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If readers have noticed discussions of verses in the 23rd Psalm not being presented in order as the Bible has them, I have no reason for doing so. Maybe God knows. I’m guessing those who needed encouraging words from a particular part of that chapter just happened to read them at the time published.
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Two young boys were growing up on their parents’ small farm. This meant that raising show-worthy pigs and calves for livestock shows was a normal thing in life to them.
Read moreU.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) joined Sen. Steve Daines and a group of 24 other senators in demanding the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) provide answers on recent actions to infringe on Americans’ Second Amendment rights by preventing law-abiding citizens from creating and owning suppressors.
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For 45 years, Danny Cavett has been a compassionate and supportive presence for hospital patients and their families, helping them navigate difficult circumstances and create meaning from situations that seemed to have none. This month, Cavett officially retires as Director of Pastoral Care for OU Health, where his work as a chaplain has touched an untold number of people.
Read moreOccupational therapy may sound like something exclusive to people who are injured on the job. Though occupational therapy helps people in the workplace every day, it also helps men and women, including those with arthritis, perform everyday activities that may or may not be work-related.
Read moreThe recruiting strategist ERE Recruiting Intelligence estimates that 250 résumés are submitted for each corporate job opening, and the first submission occurs within 200 seconds after a position is posted. In such an environment, procrastination can be costly.
Read moreIt was a walk down memory lane for Steve Dobbs and Mark Bays as the pair recently met at the Stillwater Public Library to check up on a tree project both were involved in 28 years ago.
Read moreIn John Steinbeck’s classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family finally reaches the end of its rope. Setback after setback, loss of their livelihood, and finally, loss of their land force the Joads to reluctantly leave the only home they have ever known for the promised land of California. Oklahoma proves to be as indifferent to their absence as it had been to their presence. The Joads quietly leave everything they have ever known behind, but as backward and misunderstood as they and the countless other Okies were, they never left their dignity. They never once presumed the world around them would bend to their needs.
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