“Need A God With Hair On Him?”

You’ve heard it…the one about the little girl who was wakened by the lightning and thunder that lit up her bedroom and made the walls shake. Trembling with fear, she shrieked for her Daddy who came running.

Family Discussions

Tiger Tiger is a handsome male yellow-stripped tabby cat. He was born into strange circumstances. His mother, Sprite, was barely over one and a half year old when she gave birth. There was another female cat just over two years old, named Camo. She was a rescue calico.

What Will You Gain from Life?

Last week was a double-day for you. Chaplain John T. Catrett, III, had a great article about the reality of hell (Bristow News, page 2, June 17, 2021). His quoted statistics are eye opening! Please be sure to read his last week’s column.

Thinking Out Loud

Avoiding Nose-Dives Are there times when your hope fails you and your confidence nose-dives in dispair? There are seven answers to this dilemma. # 1 -- Hope Can Take A Temporary Pause! Where Hope Fails and Healing Grows is part of your grief healing journey.

Letter to the Editor Policy

The Bristow News welcomes letters to the editor that comment on and further the public debate on topics of general interest. To submit a letter, please email your letter to angie.gentry@bristownews.com. All letters must be signed with a legible name, address, and phone number.

If Hell is for Real, it Changes Everything!

Not many people want to talk or write about hell, except maybe a few fire-and-brimstone preachers bent on scaring people into the kingdom. Personally, I love to think, talk, and dream of heaven, but hell is another story. As much as we don’t want to think, talk or write about it, maybe we should.

Have You Taken Revenge?

The young man was working the “graveyard” shift in New York City. At around 3:00 in the morning when all was quiet, an unknown man bounded up to the second floor. Only the young man and his coworker from the next office were present in the isolated building.

“Make your plans, and watch God laugh”

Andy was only a green twenty-year-old when he was called to his very first pastorate out in the Panhandle of Oklahoma. Located in a rural isolated community, this tiny church was accustomed to getting “newbies” as its pastor.

Autry stops here

Gene Autry, 29-year old western movie star who makes more money than Clark Gable but isn’t pestered by autograph hunters, stopped off in Bristow long enough to sniff the air and pace the Frisco platform that he used to tread everyday when he was the Frisco telegraph operator here. The remembered G.

Choices

My stepdaughter and I were traveling along Turner Turnpike on the way home from Oklahoma City. We were just about thirteen miles out of the City when my car became difficult to steer. I flipped on the flashers and reluctantly pulled over to the side of the highway. Yes. It was a flat tire.