Sam

Saved by Jesus Christ, married to my Little Red Headed Girl, proud father of four, and Spartan Green all the way through.

[G-MA & G-PA @GPAIndiana]

I didn't need self-help books. I had a grandma who didn't sugarcoat anything 💛

[Tom Mars @TomMarsLaw]

Beyond words.

[Fr. Joseph Krupp @Joeinblack]

We don’t know when but one day, we will wake up to our last morning.
It is imperative that we remember this so that we do not go about the day enslaved to the random movements of our heart.
The devil will bait you. He wants you to react instead of respond, to chase the shiny things, and to save all of your passion for earthly things that will pass.
Not today. Today you rise anew, embracing the truth that you were not made for the petty or the transitory; You were made for heaven.
Pray for the grace to live this truth well.

#talkedtotheboss

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

The oldest hand to sign the Declaration of Independence shook so badly the man could barely hold the pen. He signed anyway, and what he said while doing it should be carved somewhere. Here's the story.

Stephen Hopkins was born in Rhode Island in 1707. No money, no fancy schooling, almost no formal education at all. His mother and grandfather taught him at home, and from there he did the rest himself. He read everything he could get his hands on and became a surveyor and an astronomer by sheer self-teaching.

A poor self-taught kid then did this with his life. Justice of the peace at 23. Speaker of the Rhode Island House seven times. Chief justice for eleven years. Governor nine separate times. He basically taught himself into running an entire colony.

He was also a complicated man, and honesty demands we say it. He had enslaved people in his household, and later in life he turned against the trade, freeing people he held and pushing a 1774 bill to stop the importation of slaves into Rhode Island. A man wrestling with his own contradictions in real time.

By the time independence came, he was old. Nearly 69 when he got to the Continental Congress, one of the oldest men in the room, second in age only to his friend Benjamin Franklin.

And here's the thing. He was sick. He had palsy, a condition that made his hands shake so violently that writing was genuinely painful. For a man whose whole life ran on reading and writing, his own hands were betraying him.

So when the moment came to sign the most dangerous document in America, treason against a king, he could barely do it. He reached over with his left hand, gripped his trembling right hand to steady it, and forced the pen across the page.

And as he did it, he said the line they should put on a wall:

"My hand trembles, but my heart does not."

He went on to help draft the Articles of Confederation before his health finally pulled him out of public life. He died in 1785.

A self-made man, an old man, a shaking man, who looked down at hands that would barely obey him and signed his name to a revolution anyway.

Stephen Hopkins. The heart doesn't tremble.

[MSU Chief of Propaganda @OdellBretthamJr]

The perfect fit for our new Board of Trustees

[Chris Solari @chrissolari]

Strong words from Tom Izzo about the current state of MSU.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Silence can help us most to recognize the voice of God, since it fosters attention and recollection. Freed from the noise of a thousand voices, we come to recognize that some voices deceive our desires, others buy us without nourishing us, and still others speak out of self-interest. In silence, we understand that ideologies pass away, while truth remains. https://t.co/lbaMqHx1cJ

[Paulina Guzik @Guzik_Paulina]

Pope Leo XIV was expected to reflect on pressing social issues and to refer - in his addresses to the Spanish society - to his groundbreaking "Magnifica Humanitas" encyclical.
He did not disappoint.
If you need Pope Leo's "Magnifica Humanitas" soundbite, here it comes:
" We must avoid humiliating or antagonistic words, opting rather for a clarity that sheds light and a frankness that unlocks new possibilities.
We cannot condone naïve enthusiasms, nor fuel unfounded fears. Instead, let us establish standards for discernment -- the dignity of the human person, the universal destination of goods, the preferential option for the poor, care for our common home and peace -- and let us translate these standards into practices such as responsible planning, the assessment of human and social impact, the inclusion of the most vulnerable, the promotion of digital literacy and guiding research and industry toward justice and peace."
(Magnifica Humanitas, 14).

[Fr. Joseph Krupp @Joeinblack]

So, I make $100 and the government takes 1/3 of that.
I take the 2/3 remaining to me and I buy something that I need.
They tax that.
I take what is left over and split it in half: half to the bank and have to an investment account.
The interest I make from the bank?
They tax that.
The interest I make from my investments?
They tax that.
If somehow, after all the confiscations, I’m able to buy myself a piece of land they will tax my purchase.
Then, even though they pretend I owe the land, they charge me every year for the right to live on it.
While the Democrats and Republicans keep us fighting each other over how much billionaires are taxed, we stop looking at how much money they take from us and pour into a monstrous bureaucracy that every day seems to take away a little more of our freedoms and give us less in return.
Just a note for all of you who have picked a side in the tyrannical two party system.

[Sam @samphillips333]

@Joeinblack Reporting for duty

[Sam @samphillips333]

@therealmikedean @MbarkCherguia Pond

[Fr. Joseph Krupp @Joeinblack]

“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment, and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love.”

The older I get, the clearer it becomes to me that fear might very well be the defining trait at the heart of so many of our problems.
Humans, (especially our political parties) want us afraid because they want to use us.
God wants you fearless because he wants to free you.
Turn off the fear and outrage mongers and immerse yourself in the word of God.

#talkedtotheboss

[Spartans Illustrated @Spartans_Illo]

1980s at MSU:

[Spartans Illustrated @Spartans_Illo]

“My goal is that anytime someone lists the top Big Ten teams, Michigan State comes out of their mouth.”
Max Bullough is back.
See how he plans to make it happen:
https://t.co/Ephp4zOcFr

[Sam @samphillips333]

@SpartanRyan The W’s haven’t been there but the culture is right. @Coach_Smith inherited a dumpster fire on and off the field. This team competed, and stayed on mission. Some changed are required, but I believe Coach Smith should stay the course and continue to build this program.

[Sam @samphillips333]

@ohiotate He ain’t lying. I as a Big10 guy I appreciate the Ohio State band…but Grambling State’s band can compete anyone, anywhere, anytime.

[Michigan State Football @MSU_Football]

don’t be sad that camp’s over, smile because it happened

[Sam @samphillips333]

@Spartyvon All three young men were very impressive. The culture change is obvious and special.

[Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes]

American truck driver is brought to tears, “Today's the worst day of my life. Today's the day that I turn my truck in”

He says even being away 7 weeks or more at a time working nonstop, the cost of insurance, interest and operating his truck has bankrupted him

“Between the shops, the insurance and everything else that goes with it, the payments. I went broke. I just went broke. I turned my truck in. Love my truck. I tried my best.”

“I spent every penny I have. I went in debt.”

The cost of everting in the United States is crushing the average hard working American. This can’t continue

[Coach Vint @coachvint]

‼️Coach Saban giving a master class in coaching and his evolution from transactional coach to transformational coach.

⁉️Do you care about your players for your benefit or for their benefit?

📢This is 4 minutes of wisdom every coach should listen to.