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It’s No Mystery
A thought that occurred to me over and over as I drove through Amish Country yesterday: It’s No Mystery by Michael Doyle Every day that we get to live We have to give what we can give To show that … Continue reading
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Tagged Accepting Differences, Adds Up, Amish Country, Answer, Appears, Better, Blessing, Blindness, Brothers, Chance, Change Our Ways, Choose, Conquer, Different Fate, Drive, Each Other, End of Days, Every Day, Feel, Forgotten, Freed, Give, Grateful, Greater, Greatest Commandment, Greet, Hate, Hearts, Help, History, Kindness, Learn, Learn To Love One Another, Learned, Left, Lessons, Let's Talk, Live, Living, Looking Deep, Love, Love One Another, Love the Lord God, Moment, More Faith, Mystery, Need, Open Fist, Page Turned, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Present, Right, Said, Second Guessing, See, Seeing With Another's Eyes, Seeking, Show, Sisters, Smile, Stop Forcing, Sunrise, Surface, Take Hand, Than Fear, This World, Thought, Turn That Page, Understand, Walk Together
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Tribalisms of Empathy
Society’s kindness has gone markedly down as we tend to polarize and communicate online via social media more. It’s sort of sparking a lot of interest, particularly in these times of social isolation, in getting folks to begin dialoging … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Acts, All In This Together, Amibition, Angry, Anonymity, Best, Better, Biology, Blindness, Bold, Break Down, Brutal, Burn, Challenge, Clues, Cold, Communicate, Communication, Community, Concern, Connection, Contagion, Control, Decline, Dehumanization, Dialog, Difference, Diminish, Direction, Disconnect, Edge, Empathy, Face to Face, Fear, Feelings, Fluid, Forget, Forward, Genes, Gradient, Hard, Harsh, Heart, Heredity, Human, Impersonal, Inference, Inhibition, Isolation, Kindness, Know, Life, Loss, Marsh, Meanness, Mirror, Morass, Nation, Need, Nuance, Pain, Photograph, Physiology, Poem, Poetry, Points of View, Polarize, Prevalence, Reality, Realm, Refine, Remove, Rise, Sad, Selfishness, Social Isolation, Social Media, Society, Spark, Startle, Sympathy, Text, Together, Tribal, Trust, Umbrella, Voice, Voices, Walk, Wobble, World
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The Spark of Growth
Based in part on Luke 17:1-6: : The Spark of Growth by Michael Doyle We do not need to live in fear Rather it be from afar or near We must live by faith in our day The Lord is … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Aspiration, Assure, Attention, Being, Believe, Best, Blessing, Blindness, Broke, Brother, Build, Candle, Confluence, Correct, Cross, Crumble, Dream, Embrace, Faith, Father, Fear, Final Test, Flag, Flow, Forgiven, Forgiveness, Grace, Grasp, Growth, His, Hold, Home, House, Ignite, Influence, Inspiration, Intention, Jesus, Kindness, Know, Lent, Life, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Luke, Meaning, Meant, Measure, Mercy, Mistake, Model, Mustard Seed, Night, Offense, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Practice, Pure, Reconcilation, Reptent, Reveal, Right, Righteous, Second Guess, See, Sermon, Shine, Show, Sister, Slow Train, Social, Spark, Standard, Strength, Stumble, Take, Talk, Tell, True, Truth, Upright, Value, Walk, World
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Given In Our Father’s Measure
Based in part on Luke 6:38: Given In Our Father’s Measure by Michael Doyle Give unto the fullness of our own measure We will know and give our heavenly treasure It’s on ourselves to set rightness in motion To be the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abundance, Action, Anathema, Belong, Best, Bigger Person, Blessing, Blindness, Book of Luke, Boomerang, Breathe, Brother, Build, Center, Do Unto Others, Duplicity, Faith, Father, Flame, Forgiven, Freely Give, Fullness, Generosity, Give, God, Grateful, Harshness, Heaven, His, Holy, Implored, Joy, Kindness, Kingdom, Light, Live, Lord, Love, Measure, Melody, Name It and Claim It, Need, Night, Path, Photograph, Pillar, Poem, Poetry, Principle, Purpose, Refrain, Regain, Respldendence, Return, Rightness, Seed, Simple, Sister, Song, Sown, Spark, Standard, Sweet, Tempo, Theology, Together, Transaction, Treasure, Trust, Truth, Understanding, Walk On Water, Word, World
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Seeing To See
What if God walked among us today? What if wasn’t if? He does… Seeing To See by Michael Doyle So that seeing They may not see In the being Of supreme divinity A look into His eyes May bring grace … Continue reading
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Tagged Answers, Around, Being, Beyond, Blindness, Desire, Divinity, Embrace, Eyes, Found, God, Grace, Harshness, Kindness, Known, Look, Matter, Nature, Photograph, Plenty, Poem, Poetry, Prayers, Reason, Recognize, Season, See, Seeing, Shown, Supreme, Times, Trouble
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Kindness Over Sin
Force never brings love into this world. Eloquence can be stunning and yet is no proof of conviction. So, what’s the answer? Maybe… Kindness Over Sin by Michael Romani Not so much serendipity As it is mere Christianity To … Continue reading
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Tagged Blindness, Certain, Christ, Conviction, Discern, Divinity, Eloquence, Feel, Flame, Force, Frame, Heal, Hurt, Kindness, Lean, Love, Mere Christianity, Name, Offer Up, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pretense, Proof, Real, See, Serendipity, Serve, Simple, Sin, Stun, Tame, Temptation, Theology, Trump, Words, World, Zeal
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The Path of Kindness
Based in part on Proverbs 3:3-4 The Path of Kindness by Michael Romani Stretched patience gives its opportunity As a choice of kindness felt in empathy God has given His shine into this darkness That would otherwise know not but … Continue reading
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Tagged Absolution, Actions, Acts, Angry, Answer, Attention, Blindness, Calm, Capability, Children, Christ, Command, Community, Compassion, Consideration, Darkness, Day of Judgment, Deeds, Do, Empathy, Enemy, Focus, Fruit of the Spirit, Gentle, Gift, God, God's Will, Grace, Gracious, Harshness, Head, Hear, Heart, Importance, Inner, Inscribe, Kindness, Light, Love, Mankind, Natural, Needs, Opportunity, Outer Beauty, Path, Patience, Peace, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Pride, Proverbs, Quality, Reflection, Relationship, Repentance, Responsibility, Retribution, Righteous, Said, Salvation, Sensitivity, Shadow, Shine, Sight, Sin, Society, Soft, Soul, Steeple, Tolerance, Treat, True, Truth, Understand, Ungrateful, Ways, Worship, Wrath
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On Outrunning Grief
You cannot outrun grief. On Outrunning Grief by Michael Romani It has been said And I assume it’s true Words from inside my head That same for me; the same for you You hide yours in a diary I keep … Continue reading
Patience In Action
I suppose that every creative thinker knows this. Maybe we all do? Patience In Action by Michael Romani Rodin says that patience is action I do believe I see this satisfaction No matter what direction that I turn It’s there … Continue reading
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Tagged Acceptance, Action, Blindness, Direction, Kindness, Learn, Patience, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Repentance, Rock, Rodin, Rule, Satisfaction, School, Shore, Splash, Time, Transform, Tyranny, Water, Wave, Wind
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