Oklahoma City Bombing Remembered

We took time this week to convene a joint legislative session to remember the events of April 19, 1995, when the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, in downtown Oklahoma City, was bombed.One hundred and sixty eight people lost their lives that day.

“TEARING DOWN YOUR OWN HOUSE”

Oh, shoot. Why am I writing about this question? Do I have a hidden ‘Go ahead and kill me now, and get it over with’ complex in me somewhere?Here we go over hill and dale anyway, and consequences bedamned.

“BICKERING SNOWFLAKES”

We were created by our God to be different from each other. We all have different personalities, likes, loves, dislikes and downright detests. Unfortunately, too much of the time the detests are each other.  Why? Because we see our outlook on life as the only plausible way to view life.

“SPRINGTIME LILACS OR SKUNKY MEMORIES”

Ever suddenly been transported back in time by just a whiff of a lingering smell in the air? The sight of a house? A quick glimpse of a stranger’s profile who instantly reminds you of someone in your past? Or the taste of a certain food that suddenly takes you back to Grandma’s kitchen.  Probably.

“TRAPPED WITH NOWHERE TO RUN”

Enjoy feeling anxious and blue? Concentrate on what is happening in the world now, that’ll do it for you. The impossible price of food and housing. Crooked politics. Illegal drugs. Riots. Disease. Murders. Kids molested.

“YOU DEFINITELY ARE NOT GIBBS”

How do you navigate in this scary world?  The way I see it, for most of us it is a matter of one of three possibilities.

“I YAM WHO I YAM”

Remember the old TV cartoon “Popeye The Sailor Man?” He had a favorite saying: “I yam what I yam and dat’s all I yam.” And poor old Olive Oyl could never get him to see himself any other way. A popular song put out in the last few years made me remember Popeye and how wrong he was.

Logan County Citizens, Vote YES To Continue Our Success

When we go to the polls on March 5 to vote in Oklahoma’s presidential primary election, Democrats, Libertarians and Republicans will also have 3 county questions on their ballots.

WHY SO MANY ‘THOU SHALT NOT?’

Does it seem to you that God is always saying “No” or “Don’t do that” or “Thou shalt not?” If you think that, you are not alone. Many people feel the same way. Seems as if all He wants to do is stop them from enjoying life.