Tag Archives: Inspire

Merry Christmas (If You Will)

Merry Christmas (If You Will)by Michael DoyleChildren are silly,Believing everything they see.Playing in Christmas snow, This image is everything to know. I’ve watched the parade unfold.It’s Christmas spirit, and it becomes quite bold.Dancing across the magic of a winter’s day,I … Continue reading

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As Every Child Knows

As Every Child Knowsby Michael DoyleThere is a lot that isn’t knownAnd still yet, the legend has grownWas he real, or was he notOr maybe, as with many, much has been forgotSt. Nicholas of Myra is one of the fewSt. … Continue reading

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First Principles: If Your Actions Inspire Others To Dream More, Learn More, Do More, and Become More, You Are A Leader

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams

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Revelation Brings Victory

Revelation Brings Victoryby Michael DoyleIn our holy journey togetherOur eschatology promises the betterAs we stay long enough to hearListening to all who gather nearHeavy enough to inspireWe transform through the fireGrowing in God for our feelingsAs we listen to what … Continue reading

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Owed To America 2024

Owed To America 2024by Michael DoyleMy daughters ask me why is it you cryI think back on history and will not lieToo many brave souls have fought and diedFor us not to have mourned and criedThere was a time when … Continue reading

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Writing Our Own Stories

Writing Our Own Storiesby Michael DoyleWe find ourselves in our struggleEmerging from our strife into lifeIt seems to me, that we too often juggleThe solutions that can be overly rifeIt is us who write our own storyAs we listen beyond … Continue reading

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First Principles: Systems of Education Should Be Adopted…Which…Implant…the Principles of Virtue and of Liberty

“It is an object of vast magnitude that systems of education should be adopted and pursued which may not only diffuse a knowledge of the sciences but may implant in the minds of the American youth the principles of virtue … Continue reading

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Fairness of Trials Had

Fairness of Trials Hadby Michael DoyleIn this free land of dignity and rightThe Bill of Rights shines into the nightAmended to our Constitution, our governmentHolds these rights as something self-evidentThe fairness of trials in the Sixth AmendmentMay not seem as … Continue reading

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A Purity of Feeling

A Purity of Feelingby Michael DoyleSailing along the sea Guided by a northern lightBecomes a willing collaborationTo reach our destinationSomewhere between the purityAnd the places of sheer beautyIs the presence utterly revealingConcealed inside the naked feelingProfound as it is somewhat … Continue reading

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Muddle Through Hymn

Muddle Through Hymnby Michael DoyleWe need Jesus, here and nowAs it is, as we muddle throughThe world might treat us foulWe’ll get through it me and youAllowing Christ to the magnifiedWe live our lives sanctifiedIn our hearts, lives our battle … Continue reading

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