayAs alwaysI look into setting sunsWondering at whyBest of timesPass away too fastIn your eyesIn … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Whosoever Lives and Believes In Me Shall Never Die. Do You Believe This?

Posted on April 2, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?‘” – John 11:25-26

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Kept In A Hillside Perspective

Posted on March 29, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Kept In A Hillside Perspectiveby Michael DoyleI’ve heard a lot of jokesAbout being close to inbredIt’s the kind of a thingThat rolls around in my headOver and over againPlaying a memory’s allusionAgainst something, I can’t defendAs I have been searching … Continue reading →

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Walking With the Giants

Posted on January 9, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

Walking With the Giantsby Michael DoyleWalking with the giantsWe stand in our defianceCalling out the holy namesKnown with the mark of God’s fameWalking in the faith that’s knownConfidence that has grownThough the future remains unseenIn this assurance, we find new … Continue reading →

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First Principles: The General Principles On Which the Fathers Achieved Independence Were the General Principles of Christianity

Posted on December 25, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were the general principles of Christianity. I will avow that I then believed, and now believe, that those general principles of Christianity are as eternal and immutable as the existence and … Continue reading →

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I Wanted To…

Posted on December 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

I Wanted To…by Michael DoyleI wanted to reach up to the heavensAnd pull down the stars down closeJust so they could shine on youI wanted to be the one who makes lifeSomething beautiful and magicalJust so that you would smileI … Continue reading →

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