The biking trail I struck out on this week had me riding straight into an Aesops Fable scene. With a lesson in discipleship added on. As I clipped along on a paved surface through a pretty corridor of...

DEAR ABBY: My husband died recently. I have been approached by a much younger man for a sexual relationship. I want to, but I feel he is too young. I'm 61, and he's 37, the same age as my son. We have...

DEAR ABBY: I was married for 16 years and am finalizing the divorce. I decided to start dating again and found a really nice guy with a wonderful personality. I’m attracted to him, although I never th...

Lawmakers returned to the State Capitol for a special session called by the governor to discuss tax cuts and how to use unused funds for the FY-23 budget. Among the issues will be whether to repeal th...

“Insanity is hereditary. You get it from your kids,” read a sign in Brussels, Belgium. Or, as author Jean Kerr wrote, “The real menace in dealing with a 5-year-old is that in no time at all you begin ...

Exploring the great outdoors is what our dogs do best, right? It is important to consider that if they are not pro It is important to consider that if they are not protected, more time outdoors could ...

It’s funny the way things happen that shape our lives. For example: I don’t know how old I was, maybe four or five, when my dad decided it was time for me to learn to play baseball. So, he took me out...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are in our 40s. Last year, we decided to make a very big change in our lives. We decided to seek out a second wife (sister wife) for my husband. I was completely on board w...

As a father of six amazing children, three of whom came into our lives through the blessing of adoption, I could not be more proud to represent and reside in the most pro-life state in the nation. I a...

‘A way forward.’ What words... Every follower of Jesus gets faced now and then with the brute fact his life needs reining in. We see how poorly we do, especially at stewarding our thoughts and our fee...

I love sugar snap peas. One of my favorite snacks is snap peas and ranch and I will sit down and eat a pound of them if I am not careful. They are in season right now and I found some recently at the ...

“I feel God’s presence in school,” says Ridge, 7. “I feel God’s presence in class.” Ridge, if you can sense God’s presence at school in the second grade, you’re light years ahead of where I was at age...

DEAR ABBY: When my boyfriend found out I have the money to do it, he asked me to pay off his car. Now, because I said no, he won’t answer the phone or talk to me. I have helped him in the past, but he...

The 2022 regular session of the Oklahoma Legislature has adjourned sine die (pronounced see-nay dee-a). That is Latin for the session ending without a day to return. The final gavel dropping was also ...

100 years ago: A writer from Houston, Texas on a special assignment, was found dead in bed at a Henryetta hotel. Officials of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church bought a tract of land for $50,000 to put ch...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are retired. A short while ago, a young couple moved in across the street. A few months later, my husband, who does yardwork for neighbors for extra money, started working ...

He was a new student in the fourth grade. He had just transferred from another school. It was the afternoon physical education time and today’s activity was playing a game of softball. So there they w...

My love-hate relationship with pecans began at a crawl. Navigating on hands and knees for long periods beneath a random collection of leafy trees did not rank as our favorite seasonal pastime. Still, ...

One of my favorite things to eat is Tex-Mex. I say Tex-Mex because most of what we eat in the U.S. is not true Mexican food. I am going to share a brief history and explain the difference between the ...

“I can sense God’s presence through my little brother,” says Cole, 10. For many with little brothers, sensing God’s presence through them would be a most unusual phenomenon. But all things are possibl...