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Easter will be a little bit different due to the pandemic

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You got dressed up in your best clothes and went to church on Easter Sunday when I was a boy. Even when I was in elementary school, I wore a coat and tie to church on Easter. Shoe stores were busy a few weeks before Easter because everyone seemed to buy a new pair of…

Love note on the washing machine is a blessing for Mom

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Every morning, my son’s Caleb house is either a haven of harmony or a riot. With three boys, two of whom are in school, getting up, eating breakfast, brushing teeth, washing faces, packing lunches, gathering books and a last-minute wrestling match before heading out to the car can be quite a challenge. Some morning things…

Missionaries were intellectual firebrands, distrupters

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We are continuing to look at why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes. What do intellectual, inquisitive, impassioned young firebrands do when spending four-months on a cramped sailing-ship at sea, in the days before electronics? No television, no radio, no-internet, no phones, no computers, no communications, just time and a few books…

Here’s some of the buzz on Babylonbee.com

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Here are some more headlines from Babylonbee.com, a Christian satirical website. Public School Teachers Issue Students Their Summer Book Burning Lists This list includes The Cat in the Hat, When Harry Became Sally, Irreversible Damage, etc. “According to sources, many public schools are de-emphasizing reading — which encourages critical thinking — in favor of activism,…

Oklahoma History: Six college freshmen had short lives but a long influence

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We are continuing to look at why our area has its unique political and religious attitudes. What became of the world-shattering six college freshmen, who subsequently founded the first American education-mission group, which sent the first emissaries to India and to the newly emerging Indian Territory? All graduated from the Congregationalist (Puritan) Andover Theological Seminary…

Weather, politics, pandemics and more in a news quiz

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How about a news quiz? Here we go. 1. What is the worst thing that happened in the last 12 months? The pandemic The February blizzards Joe Biden All of the above 2. Which athlete is the greatest of all time? Tom Brady Pele Julius Irving Mickey Mantle 3. If you get the Chinese coronavirus,…

Take another look at the tomb and you see it is not empty

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Twelve years ago, my wife began to have severe headaches. Soon, they became unbearable, so I took her to an urgent care center. The doctor who examined her told us she was suffering from sinusitis and an ear infection. He sent her home. When the headaches continued, accompanied with vomiting, we went to our family…

Let’s hope rest of 2021 is not as trouble-filled as February

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Thank goodness February is over. The arctic blast that hit Tulsa and most of the adjoining states was unusually cold and snowy for Oklahoma. I have lived here all my life and I can only remember a few years where we had such a destructive storm. The good news is that Oklahoma has the best…

God will send you whoever you need

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If my math is correct, this is my 1,150th article. That makes 23 years of 50 articles a year. Most of those who have read these articles have been very complimentary. There have been a few “bumpy grumpies” who have misunderstood or disagreed with what I was trying to say, but overall, it has been…