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Humphrey hopes to change corrections system and update SQ780

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, plans to draft legislation for next year that would completely change Oklahoma's criminal justice system. He said his move to a community-based … more

Spiders are scary but avoidable

STILLWATER, Okla. – As Oklahomans pull end-of-year holiday decorations out of the attic and put away tools in sheds, they may end up disturbing some of their smallest neighbors. Exclamations … more

Workin’ God’s Sick Pen

Livestock health doesn’t always work out so good. I can remember receiving loads of not so healthy stocker calves in the past.  Usually, one can make it work with the help of some medicine … more
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Bobbing for suitors

The other day I read an interesting blog about bobbing for apples on my favorite Victorian clothing site, recollections.biz. I’ve never thought much about the fall party tradition of bobbing … more
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Don't Feed the Plants

The Elgin High School Music and Theatre Department held their production of Little Shop of Horrors Sept. 25-26, 2021. more
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Don’t feed the plants

The Elgin High School Music and Theatre Department held their production of Little Shop of Horrors Sept. 25-26, 2021. I sat on this review for a week because I needed to think about some of the … more
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Lumpy Clay

Have you ever noticed that, here in southwest Oklahoma, there is pastureland so taken with mesquite trees that you can’t even walk through it?  Let’s say that you owned that pasture … more

Fess Up!

Alright folks, it’s time for me to get something off my chest.  And I can’t write or talk another word about things that go on around here, nor can I teach from His Word anymore … more
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May we all be a “Mr. Miller”

I don't know who wrote the following story, or even if it's true. But whether it's true or not, it's a story worth reading. I've read this story many times as it circulates on social media … more
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Future Plans

Folks are always wanting to know what the future holds. Do you ever read the fortune cookie at the Chinese restaurant?  I don’t usually read mine, but I do remember the interesting message … more
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Why I believe English classes are important

I’ve always loved to write, but never really thought I could make a career of it because only a fraction of writers become the next great American author. It wasn’t until I started … more
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Attitude Adjusting in Christ

I want to discuss some serious stuff today. Paul writes in Philippians 4:8-9:8 Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is … more
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His Harvest

The wheat harvest is a part of many a young person’s life if he or she is from rural southwest Oklahoma. A means of summer employment for just a few months as the harvest makes its way north … more
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Opinion: Conservatorship is just legal captivity

I’m sure many of you have seen Britney Spears in the news recently as she fights to remove the conservatorship that controls her entire life. Although Britney Spears shot to stardom during … more

James and the Giant Peach was a great show

The Lawton Ballet Theatre recently held their production of James and the Giant Peach. I’d never read the book or seen the movie or a stage production of the show. I wasn’t even sure what … more

Going home!

Thank You, Lord for the rain! Let’s talk about the home place some more. Here in Oklahoma, many of us have a place in our family that we think of as the home place. For some of you, it may … more
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Baptized below Flat Top

Here’s how Tom tells it in a letter to his Pa who lived on a place near San Angelo: Hey, Pa! I’ve got somethin’ to tell ya! Now, understand, we was movin’ a herd of cows … more
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Summer break is here - and it started at the normal time!

The last day of school has arrived and on the one hand I’m thinking how has it gone by so fast, and on the other hand, I’m thinking has it really only been a year? I am grateful for … more

School ends in less than a month

One morning this week while the kids were getting ready for school I flopped down on the couch and said, “I can’t wait ‘til school is out for the summer.” One of them … more

My son had an accident on school property and no, I won’t sue

Last week my son had an accident at school on the playground. He fell on the monkey bars and fractured his nose in a couple of places and got about 14 stitches. The first thing someone asked me was … more
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