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Na/GloPoWriMo 7: Backsliding Blues
Having to backtrack just a little bit to keep up with the site’s challenges. I will admit that I have found this year’s challenges more than a little weird. I don’t do weird very well. But, I guess that makes … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Argument, Backsliding, Blues, Error, Grace, Humility, Integrity, Na/GloPoWriMo, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Promises, Redemption, Repentance, Sin
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Palm Sunday 2018
Palm Sunday 2018 by Michael Romani In the mindset of the times A saint’s acts could be crimes But even the king had come To learn of the coming Kingdom Wall to wall in observance Passover spoke of perseverance To … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Belong, Crime, Cross, Donkey, Grace, Humility, King, Kingdom Come, Monarchy, Observance, Palm Sunday, Palms, Passover, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Saint, Sin, Tyranny, Wash Away
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Lessons In Elijah
Lesss Lessons In Elijah by Michael Romani This world is filled with sin And shattered, broken dreams Tragedy strikes us again and again Tested by the pain; gathering in our screams God called Elijah to his hour An ordinary man … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: Everyone Is As God Made Them … And Often Times Worse
“Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.” – Miguel de Cervantes Okay, so this thought is a bit tongue in cheek. But, it does make a solid point. Think on it, please?
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Tagged Created, Everyone, God, Miguel de Cervantes, Sin, Thought For the Day, Underachiever
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WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Messy
It’s a messy business taking Jesus to the streets One of crossed meanings and constantly moving feet Sometimes certain that I’ve created another fine mess Turning to and seeking out something to confess But there is a bit of hope … Continue reading
Posted in Photographs & Memories
Tagged Attitude, Confess, Daily Prompt, Expression, Gospel, Jesus, Meaning, Messy, Sin, Solitude, Streets, Wordpress
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Thought For the Day: We Usually Give Ourselves the Worse Trouble
“I’ve never met a man who has given me as much trouble as myself.” – Dwight Moody
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Tagged Accountability, Dwight Moody, Responsibility, Self Deception, Sin, Theology, Thought For the Day, Trouble
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The Thirst For Power
Thirst For Power by Michael Romani History is replete In how it completes A man’s thirst for power Grows and devours Since the days of Cain and Abel The wicked man does as able To take what he believes is … Continue reading
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Tagged Accountable, Atone, Blasphemy, Clerical, False Teacher, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Power, Priest, Simple Man, Sin, Truth
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Thought For the Day: There Is No Objective Good Without God
“If there is no God, everything is permissible.” – Fyodor Dostoyevsky, in The Brothers Karamazov At first blush this is resounding battle cry for atheists and moral relativists alike. That is until you stop and think on it a moment. … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th Century, Bad, Bloodbath, Evil, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Good, History, Objective, Permissible, Sin, The Brothers Karamazov, Thought For the Day
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Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: The Confessions of St. Augustine, Book Eight
There are many ways to tell a story. This is true even if the story is an autobiography. No greater proof of this could be found than the 13 books that form Confessions. At the age of 40 or so in … Continue reading
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Tagged Autobiography, Christian, Harvard Classics, Repentence, Sin, St Augustine, The Confessions, Theology
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