Tag Archives: Peace

Messages Needed

Messages Neededby Michael DoyleThere is something unsaid gone unheededIn all the messages truly neededMessages to and from so many strangersWho are embroiled in all their angerWhat happened to peace, love, and understandingI know I’m no longer hip, and not to … Continue reading

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In Us and Through Us

In Us and Through Usby Michael DoylePrayerful in all that truly mattersOur God prepares us for when peace shattersWe know that God has intentional plansAs the world unfolds and God stymies even as He canThere on the inspired pages of … Continue reading

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Living Principled

Living Principled by Michael DoyleGoing to the cross, we give everythingYet, in giving our all, we lose nothingWe hold to the truth in this dark hourBlazing the light of Jesus as our powerWe must step boldly as we share the … Continue reading

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First Principles: It Is A Principle Incorporated Into the Settled Policy of America, That As Peace Is Better Than War, War Is Better Than Tribute

“It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute.” – James Madison (1816)

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No Cause To Weep

No Cause To Weepby Michael DoyleThere is in life’s turning awayLike that of a new day’s dawningThe sort of thing in a man’s wayOf time spent sipping lemonade under the awningUntil that day, when life simply slips awayAnd the miracle … Continue reading

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Left Behind

Left Behindby Michael DoyleThere is a coziness to all our liesWhispers the darkness in this monster’s eyesThere is peace in settling the scoreVengeance knows the warmth of its pourLike a blended whiskey that burns down slowSo is our lack of … Continue reading

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Thought For the Day: The Hope of A Secure and Livable World Lies With Disciplined Nonconformists, Who Are Dedicated To Justice, Peace, and Brotherhood

“The hope of a secure and livable world lies with disciplined nonconformists, who are dedicated to justice, peace, and brotherhood. The trailblazers in human, academic, scientific, and religious freedom have always been nonconformists. In any cause that concerns the progress … Continue reading

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A Wood Dragon’s Cosmology

A Wood Dragon’s Cosmologyby Michael DoyleThe time spent quietly comes to its endIt’s been another year of pleasant enough livingHaving found my best habits and friendsAnd it has been another year of peacefully givingBut in truth it has been yet … Continue reading

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First Principles: It Must Be Known, That We Are At All Times Ready For War

“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready … Continue reading

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First Principles: The Mind Controlled By the Sinful Nature Is Death, But the Mind Controlled By the Spirit Is Life and Peace

“The mind controlled by the sinful nature is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace.” – Romans 8:6 (NIV)

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