Tag Archives: Community

Thought For the Day: If You Are A Believer, You Are ‘In Christ’…Fellowship Is Not Optional

Posted on March 13, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“If you are a believer, you are ‘in Christ,’ which means that you are also in ‘the Body of Christ’ (1 Corinthians 12:27). It also means you are to be engaged with the people of God — fellowship is not … Continue reading →

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Giving Is A Heart Matter

Posted on February 12, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Giving Is A Heart Matterby Michael DoyleChurch can be satisfying and funWith all of God’s delights to be doneLeaning in for the moments of developmentWorship done properly leads to contentmentUnified and faith-filled the church leadsTo spiritual sanctification and Godly deedsLife … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Called Out, Church, Commitment, Community, Contentment, Decision, Delight, Development, Faith-Filled, Family, Fun, Generosity, Giving, God, Grace, Gratitude, Guidance, Heart Matter, Live, Live Out, Love In Action, Pastor, Path, Poetry and Poems, Received, Right Attitude, Sage, Sanctification, Sow, Standards, Stewardship | Leave a comment

Cobblestoned Memories

Posted on February 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

Cobblestoned Memoriesby Michael DoyleCobbled together in our memoriesAre the pictures of our communitiesThe pages drying out as historiesWe will one day look on as our legaciesTalking in our circled tomorrowsFinding drops of happiness in our sorrowLearning from each other to … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Apology, Cobblestone, Community, Days, Exploration, Friend, History, Learn, Legacy, Light, Mean, Memories, Mirror, Pictures, Poetry and Poems, Right, Slate, Sorrow, Splash Screen, Tomrrow, Ways | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: That Community Is Already In the Process of Dissolution…Where Faith In the Eventual Supremacy of Reason Has Become So Timid That We Dare Not Enter Our Convictions

Posted on January 27, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“That community is already in the process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where nonconformity 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 Accepted Creed, Community, Convictions, Disaffection, Dissolution, Enemy, Eye, Freedom of Dissent, Learned Hand, Neighbor, Nonconformity, Supremacy of Reason, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

What Happens In Consequence

Posted on January 22, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

What Happens In Consequenceby Michael DoyleChurch is best served in communityWorshipping the Lord as if a familyLife is best lived in love and appreciationSpreading this wealth, generation to generationWe learn to live through our imaginationLiving words in their vivid translationWeaving … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Church, Community, Consequence, Family, Generation, Imagination, Love and Appreciation, Love and Forgive, Message, Poetry and Poems, Translation, Wealth | Leave a comment

First Principles: Where There Is No Law, There Is No Liberty

Posted on October 8, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Where there is no law, there is no liberty; and nothing deserves the name of law but that which is certain and universal in its operation upon all the members of the community.” – Benjamin Rush (1788)

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The Problem With Social Justice

Posted on August 18, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

The Problem With Social Justiceby Michael DoyleLook at this street full of foolsWho believe that they are heaven sentThey act just like a bunch of toolsYelling at others that they need to repentEach thinking themselves true activistsUrging the rest of … Continue reading →

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Circling Around Symmetry

Posted on July 30, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Circling Around Symmetryby Michael DoyleLike a wanderer of lost momentsI find myself with ghosts in memoryCircling around the tormentsTo sharpened to find the symmetry Needed to find balance in the crawl outIn the long kiss good night In a gathering … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Attention, Balance, Balloon, Capability, Circling Around, Community, Conversations, Counting, Covers Blown, Deep Truths, Depth, Engage, First Contact, Gathering of Kings, Ghosts, Good Night, Grown, Improvisation, Innocent, Islolation, Lessons, Lost Moments, Magic, Memory, Minor Moment, Overheard, Poetry and Poems, Pretense, Reality, Repressed Emotions, Seek, Sharp, Sincerity, Siren's Calling, Steps, Strain of Cynicism, Strained Torment, Symmetry, Tension, Torment, Touch, Vulnerability, Wanderer, Wish, World | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: Self-Defense Is A Part of the Law of Nature; Nor Can It Be Denied the Community, Even Against the King Himself

Posted on June 29, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

“Self-defense is a part of the law of nature; nor can it be denied the community, even against the king himself.” – William Barclay (1546-1608)

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Be the Answer

Posted on June 17, 2022 by alohapromisesforever

Be the Answerby Michael DoyleThe pain feltIn waves dealtAs the will to liveBegins as you forgivePushing off from the edgeNormalcy over the ledgeLiving life of full intentionWhile paying right attentionIn waves of positive affirmationThat serve as confirmationLiving by the seat … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abudance, Answer, Community, Confirmation, Contribution, Edge, Forgive, Full Intention, Ledge, Living Bridge, Living in Service, Normalcy, One Solution, Open Heart, Pain, Poetry and Poems, Positive Affirmation, Pushing Off, Ridge, Right Attention, Seat of the Soul, Waves, Will To Live | Leave a comment