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The Sharpened Spoon: In Which I defend "homos" in a Public Debate

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Everyone's entitled to my opinion. Monday, November 3, 2014. In Which I defend "homos" in a Public Debate. I write merrily along on this little writer's guide I was working on, which hopefully will be up on Amazon in the next day or so, and I spent probably a half hour in peace, sipping my overly hot black coffee. ( I know, but when I DO drink it, I like it black and bitter). 8221; he seems very pleased, his friend quietly nods, and I lose my shit! This is the passage to which the gentleman is referring.

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The Sharpened Spoon: August 2014

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Everyone's entitled to my opinion. Thursday, August 14, 2014. Three Things We Did to Raise Awesome Kids! Two of my eight kids have made it, to college, that is. Two home schooled students, accepted to major universities, and receiving scholarships. If this doesn't do it for you, they both choose worship experiences, quiet times with friends and service projects when they are free to make their own choices. SO, how did we raise such awesome kids? Mark R. Morris, Jr. Wednesday, August 13, 2014. It seems th...

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The Sharpened Spoon: This Conversation Just Happened with Two Cops About the Twelve Year Old Shot Dead for Carrying a BB Gun.

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Everyone's entitled to my opinion. Sunday, November 30, 2014. This Conversation Just Happened with Two Cops About the Twelve Year Old Shot Dead for Carrying a BB Gun. If I face any backlash in the form of extra police attention from this, I wanted to make sure that the entire conversation was recorded. Please put it out so that it cannot be destroyed or edited. I am sending it to their department. November 26 at 3:01pm. Cleveland police officer shot Tamir Rice immediately after leaving moving patrol car.

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The Sharpened Spoon: Get Out of My Selfie, You'll Ruin the Picture!

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Everyone's entitled to my opinion. Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Get Out of My Selfie, You'll Ruin the Picture! I wanted to scream “NOOOO! 8221; “Don't do it! 8221; I am so messed up at times, that I don't know which way is up, and I sure as hell do not want to be responsible for somebody else's demise in following my example. Are we really too busy to help, or is it something else? So, what do you think? Are we, or are we not our brother's keeper? Mark R. Morris, Jr. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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The Sharpened Spoon: So, What are You Accepting as "Liberty" These Days?

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Everyone's entitled to my opinion. Friday, November 7, 2014. So, What are You Accepting as "Liberty" These Days? Here is what I suggest. Make some new friends. Purposely go looking for people that are different from you. Yes, at first, you may think you have nothing to talk about, nothing “in common”, but you are 99.4% identical to every other single solitary human being on this planet! That's right, there is less than a one percent difference between you and Hitler! Or Abraham Lincoln, or Ghenghis Khan!

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The Sharpened Spoon: September 2014

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Everyone's entitled to my opinion. Thursday, September 4, 2014. Uhauls and used cars, or How I Got Started in Writing! After moving through six states before the age of thirteen, is it any wonder that I picture myself some sort of story teller? HA, it is no wonder that two of my first three novels feature moving vans and old beater cars, a staple of my growing up years as a church of christ preacher's kid. But, unfortunately, theatre is a very expensive way to share stories, and we couldn't keep it going.

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The Sharpened Spoon: Why I am Still Afraid to Leave Church and Follow God

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Everyone's entitled to my opinion. Saturday, November 15, 2014. Why I am Still Afraid to Leave Church and Follow God. That is really not what I am trying to talk about with this post, however, so, let me see if I can get this started properly. While today's modern church, with its larger than life real-estate portfolio and 501c3 non-profit status, is not found in scripture, many of us were raised to believe that it was the Kingdom of God. That is a problem. If this is you, don't let them lure you back in!

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The Sharpened Spoon: October 2014

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Everyone's entitled to my opinion. Friday, October 24, 2014. Do You Really Believe What You Believe? So, I thought about it and I came to a few conclusions, which are probably completely wrong, but I am sure you kind people will be good enough to correct my misconceptions. So, here they are. There are a few major reasons that people believe the things they believe, most of them are, in one way or another, inherited. Here they are in no particular order. Because my parents told me so. The Bible says so.

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The Sharpened Spoon: Why Our Parents Made us go to Church

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Everyone's entitled to my opinion. Friday, November 14, 2014. Why Our Parents Made us go to Church. Think of it, any of you who grew up in the pre-emergent Church, did you ever hear this threat? 8220;You had better behave yourself, because this is God's house! Some of you, who attend conservative, traditional churches may say, remember? My mother still does that, but now it's weird, because I'm thirty! I recently saw a buzzfeed article, shared by George Takei, that shared pictures of people's kids scream...