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Chanukah and Antisemitism
In solidarity with the Jewish people around the globe on this first night of Chanukah! Chanukah and Antisemitismby Michael DoyleIn what should be a quiet season filled with optimismIt is hard to feel life without a bit of pessimismStill, menorah … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged #MeToo, Antistemitism, Base Urges, Beasts of Satan, Bediviled Resistance, Belief, Brave, Brotherhood, Burning Bush, Celebration, Chanukah, Coexist, Conflict, Courage, Cowards, Dignity, Divine Light, Dull Coldness, Elie Wisel, Encourage, Fate, Fear, Festival of Lights, Forces of Intolerance, Freedom, Friends, God's Presence, Grief, Hand In Hand, Hate-Filled, Heaer, Hopeless, Indivisible, Jewish Obligation, Jewish People, Joy and Sorrow, Judaism, Just End, Late, Light, Light Each Candle, Manipulated, Miracle, Monrah, Neutrality, Oil Burning, Oppressed, Oppressed People, Oppressor, Optimism, Peoples of Faith, Persevereance, Perverse, Pessimism, Plight, Poetry and Poems, Pride, Prominent, Quench, Rabbi, Rededication, Relief, Sanctuary, Season, Shamash, Shield and Comfort, Side By Side, Sihine, Silence, Solidarity, Speak, Stand Firm, Stand United, Stay Alive, Survive, Survivors, Take Side, Temple, Tormented, Tormentor, Trace, Truth, Unspeakable Hate, Victim, Visibility, World and Universe
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Things of Sisterhood Observed In Nashville
Things of Sisterhood Observed in Nashvilleby Michael DoyleA resplendent marble temple sits in full scaleIn Centennial Park, centering beautiful NashvilleWith Athena’s legendary wisdom in its representationAs a timely reminder of the city’s due stationBuilt in thanksgiving for this modern Athens’ … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Art, Athena, Athens, Centennial Park, Chamber, City, Dignity, Full Scale, Journey, Lake Watauga, Marble, Nashville, Observe, Places Unseen, Poetry and Poems, Promise, Purpose, Representation, See, Sing, Sisterhood, Statue, Stranger, Temple, Things, Trees, Wisdom
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Inside the Temple
Inside the Templeby Michael DoyleThe mercy of God fills the heartOf the blessed souls that will departBut as the light fades, the night grows longFor the sake of the fight, make the coffee strongIt might be hours; it might be … Continue reading
First Principles: Do You Not Know That Your Bodies Are Temples of the Holy Spirit, Who Is In You…?
“Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.” … Continue reading
Posted in First Principles
Tagged 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NIV), Bodies, Bought, First Principles, God, Holy Spirit, Honor God, Know, Own, Price, Received, Temple
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Resolution Brings Harmony
Resolution Brings Harmonyby Michael DoyleTaking a look at the beatitudesTaking each moment given in gratitudeGod blesses the peacemakers as God’s familyNot avoiding or appearing overly sweetlyPeace at any given price is not peaceNor is it conflict’s sweet releaseIt is isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Above, Avoid, Bleed, Block Prayer, Capability, Circumstances, Claim, Clever, Codependency, Compassion, Conflict, Connecting, Connection, Courage, Deal, Deep, Demand, Disconnection, Distance, Do, Failing, Fear, Forgive, God, God's Family, Godly, Gratitude, Guide, Harm, Harmony, Heart, Hesitate, Holy Spirit, Immediate, Insecurity, Intersect, Joined Together, Keep, Kindness, Layer, Life, Love, Moment, New Harmony, Offering, Openness, Peace, Peacemakers, Persevere, Plant Seeds, Poetry and Poems, Power, Prayer, Prevail, Price, Put Away, Reap, Resentment, Resolution, Right Timing, Say, Seed, Self-Discipline, Snare, Soul, Sow, Temple, The Real, Ungodly, Unresolved Conflict, Vulnerability, Working Things Out, World, Wounds
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In the Sweetness of Money
In the Sweetness of Moneyby Michael DoyleThe band leader says, “One, two..”And the band knows what to doEspecially slick with his brand new shoesFilled as he is with his particular viewsStepping it up to make it betterIn the harmony of … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Back Luck, Band, Band Leader, Better, Can't Tell A Fool Nothing, Chart, Crooked Smile, Dance, Desire, Devil, Face, Found, From the Heart, Funny, Harmony, Headlines, Heritage, History, Leftovers, Level, Leverage, Ma Rainey, Misonstrue, Money, Moves, Nailing, New Shoes, Particular, Patent Leather, Piper's Price, Poetry and Poems, Reverent, Right, Sake, Selling Souls, Selling Voice, Set On Fire, Simple, Solid Choice, Something, Sound, Stew, Stomp, Strung Up, Sweetness, Sweetness of Money, Temple, Tight, Whispered Tales, Wicked Ways
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Towards A Science of Yoga
More and more, my mind is increasingly turned toward the benefits and science of alternative medicine and self care such as meditation and yoga. To the degree that it does not conflict with Christianity, I cannot imagine where it … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged Adjustment, Alternative Medicine, Benefit, Body, Breath, Christianity, Connection, Correction, Day, Death, Delay, Detect, Difference, Ease, Evidence, Feel, Gain, Harm, Hatha Yoga, Heal, Health, Healthy, Imposture, Little Breaks, Management, Meditation, Mental Preception, Mind, Mind Body, Moments, Movement, Multiple Direction, Pain, Peace, Photograph, Please, Poem, Poetry, Posture, Prevention, Providence, Real, Reduce, Refrain, Science, Self Care, Sleep, Slow, Spine, Stress, Stretch, Temperament, Temple, Therapy, Useful, Way, Yoga
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Dealing With the New Deal
American history continues into the 1930s and the Great Depression. Dealing With the New Deal by Michael Doyle Had Coolidge been in power for Wall Street’s fall The safe bet is he would have done little or nothing at all … Continue reading
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Tagged 10%, 100 Days, 1930s, 1937, Activist, Administration, Alphabet Soup, American History, Blind, Callous, Change, Complexity, Confidence, Constitution, Coolidge, Cornerstone, Cycle, Destroy, Door, Economy, Employment, Executive Overreach, Executive War Powers, Experts, Fall Apart, FDR, Federal, Feed, Finance, Fireside Chat, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Frustration, Government, Great Depression, Grief, Hawley-Smoot Tariff, Heart, Hodge Podge, Homes, Infrastructure, Integrity, Intrusion, Issues, Legacy, Legislation, Live On, Lost, Make Work Jobs, Money Changers, Moral Equivalent, Nation, New Deal, NRA, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Opposition, Optimism, Overwhelm, Packing the Court, Patch, Photograph, Planning, Poem, Poetry, Policy, Polio, Power, Power Grab, Program, Public, Rationalization, Reconstruction and Fiance Company, Recovery, Reelection, Reliance, Relief, Restore, Roosevelt Recession, Simplicity, Social Security, Socialist, Supreme Court, Temperament, Temple, The Happy Days Are Here Again, Top-Down Economy, Unemployed, Unemployment Rate, Victory, Wall Street, War
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Thought For the Day: Silence Is the First Stone of Wisdom’s Temple
“If you’re asked: What is the silence? Respond: It is the first stone of the Wisdom’s temple.” – Pythagoras
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Ask, First Stone, Pythagoras, Silence, Temple, Thought For the Day, Wisdom, You
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