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Humble Triumph
Humble Triumphby Michael DoylePraising the Lord with all my soul,I give over all things out of my control.Strumming guitar as I joyfully sing,Grateful for all the Lord constantly brings.We find ourselves born again,Awakening to being freed from our sins.Once divided, … Continue reading
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Tagged Awakening, Bethlehem, Biblical Prophecy, Birth, Blindness, Bliss, Born Agaiin, Christ, Christ's Love, Contemplation, Control, Divide, Divinity, Father, Freed, Gap Filled, Gratefu, Guitar, Happiness, Holiness, Humility, Inspiratoin, Living Histoty, Manger, Mortal Sin, Poetry and Poems, Praise, Recall, Repeat Again, Save, Sin, Sing, Soul, Spirit of Christmas, Star, The Lord, Triumph, Will, Words
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In A Time of Flux
In A Time of Fluxby Michael DoyleTheory and practice belong togetherIf international relations are to be betterThese are pivotal times to seeFilled with dread and promise for you and meThose who talked of an end to historyWere blinded to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aggression, Alternative, Attacks, Balance, Brutality, Claws, Conflict, Conversation, Decide, Declarative, Democratic Nations, Discern, Divide, Dread and Promise, Dynamics, Elements, End To History, Existence, Failure, Full Change, Idealism, Integrity, International Relations, Multipolar, Narrative, National Sovereignty, Nations, Neighbors, Optimism, Order, Persistence, Perspective, Pivotal Times, Place, Poetry and Poems, Political Mystery, Power, Power Vacuum, Renegotiation, Rule of Law, Russia, Ruthless Regression, Sovereignty, Spheres of Interest, Stand Together, The United Nations, The World, Theory and Practice, Threaten, Time of Flux, Trace, Tyrants, Ukraine, Value Space, Velvet Gloves, Western Civilization, Western Ways, World War II, Yalta
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Thought For the Day: I Believe That Our National Security Lies Not Just In Protecting Our Border, But In Bridging Divides
“I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.” – Joe Lieberman
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Tagged Believe, Border, Bridge, Divide, Joe Lieberman, National Security, Protect, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: The Word of God Is Alive and Active. Sharper Than Any Double-Edged Sword, It Penetrates Even To Dividing Soul and Spirit, Joints and Marrow
“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” – Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)
Asian American Is Not A Color
Asian American Is Not A Colorby Michael DoyleAll these phenotypes and social constructionsHave led to oppression and humanity’s destructionColors cannot be the references of relationshipWarped as it is under the God that we worshipImperfect groups are clustered in racial identityAnd … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian American, Atonal Racism, Blinking Hazard Lights, Busy Streets, China Town, Clustered, Colors, Destiny, Destruction, Divide, Double Parked Cars, Down, Fuss Enough, Gauntlet, God, Hallways, Hard To Own, Hate Others, Holler, Humanity, Imperfect Groups, Injustice, Journey, Lasting Peace, Nations, Not A Color, Oppression, Phenotypes, Poetry and Poems, Procrastination, Questions, Racial Fairness, Racial Identity, References, Relationship, Rules, Semi-Tragic Way, Shape, Skin Tone, Social Constructions, Stars, Struggle, War, Warped, Wonder, Worship
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Standing At the Brink
Standing At the Brinkby Michael DoyleThis age of prevailing ill-liberalismBreeds little but despair and pessimismThere’s a breakdown in our societyThat has brought us into a time of anxietyOnce beautiful cities have turned into blightIt seems we are falling into our … Continue reading
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Tagged Addiction, Age, Anxiety, Beautiful Cities, Birth, Blight, Breakdown, Breed, Brink, Changes, Civil War, Common Good, Connect, Constitutino, Continuity, Darkest Night, Decide, Democracy, Despair, Destined, Divide, Dustbin, Eco-Theology, Economic Deicsions, Edge, Electronic Distraction, Elite, Fail, Future, Historical Inevitability, History, Hope, Ill-Liberalism, Leaders, Lost, Misunderstood, Mob Rule, Nation, New Humanity, Next, Oligarchy, Order and Stability, Ordinary People, Overturn, Pessimism, Pharmaceutical, Plumbing Project, Poetry and Poems, Pollution, Ponzi Schemes, Poor, Prevail, Priority, Progressive Empathy, Recovery, Recreation, Result, Riddle, Schools, Society, Solution, Stand, Student Loans, The People, Threat, Time, True Progress, Tyranny, Wept, Yesterday's Debt
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Signaled Purity
Signaled Purityby Michael DoyleThe future is dark with obscurityFilled as it is with so much uncertaintyThe song of love will prevailAs the rains and winds outside swellYou can promise happiness and never knowThe fortunes that will come and goLike a … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Absolution, Bride, Come and Go, Day, Divide, Embrace, Expression, Eyes, Feelings, Feet, Fill, Find, Fortune, Found, Future, Happiness, Know, Left Behind, Monstrosity, Morality, Night, None, Obscurity, Past, Poetry and Poems, Pray, Prevail, Prometheus, Promise, Purity, Rains, Repression, Signal, Song of Love, Spoken, Swell, Tale, Threshold, Trap, Ugligness, Unbound, Uncertainty, Unfold, Way, White, Wind, Words, Worn
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Thought For the Day: Friendship Multiplies the Good In Life and Divides the Evil
“Friendship multiplies the good in life and divides the evil.” – Baltasar Gracian
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Tagged Baltasar Gracian, Divide, Evil, Friendship, Good, Life, Multiply, Thought For the Day
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First Principles: Moses Lifting Up His Wand, and Dividing the Red Sea, and Pharaoh In His Chariot Overwhelmed With the Waters. This Motto: “Rebellion To Tyrants Is Obedience To God
“Moses lifting up his wand, and dividing the red sea, and pharaoh in his chariot overwhelmed with the waters. This motto: ‘Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.’” – Benjamin Franklin, on being appointed to a committee to draft a … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Benjamin Franklin, Chariot, Divide, First Principles, God, Moses, Motto, Obedience, Pharaoh, Rebellion, The Red Sea, Tyrants, Wand, Waters
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Sharp Edges
Sharp Edgesby Michael DoyleThe last eight years have been like a thrown gauntletBetween the sadness and anger, it’s been a punch in the gutThat serves best to divide this nation and world’s mindsIt is as if we’ve left our optimism … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Alcohol, Alientation, America, Anger, Beehind, Depression, Despair, Desperation, Detail, Devotion, Divide, Dream, Drugs, Gauntlet, Hate, Hell, Impression, Mean, Mother's Child, Murder, Murder In Slow Motion, Nation, Optimism, Poetry and Poems, Publicized, Punch, Repair, Sadness, Sharp Edges, Suicide, Thread, Venom Trail, Wonder, World
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ALOHA PROMISES FOREVER 