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Walker Moore

Marathon running son invites Dad to join in on the fun

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I don’t like running, especially if it is required of me. As a child, I loved chasing after lighting bugs or baseballs. I loved it when my brothers and I ran through the woods behind our house. Nonessential running was freedom. But when I went to school and we were required to run around the…

We must protect our children just like my sunflower plant

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Each spring, I try to plant something weird. I am not sure just how I got into doing this, but it brings me great joy. My wife is a gardener at heart; her mom was the same. She is your typical country girl with a green thumb. Like her mom, she can plant flowers, vegetables…

In times of great distress, we need our Father to hold us

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My wife and I had just moved to Mesquite, Texas. We didn’t have much in worldly possessions, just some secondhand furniture, an older car and a new baby in tow. I had just gotten a new job as a youth pastor and was continuing my education. We moved into a small house. Even with just…

Unthoughtful parenting can mean kids go down the drain

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I know this is a delicate subject and I want to have some dignity in addressing this issue, but when did Americans become so lazy that we can’t flush our own toilets? It seems as though we are no longer capable of pushing down a lever. Instead, we have electronic sensors that determine when the…

Church summer camp imbedded some valuable memories

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One of the casualties of social distancing this summer is the cancellation of church camps. Tens of thousands of students across America will not experience a week at church camp, and here in Oklahoma, one of the most famous camps in the world, Falls Creek, has been canceled. When I was growing up, church camp…

It was hard to get sympathy for the removal of that wart

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Today, I’ve been sitting at my computer and thinking. But I’m not good at sitting. I want to be out and about, interacting with people. And I’m really not good at thinking. Do you know how hard it is and how much energy it takes? It’s probably a good thing I’m sitting while I’m thinking….

Jesus Christ is the only constant in an ever-changing world

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For a number of years, Beloit College has produced the Mindset List, a reminder that the worldview of today’s new college students is significantly different from the previous year’s. It will be interesting to see how COVID-19 will affect this generation of students in years to come. Many of us grew up in the beginning…

Your time is much better spent praying than being afraid

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You may recall that I recently shared about the demise of our grandsons’ little swimming pool. It developed a leak and I fixed it with some tape, but the adhesive came off the tape and embedded itself in their hands and feet. It took me the greater part of a morning to scrape the gunk…

It is encouraging when a child becomes an ‘old schooler’

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Titus the Honorable is just two months shy of 7 years old. Oh, how has the time has flown! Your children grow up fast, but your grandchildren zoom by faster than a small-town parade. During my 47 years of working with students, I have noticed different classes or groups of them, based largely based upon…