Thinking Out Loud

We strive to console others in their pain while trying to heal our own broken hearts. In doing so, the one fable we hear most often is 'It just takes time.' It is true that with time, all things in life change; however, we cannot just sit and wait for Father Time to arrive!

From horses to horsepower

A 1910 photograph of downtown Tulsa shows streets with horse drawn buggies and wagons, and 1920 images shows mostly cars.The importance of vehicles can be summed up by on statistic, “In the 1920's more people owned more automobiles than had indoor plumbing.

They Knew It Was Coming!

The devastation hadn’t yet struck. The young man remained calm so as not to scare his small children. He gathered together the ones he loved most. They hurried into the garage, and he opened the storm shelter door. Once safely inside he closed and clamped down and locked the lid.

Thinking Out Loud

Kids do dumb things! I also include myself in that group. In my first preaching ministry in Carlsbad, New Mexico, the church secretary had a little toddler by the name of Gary Dean.

Family Discussions

A strange sight drew my attention while I was driving on a welltraveled street. Fortunately, that day at that time, mine was the only car. I have seen ducks walk in a line, but had not seen grown cats walk single file until that day!Right in front of me crossing the street were five cats.

Who’d Walk Around Unclothed?

A young man, wearing nothing but a linen garment, was following Jesus. When they (temple guards or Roman soldiers) seized him, he fled naked, leaving his garment behind“ (Mark 14 51-52).Sometimes Bible accounts, real historical records, can leave us unsettled.

“‘You’re Good At It,’ But Is That A Good Thing?”

You are one talented and gifted person – no doubt.When He tucked you into your mom’s womb, your Creator handed you some abilities that are expressly yours. You may be one who socializes easily, able to talk the horns off a billy goat.

Thinking Out Loud

Scissortail Hospice Chaplain Bristow, OklahomaThe Power of a Smile!Have you ever thought about all the things in the world that have the power to instantly make a situation better?

Who Can Know God’s Heart?

Peter was going on his first camping trip. He was thirty years old. His mother told him, “Don’t go! Something terrible will happen!” (Maybe that’s why he hadn’t gone during his younger years.)Arriving at Tonto National Forest, Arizona, he thought he was in a wildlife painting.

From the Pastor’s Desk

“I once was blind, but now I see!”In John 9:1-7 (NIV), there is a story about a man in need. Speaking of Jesus, it says: “ 1 As He went along, He saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind (lookup verses 3- 7)?