When I was a boy, we didn’t have much extra money. Swinging by a hamburger shop instead of eating vegetable soup at home was a real rarity. I remember our family once passed a home with a sign in the ...

The devil made me do it. Where owning the wrongdoings (and wrong-beings) of my life is concerned, I have to confess that passing the buck is not an option. I cannot assign blame for my waywardness on ...

Do not get too excited, this article is not going to announce a new company coming to the Okmulgee area. What I’m going to tell you about is some of the industries that are currently expanding in our ...

Dear Editor, On March 12, I received a call from the Muskogee Phoenix advising me that the Muskogee VA hospital could be closed. The reporter asked me what I thought about the closing. I told him I wa...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are expecting our second child. Our first pregnancy ended in miscarriage, so we were overjoyed to find out I was pregnant again, this time with a little girl. We’ve already...

“One of the decisions was what kind of ice cream I wanted, strawberry or vanilla,” says Christen, 11. “That is a hard decision for me. I really don’t know how God showed me the sign, but I picked stra...

DEAR ABBY: I ended my 24-year marriage after learning my wife, in addition to several one-night stands, had an affair with a married couple for nine years. She also gave me an STI. I was faithful, tho...

The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) holds its Fall Forum, our annual policy conference, allowing advocates to gather and discuss policies to improve the state for our youngest residents. ...

DEAR ABBY: I had weight-loss surgery three years ago and lost 134 pounds. Two years later, I traded addictions and became a problem drinker. During this time I met a man, but my drinking came between ...

My front tooth came out. There wasn’t any pain because this was a crown over a tooth I had broken as a youth. It had needed a root canal, thus, no pain now. But, the tooth had come out. It happened li...

“I’m sorry, but your son will not walk again.” Laboring under the weight of the doctor’s announcement, my parents clung to their hopes that God may yet intervene. Just weeks later, to the astonishment...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend is 60 and has an autoimmune disease. He’s dependent on oxygen and suffers a great deal. He can drive, walk and care for himself, although I assist in his care quite a bit. I wa...

On Friday, the filing period for the 2022 elections occurred. In total, 569 candidates placed their names on the ballot for a variety of state offices. This was the fewest number of candidates seeking...

“I talk to him and ask him what to do and what college to go to,” says Abraham, 8. “God helps me make a decision like if I should hit my brother.” Decisions, decisions. If you’d like to enter college ...

Today, Oklahomans join together in remembering the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing and the loved ones left behind on that horrible day 27 years ago. As we mourn the worst act of homegrown terrori...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 17 years with three great kids. My wife and I have struggled on and off during those 17 years. I often feel like maybe I don’t love her. We are complete opposites. I...

I was working at a Texaco gas station on weekends. The station was across town, maybe five or six miles from home. I was 16-years-old. It was Sunday. After morning church, my parents had headed out to...

John 3:16 tells us: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” This is the heart of the gospel summed up in on...

“What in tarnation?” A handy phrase of my father’s generation. Clyde Lout might have employed this downhome remark of astonishment if he had heard Maundy Thursday spoken in conversation. Indeed, since...

Easter Sunday is this week. Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. Easter, therefore, can fall on any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. How...