Thinking Out Loud

Coping with the loss of a loved one or treasured thing may be the hardest thing you may deal with in your life. If you have lost a spouse, parent, job, or home, you probably feel that you have lost your identity and that you will have to start over completely.

Maddison’s Corner

In an unshocking turn of events, Max Verstappen has managed to position himself one penalty point from a race ban. Even more unsurprisingly- his fans claim discrimination.

Thinking Out Loud

Everyone makes mistakes or fails in their attempts to grow and meet the challenges of daily life. Without these miscues little would be learned, and growth as a person would be limited.

Why Am I Suffering? Part II?

By Ken Murrell, Depew Church of Christ“For we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, more than once—and Satan hindered us” (1 Thessalonians 2:18).This is not a declaration of the devil’s power being superior or equal to God’s supreme authority, but we can certainly be influenced by the devil.

Looking Back on Mother's Day

I’ve been thinking, Mother, for a long, long time now about all the IOU's I’ve been carrying around with me. In fact, my heart is brimming with them, and it’s high time I sorted them all out to pay up. After all, you taught me to pay my debts promptly.

Maddison’s Corner

It is officially summer break and I already have no idea what to do with my time, the curse of every highschool student. Every summer I start out with all these big ideas about what I am going to do, or who I will spend time with; none of it ever happens, primarily at the fault of my own.

Do You Want to Have No Fear?

Only forty-five percent of colonists picked up arms at any one time during their fight for freedom. More people lost their lives in this conflict than in our nation’s other wars. Some were innocent, in the wrong place at the wrong time.The Civil War divided many families.

Thinking Out Loud

Scissortail Hospice Chaplain Bristow, OklahomaDealing with GriefNo matter where we are from or what has happened to us, each one of us deals with grief throughout our life.

Why Am I Suffering?

“The afflictions of the righteous are many, but the Lord rescues him from them all.” (Psalm 34:19) A new Christian was telling a woman at work about his health problems.The woman declared,“Oh, then you can’t be a real Christian, because Christians don't suffer!” What!?

What Will Your Obituary Look Like?

Scissortail Hospice Chaplain Bristow, Oklahoma ONHL Hospice Chaplain Drumright, Oklahoma What will people say when I’m gone? Another good question, “Are you planning with the end in mind?