Tag Archives: Truth

Knowing Who We Are

Posted on May 31, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Pentecostal Sunday and Ephesians 10: Knowing Who We Are by Michael Doyle For we are the handiwork of God for His good Created in His image, let this be understood With all thanks to God we … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Whatever Anguish of Spirit It Might Cost, I Am Willing To Know the Whole Truth; To Know the Worst and To Provide For It

Posted on May 28, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it might cost, I … Continue reading →

Posted in First Principles | Tagged Anguish, Cost, First Prinicples, Know, My Part, Patrick Henry, Provide, Spirit, Truth, Whole, Will, Worse | Leave a comment

Framing the Lines

Posted on May 26, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Photographic composition often has the challenge of how to turn the two dimensional into something that has depth and seems a bit three dimensional. Framing the Lines by Michael Doyle Doorways, windows and rock formations Layer our photos with their … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 2d, 3d, Catalysts, Chaos, Composition, Connection, Containment, Control, Craft, Depth, Detection, Dimension, Doors, Doorways, Draw, Elements, Entertain, Eye, Eyes, Find, Focal, Focus, Forgot, Frame, Guide, Holy Grail, Information, Interest, Involve, Journey, Key, Layer, Leading Lines, Light, Lines, Lot, Multiple, Open, Photograph, Photos, Poem, Poetry, Right, Road, Rock Formations, Soul, Story, Tales, Tools, Truth, Unfold, Windows, Windows of the Soul, World, Zest | Leave a comment

Woven Into A Delicate Tapestry

Posted on May 23, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Faith and reason must work in combination with one another to approach the balance necessary to navigate the life of individuals and of nations around the world. Woven Into A Delicate Tapestery by Michael Doyle Woven into a most delicate … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Balance, Blind, Bloody, Capricious, Church, Civilization, Combination, Creativity, Deity, Delicate, Deny, Diversity, Era, Evidence, Exceed, Faith, Freedom, God, Holy Kingdom, Incomplete, Inculcate, Known, Liberty, Life, Limits, Mankind, Mastery, Modernism, Monotheism, Navigate, Need, Pantheism, Path, Pathology, Philosophy, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Psychology, Rational, Realization, Reason, Record, Reverent, Roots, Seeds, Self-Evident, Struggle, Tapestry, Theology, Truth, Twentieth Century, University, Wisdom, Woven, Youth | Leave a comment

In A Place of Longing

Posted on May 21, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Based in part on Augustine’s Enchiridion: In A Place of Longing by Michael Doyle I suppose there’s no sense in prolonging Stating that the gist of life is belonging The rumor has it that its in what we love And … Continue reading →

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In the Tears We’ve Cried

Posted on May 16, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Love, especially long distance love, can be so difficult. Funny how it feels so easy when two hearts that mesh well meet. Then things can get difficult. But, you know what? Bob Marley is right… was right.. whatever. Thing is … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Angel, Another, Balance, Become, Believe, Beyond, Blessed, Blind, Cheer, Close, Coincidence, Cried, Cry, Curtains, Dancing In the Rain, Deceive, Difficult, Each Other, Ease, Easy, Ever, Explain, Fear, Feel, Feeling, First Sight, Forever, Hand, Head On, Heaven, Kind, Know, Knowing, Lead, Learn, Lift, Living, Long Distance, Love, Love Is Blind, Luck, Message, Moving Past, Photograph, Pleasant, Please, Poem, Poetry, Ponder, Providence, Question, Real, Showing, Take, Tears, Think, Tried, Truth, Two Hearts, Us, Wander | Leave a comment

Implausibly Transformative

Posted on May 15, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

In dreaming the impossible Dream, the man from La Mancha sallied forth to defeat his quests and earn the love of his lady fair. Or umm something like that…. Part II of Part I of the book summed up … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Antiquity, Beating, Belong, Castle, Certainty, Clear, Confidence, Crumble, Dedicate, Desire, Determined, Don Quixote, Doubting Thomas, Eye, False Promise, Grandness, Heart, Hero, Home, Implausible, Impossible Dream, Inn, Journey, Knight, Left, Light, Love, Madness, Man From La Mancha, Marvel, Mind, Mystical, Need, Nobility, Noble, Passion, Photograph, Play Along, Poem, Poetry, Poor Pounded Knight, Practical, Pure, Quest, Read, Real, Real World, Right, Safe, Sancho Pancho, Sight, Spiritual, Squire, Stumble, Test, Tranformative, Truth, Twinkle, Urgent, Vigil, Western History, World | Leave a comment

A Cowboy Slips Into Easy

Posted on May 13, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Some of my heroes have been cowboys. At least one of them was a cowgirl. My sister. She’s likely riding the North Back 40 in heaven now looking down on us all and encouraging us to ride through this storm … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Belong, Brave, Cast, Changes, Coffee, Cowboy, Cowboy Ways, Cowgirl, Cup, Dakota, Easy, Enough, Face, Going On, Half Remembered, Hero, Home, Human Beings, Intangibles, Jukebox, Known, Life, Light, Luck, Made, Name, One Day, Own, People, Photograph, Place, Poem, Poetry, Principles, Promises, Proof, Quarter, Ranges, Same, Seen, Sister, Slips, Smile, Splinter, Stand By, Stone, Storm, Taste, Thrown, Truth, Unafraid, When, While, Winter, Yester | Leave a comment

Consent of the Governed

Posted on May 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

Continuing in a series of poems about the establishment of our republican form of government and life under the rule of law as set out in our constitution: Consent of the Governed by Michael Doyle The standards are set by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Abject, Ambition, American, Anarchy, Attention, Avoid, Balance of Power, Checks and Balances, Classics, Component, Consent, Constitution, Declaration of Independence, Defeat, Deficiencies, Democracy, Detection, Discern, Distribution, Examine, Executive, Extremes, Freedom, Gather, Governed, Government, History, Hour, Human Beings, Imperfection, Improvement, Improvements, Independent Judiciary, Inhibition, Invitation, Just Government, Know, Last, Learn, Legendary, Legislative Representation, Lesson, Liberty, Lose, Mankind, Means, Nation, Nothing New, Old, Order, Past, Permanent, Photograph, Poem, Poetry, Political, Power, Powerful, Publius, Representation, Republican, Republican Government, Rights, Rule of Law, Science of Government, Seat, Self Government, Series, Slavery, Society, Standards, Subject, Table, Tension, The People, Told, Transcendence, Truth, Tyranny, Unalienable, Unchecked Power, Vacillation, Vote, Work | Leave a comment

A Star Wars Lesson In Liberty

Posted on May 8, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

May 4th has become, for some, a day of tribute to Star Wars as “May the 4th Be With You” day. When the day passed recently, it gave me some cause to think about how we around the planet … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Ambiguity, Anakin, Bad, Black and White, Civil Liberties, Continues, Darkness, Darth Vader, Democracy, Empire, Enchained, Evil, Father Time, Good, Jedi, Learn, Lesson, Liberty, Man, Manipulation, May 4th, May the Fourth Be With You, Means, Moral, Old, People, Photograph, Plain Sight, Poem, Poetry, Power, Quest, Reel, Republic, Security, Shallow, Silver Screen, Soul, Spool, Star Wars, Steal, Story, Sublime, Trilogy, Truth, Useful Tool, Watch | Leave a comment