Tag Archives: Bible

I don’t bring God into the picture

Posted on November 16, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

“I am not sure I have. I just go on and try to do a better job from there. I don’t think so. I think if I do something wrong, I think, I just try and make it right. I … Continue reading →

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COVID and White People

Posted on November 9, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

I am really pushing my memory here but sometime in the late 1960’s or early 70’s my mother gathered up her three young children and took us to the health department where we stood in line with other mothers with … Continue reading →

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American Values

Posted on August 18, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

The vast majority of the western world has learned its history and formed its opinions of the Middle East from a book of fables, the Bible and Hollywood movies. You see, Charlton Heston really isn’t Moses and Elizabeth Taylor isn’t … Continue reading →

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Jesus, Inc.

Posted on July 8, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

My wife and I lived in Wilmington, NC when we first got married. We were both a long way from home in a town that we had no family living close by and no money so “fun” on a Friday … Continue reading →

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The GOP and QAnon are right, don’t get the COVID Vaccine!

Posted on June 20, 2021 by ends and beginnings blog

I hate to admit it but Trumplicans and QAnon believers were right not to trust the COVID vaccine. Think about it, who would want Bill Gates knowing your every move? Or having your testicles (for the over educated, your balls, … Continue reading →

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Jesus is dead in America

Posted on June 5, 2020 by ends and beginnings blog

Down I-85, south of the city I call home there is billboard with a picture of the face of “Jesus” or at least how the Southern Baptist think “Jesus” looks. I like to call the Southern Baptist “Jesus” suntanned Jesus, … Continue reading →

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Wouldn’t know Jesus if he bit you in the ass

Posted on December 23, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“Jesus was my son.  Buddha was my son.  Muhammad, Moses, you, the man who said there was no room at the inn was my son.” –  George Burns as God in Oh, God!  It’s Christmas, a time that as Benjamin … Continue reading →

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Let’s talk about the weather

Posted on October 4, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“Everybody complains about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” – Charles Dudley Warner (stolen by Mark Twain) It’s October the 4th, and where I live, in northern South Carolina, it is 97 degrees right now. Somehow I feel like that’s … Continue reading →

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Hey Evangelicals-post your Bible verses that justify YOUR treatment of the migrant children in detention centers

Posted on June 25, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

From NPR:  More than 200 migrant children detained in a remote Border Patrol station in southwest Texas without adequate food, water and sanitation have been moved after news of the conditions became public last week. “This morning, my office was … Continue reading →

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If his lips are moving…….

Posted on March 11, 2019 by ends and beginnings blog

“At a recent round table meeting of business executives, & long after formally introducing Tim Cook of Apple, I quickly referred to Tim + Apple as Tim/Apple as an easy way to save time & words. The Fake News was … Continue reading →

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