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In many ways, it seems that life can be a lot like a carnival

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If you have been one of my Baptist Messenger  (or Tulsa Beacon) readers for any length of time, you know that I have a love for carnivals. My grandmother was a carnie, so I guess you could say it’s in my blood. Every year, I return to serve as a chaplain at the Tulsa State…

Radios play a crucial role in dealing with our weather

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[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] After the most wonderful time of the year and the winter solstice, people familiar with our area begin the preparation and anticipation for spring storms. There is a reason the area has the moniker “Tornado Alley”. This column will take a decidedly contemporary application of…

2022 predictions for sports, politics, President Biden

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Here are my predictions for 2022. The Oklahoma football team will have a better defense with Brent Venables as head coach. TU and Coach Phillip Montgomery will be invited to a bowl game. Coach Mike Gundy and Oklahoma State will be at or near the top of the Big 12 Conference in football. OU, ORU…

That seventh word is one that is the hardest to discover

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The first six words of this article are the easiest: “Rite of Passage by Walker Moore.” I always begin by writing these six words each week and then pause, waiting to see what my fingers will do next. I wait and wait, and on most occasions, I sit here stuck, staring into nothingness. If I…

Don’t let the media define the true meaning of Christmas

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America’s progressive media goes out of its way to divert attention from the real meaning of Christmas. The real meaning is that God loved us so much that He sent His Son to be born of a virgin, live a perfect life and to die on the cross for our sins. Jesus Christ rose from…

The Yada Hoodies Detective Agency: The Case of the Blue Zsebek Monster

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“Wake up! Wake up!” said Tito, as he shook his younger brothers, Coco and Rio. “We have a mystery to solve!” “Whaaat?” said Rio, the youngest of the three, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. “What are you talking about?” “Look!” said Tito as he pointed to a pile of clothes, stacked high in…

What were Christmases like in early Indian Territory?

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[Why our area has its particular political and religious attitudes.] Christmas! What other Holy Day creates such feelings of joy, happiness, mirth, merriment, and despair? I am naturally of the ‘feel good’ temperament driven by dopamine, but also see the melancholy side of many. To everyone, the year has been fraught with frustration, apprehension, and…

Replacing a trusty waterbed with a high-dollar mattress

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When Susan and I got married in 1982, our first purchase was a California king waterbed. We were not hippies but we liked to sleep on a comfortable mattress and waterbeds were remarkably inexpensive. For almost 40 years, we slept on that waterbed. We replaced the mattress twice and the heater twice. And we replaced…

The antiquated Yellow Pages never had all of the answers

Tulsa Beacon

I got home the other day and there on my front porch, wrapped in plastic, was a copy of the Yellow Pages. Do you remember when you had to load up the trunk of my car with unused copies and haul them off to the recycling bin. If I knew where my delivery person lived,…