DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 52 years. While looking for a tax document, I found a manila envelope that had a note written on the outside. It said, “If something happens to me, please destroy th...

In a previous column, we began considering the interesting, intriguing and inspiring subjects and events of the Bible characterized by the number three (3), a number found in the Bible 523 times. Our ...

The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) is a statewide nonprofit charged with “creating awareness, taking action, and supporting policy to improve the health, safety, and well-being of Oklaho...

DEAR ABBY: My brother just got engaged to the “WOAT” (Worst of All Time). They have been dating for 2 1/2 years, and nobody in the family has anything good to say about her. In the past, he always had...

The new Republican Administration began by signing dozens of executive orders (EOs), with more signed every week. But what is an EO and how does it impact governance? And what is the potential impact ...

I was still a very young pastor. I realized I needed more training. My fellow pastors in the district had discovered a graduate school geared to people who were already active in the ministry as pasto...

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to my husband for 30 years. For the past five years, I’ve noticed that he is acting a little different. He’s lost a lot of weight. I found out he’s been smoking drugs. He ...

“It’s Friday, so tonight I’m off to the Fun Mosque!” “Fun Mosque?” Throughout my years I had never associated those words together, much less heard them linked in this way. Now, here was my friend and...

Decisions are made by those who show up, as quoted by President Jed Bartlet from “The West Wing.” Voters who take the time to cast ballots make the decisions. Oklahoma has one of the worst voting perc...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have very different approaches to social media: He’s all in, and I’m all out. I don’t “do” the internet. I don’t have Facebook, Instagram, X, Snapchat and whatever else peo...

DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Leon,” and I have been together for 13 years. He is bisexual - gay-leaning. I knew this when we got together. I am 51, and Leon is 32. We still love each other deeply, but he i...

Congratulations to all who ran for office and are running for office. It is a big deal to run for office, taking a bit of courage to put yourself “out there” publicly. Yet with all the celebrations, l...

There is no surprise more magical than the surprise of being loved. It is God’s finger on man’s shoulder. This reflection attributed to Playwright Charles Morgan, brings a warm smile today. I was not ...

A friend of mine tells of an experience he once had. He and his family were on a campout trip with other families from his church. They had a wonderful time of eating food cooked out of doors, sharing...

DEAR ABBY: I am a single parent of two girls. My oldest, “Becca,” is 17. She has been dating this guy and, as soon as she graduates, plans to move in with him and two of his friends (another couple). ...

As the first full week of session has ended, the lawmakers at the Oklahoma State Capitol are hard at work with shepherding their legislation through the committee process. The Legislature has implemen...

DEAR ABBY: Twenty years ago, I developed psychosis with a personality change. I did things I’m ashamed of. I had an affair, remarried and moved out of the country, leaving my 13-year-old daughter with...

Samuel the prophet came to Saul the king of Israel with a message of rejection from the Lord. The story is recorded in I Samuel 13 and we find these words in Verse 14, “But now thy kingdom shall not c...

While I was in college, I worked for a while at the Bell Brand Potato Factory. They prepared and packaged corn chips, peanuts and frozen french fries as well as potato chips. I worked the late shift f...

The Okmulgee Lions Club welcomed Cindy Taylor as their speaker on Tuesday. Taylor grew up in Okmulgee and graduated from Beggs. Formerly a teacher for Preston Schools for years, she decided to open he...