Tag Archives: Trust

WordPress – #Daily Prompt – Release

With a certain amount of unrestrained jubilance I look out at her release of sun soaked radiance Happy to be the man who gets to hold her hand Happier still to be the one she says always understands There is … Continue reading

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Dare The Devil

Dare the Devil by Michael Romani Perched on top of the city Feeling the ebb and flow pass by Absorbing all of the violence In a rushing cascade of sound Lost up in the nitty gritty It’s an old flow … Continue reading

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Life’s Loving Song

Last night’s Wednesday night sermon was based on https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+3%3A5-8&version=NIV Proverbs 3:5-8New International Version (NIV) 5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart     and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways submit to him,     and he will make … Continue reading

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Faced With Temptation

Tonight’s sermon was based on Matthew 4:1-3.  This poem is based on the sermon at the beach: Faced With Temptation by Michael Romani Jesus was led by the Spirit To face the Devil’s temptation Still He would not hear it Given … Continue reading

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First Principles: On the Importance of Accountability

“[M]an is not made to be trusted for life, if secured against all liability to account.” – Thomas Jefferson (1823)      

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First Principles: Interests Are Inseparable From Moral Duties

“We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties, and history bears witness to the fact that a just nation … Continue reading

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Daddy

It’s Day 10 of NaPoWriMo/GloPoWriMo 2017.  The challenge for today is to “write a poem that is a portrait of someone important to you”.  In a slight twist, my offering is about being important to someone else.  To be precise, … Continue reading

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