I’ve been watching and/ or participating in Oklahoma politics for a long time now, and this is the wildest election season I have seen in a while.   Six more legislative incumbents were defeated in th...

The Christian Union Station Is it just me or does it seem the time is just flying by? I’m sure the answer is an unequivocal: Yes, and it’s in the Bible. You might be thinking, “seriously?” Oh, but it ...

Broken hearts occur every hour of the day For many, the ache will never go away. One doesn’t know how they will handle this issue You may think it’s over then it restarts anew. The loss of a loved one...

Vian Baptist Church 1 John, 2:3 - 5 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in...

“Stretch out Your hand from above; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth speaks lying words, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood” (Ps 144...

AROUND TOWN My 2-year-old Doberman, Penny, marches to the beat of her own drum - much like her owner. She’s a beautiful dog but she loves to hunt anything and everything between 11 p.m. and 4 a.m., w...

Dear Editor, Blessed! You don’t know what it means until you have received love unconditionally and then you know you were just blessed. That is what happened at the 3rd Annual Gore Community Back 2 S...

Vian United Methodist Church I’d like us to consider how God works. God works for us. It only makes sense to start here, because if God isn’t at work for us, where would that leave us? How could we ge...

I’ve never considered myself as a gentle person unless it comes to dealing with babies, the elderly or animals. I’m more like a bull in a China factory or what some might call a ‘trog’ - destroying ev...

With about a week to go the statewide runoff campaigns have turned negative. Surprise, surprise. People wonder why this happens. It happens for two reasons: Neither candidate wants to lose - and it wo...