Tag Archives: Community

Family Appreciation

Posted on November 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Family Appreciationby Michael DoyleIn a passage of names, we find graceRedemption is there for all who embraceThe truth: We must walk in Christ’s ways.That is, if we are to live His love in our days.Give to each believer your love … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Believer, Bible, Christ, Christianity, Community, Days, Faith, Family Appreciation, Gace, God, Jesus, Love, Names, Passage, Poetry and Poems, Serve, Shared Life, Truth | Leave a comment

Community Thrived

Posted on November 5, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Community Thrived by Michael DoyleA new day awaits the exploring soul.It decides where and when to go.Learning things as it openly dreams,All its world bursting at the seams.Becoming brave, it becomes itself,Either through life or books on the shelf.From this … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Accept, Books, Brve, Community, Dream, Exploring Soul, God, Integrity, Learn, Life, New Day, Oopportunity, Poetry and Poems, Prosperity, Seams, Thrive, Understood, World | Leave a comment

In Kalkota’s Slum

Posted on November 4, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

In Kalkota’s Slumby Michael DoyleEven in the Kalkota ghetto,You can see courage in the shadows.Youths capture the waters of historyWhile finding hope for tomorrow’s mystery.Revolutionary optimists fetch the waterWhile knowing so little of mother or father.Living life there in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Brave, Change, Children, Community, Cradle, Early Grave, Flth, Hazrdous, History, Kalkota's Slum, Message, Poetry and Poems, Politicians, Poloio, Poverty, Revolutionary Optimsts, Shadow, Slum, Street, Talk, Tomorrow, Travel, Water, Youth | Leave a comment

First Principles: Whatever Spreads Ignorance, Poverty and Discontent Causes Crime. Criminals Have Their Own Responsibility.. But They Are Merely the Hand

Posted on August 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“Crimes increase as education, opportunity, and property decrease. Whatever spreads ignorance, poverty and, discontent causes crime…. Criminals have their own responsibility, their own share of guilt, but they are merely the hand…. Whoever interferes with equal rights and equal opportunities … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Community, Crime, Criminals, Discontent, Education, Equal Opportunities, Equal Rights, First Principles, Hand, Ignorance, Opportunity, Poverty, Property, Responsibility, Rutherford B. Hayes | Leave a comment

Rural America

Posted on June 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Rural Americaby Michael DoyleDespite the beauty of the scenery,There are challenges in this community.There is more here than the movies showAnd the truth is there’s more to know. There’s a harsh struggle in the economy.Jobs are scarce and the people … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Beauty, Challenges, Community, Country Living, Economy, Ground, Harsh, Instant, Jobs, Main Street, Memory, Movies, Poetry and Poems, Rural America, Scenery, Show, Simple Life, Skill Set, Social Isolation, Socialization, Truth, Wheels | Leave a comment

First Principles: The More People Who Own Little Businesses of Their Own, the Safer Our Country Will Be, and the Better Off Its Cities and Towns

Posted on May 8, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“The more people who own little businesses of their own, the safer our country will be, and the better off its cities and towns; for the people who have a stake in their country and their community are its best … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Best Citizens, Better Off, Cities and Towns, Community, Country, First Principles, John Hancock, Little Businesses, More People, Own, Safer, Stake | Leave a comment

Into God’s Family

Posted on May 2, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Into God’s Familyby Michael DoyleLike prodigals, we hit rock bottom,Brokering what’s right for what’s rotten.The self-righteous can be too blind to see.The truth of grace is needed for you and me.Returning home, we are still family.We must, of course, accept … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Blind, Broeker, Christian Nation, Community, Compassion, Cue, God's Family, Gracefully, Heal Our Souls, Holy Connection, Invite, Inward, Live Life, Outward, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prodigals, Rescue, Return, Rock Bottom, Rotten, Sorrow, Sself-Righteous, Tomorrow, Truth of Grace, Wandering Lost, Whole | Leave a comment

Redemption In the Law

Posted on April 6, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Redemption In the Lawby Michael DoyleIn God’s love, like a symphonyThe Book of Romans feeds the communityComplete in its fullness and integrityIt teaches history and theologyProdigals are welcomed to this storyAs we reveal the depth of God’s gloryKnees are bowed … Continue reading →

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Thoughts On the International Day of Women 2025

Posted on March 9, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

Thoughts On the International Day of Women 2025by Michael DoyleEquality leads to an empowered communityWell behaved women seldom make historyBut it is woman in all her nobility of voiceThat must make her own way and through choiceA muffled chorus rises … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2025, Choice, Community, Equality, History, International Day of Women, Nobility, Poetry and Poems, Voice | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: That Community Is Already In the Process of Dissolution Where Each Man Begins To Eye His Neighbor As A Possible Enemy

Posted on January 27, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where non-conformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denunciation, without … Continue reading →

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Community, Dissolutioin, Each, Eye, Learned Hand, Neighbor, Possible Enemy, Process, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment