Sam Collins

Retired writer/editor. Trapezoidal peg in round hole. Lover of wit, wisdom & the written word.

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

@thomaslhorrocks Anyone who reads the biography “Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom” by David W. Blight will clearly see that this is a horribly dishonest misrepresentation of Douglas’s thinking & life’s work.

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

@LloydLegalist How totally gross.

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

@MOTIVnation @newspangler Congratulations, Brett! These days I barely have the endurance to ride in a car for 26 miles. Two marathons within 2 weeks is awesome.

[Thomas Horrocks @thomaslhorrocks]

Kurt Vonnegut’s piercing insight into the folly of Christian Nationalism years before this current resurgence.

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

@IntoTheShitter Arf Vader

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

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[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

A good reminder.

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

“All of our agents are currently assisting other callers. Stay on the line & your call will be answered in the order it was received. Should you age & die during the interim, please have a designated friend or next of kin ready to speak to one of our representatives.”

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

How about finding a T-shirt message that offers some thread of logic? This non sequitur of a statement is not a Christian witness, it’s just mean & pathetically dopey.

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

As Gregory Baker put it, “When the language of spiritual warfare becomes indistinct from that of the physical warfare of our pagan ancestors, that gives me reason to question the spirit behind the message.”

[Scott Barber @thescottbarber]

This is the most wrong thing I’ve ever seen about any sacrament

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

So, folks, your Jesus is still in the tomb?

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

I was saddened to learn of the death of Hilary Mantel. Her Thomas Cromwell trilogy, starting with “Wolf Hall,” is extraordinary. As one book critic put it, she was an expert in showing “what power reveals and conceals in human character.”

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

“As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.” - Barbara Brown Taylor

[Beth Moore @BethMooreLPM]

My pastor sits on the floor with the kids when he gives the children’s sermon and they discuss the message with him. It’s gold. Yesterday he said, “We have to practice not being mean.” And I thought what a word it was. We’ve gotten so mean. Kindness will take lots of practice.

[Sam Collins @samcollins122]

“I have everything I need to be happy right between my ears.” —Jane Jarvis

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

I can’t believe they made a Lord of the Rings prequel and didn’t call it “Better Call Sauron.”

#RingsOfPower

[Zack Hunt @ZaackHunt]

It’s like a Renaissance Fair for racists