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These are two relationships that can be difficult to describe

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Our oldest yada hoodie, Titus the Honorable, is on a second-grade soccer team. I think it’s on page 327 of the “Grandparenting Manual” that grandparents are required to attend “any sport, any school function, any church activity, or social gathering, where said grandchild participates.” I didn’t know this, but recently our grandsons informed us that…

The mother of a Cherokee clan truly changed the world

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[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] The leaders of the Old Settler Cherokee who moved west of the Mississippi were of the same clan, and apparently the same mother. For over 30 years, we have pursued genealogy with history. Deciphering the mothers of the late 1700s is extremely difficult. Why? Until…

Be thankful even when circumstances may seem tough

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I was visiting with my friend Rick Collier and we were talking about what it was like when we were growing up in Tulsa. We had several things in common, including coming from poor families and growing up in Tulsa around Sheridan Road (probably from Admiral Boulevard to 41st Street). I usually had a bowl…

What would it look like to get a letter in the mail from Jesus?

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I don’t why or when I started doing this. I don’t even think about it. I have always signed my emails, letters, and other correspondence by writing, “Your Servant, Walker Moore.” Some have remarked that my letter closing is odd. Some have said I am not their servant. My attraction to our “servant Jesus” is…

The New Madrid earthquake shook up a lot of Indians

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[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] Road trip, some of our favorite words. Ehh, we have to navigate Memorial Drive to reach the backroads. The first villages of Old Settler Cherokee had moved from Tennessee to the New Madrid area, west of the Mississippi River the year before the great earthquakes,…

Buying Christmas gifts too early can make matters complicated

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Vice President Kamala Harris said in an interview in October that people should start buying Christmas gifts immediately. This was troubling because she wasn’t necessarily advising shoppers to plan ahead but instead was issuing a warning about her anticipated shortage of stuff to buy for Christmas. Dock workers are on strike. Trucking companies can’t get…

As a boy, I always wanted my role to be the closest to Jesus

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It is about the time of year when churches begin planning their annual Christmas programs. Music has been selected, scripts have been written, and all that remains is casting the parts and starting rehearsals. These programs have given us some of the best times in the lives of our family members. For years, both of…

Crossing the Mississippi River was a complicated process

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[Why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes.] The movement of the southeastern woodlands Indians across the Mississippi River occurred over a century in spurts. As a new village chief became frustrated with the state-of-affairs, he would move his clan across the great river to get away from the burgeoning United States and…

College Football Conferences

Conference switches mean more money, more headaches

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Loyalty in college athletics apparently doesn’t extend to your team’s conference anymore. Here’s some history. The Southwest Conference was founded 1914 – 107 years ago. It was dissolved in 1996. For the bulk of its history, the conference had eight primary members. Seven were from Texas, including Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Rice, Baylor, TCU…

Cohen the Goodhearted made a great speech in his class

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You never known how your kids are going to do when you send them off to the first day of school. The first day of kindergarten will often cast your child’s position until they graduate. That child could be cast in the role as the smart one, the pretty one, the athletic one, the class…