Culture wars turn classrooms into battlefields
OKLAHOMA CITY — Before I got my start in religion reporting 25 years ago, I covered education news for The Oklahoman, the daily newspaper in Oklahoma…
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Culture warrior, MAGA champion, Church of Christ member: Who is Ryan Walters?
OKLAHOMA CITY — Ryan Walters wasn’t always known as Oklahoma’s culture-warrior-in-chief. Neither was the 39-year-old Republican always a high-profile MAGA champion, denouncing liberal indoctrination; illegal…
‘Together we are stronger’
TULSA, OKLA. — As Lewis Parry strolled to the pulpit, his eyes widened with excitement in front of smiling faces at the 61st National Deaf…
Longtime campus minister washed feet — and dishes — and changed thousands of lives
STILLWATER, OKLA. — “Worship where you are.” It’s just one of the famous, or maybe infamous, one-liners for which Monty Daffern was known. Over nearly 30…
Planting churches, two by two
EDMOND, Okla. — Chris McKeever knows how to franchise. He’s director of guest experience for Oklahoma-based Sonic, which has 3,540 drive-in restaurants across the U.S.…
Sharing love — and Christ — with refugees
OKLAHOMA CITY — The chaos at the end of a long war. The frenzy to leave a troubled homeland. The challenge of a new and different…
A lifeline for people who hurt — all the time
WOODWARD, Okla. — Their elbows, knees and ankles throb. Fatigue at times wrecks their ability to move. Like around one-fifth of U.S. adults, these Christians —…
In a Mexican resort city, Christians care for homeless ‘angels’
COZUMEL, Mexico — Scott Eller steered a rented Nissan March through this bustling Caribbean city as his wife, Andrea, talked about their "home away from…
Timber Hill Church of Christ: A dot on the timeline of many Christians today
Rudy Taylor, who attended Oklahoma Christian College — now Oklahoma Christian University — in 1964-65, recently wrote a small book about a congregation that was…
VBS is one big drama
EDMOND, Okla. — For the Edmond Church of Christ, VBS stands for Very Busy Summer. Actually, preparations for the 1,100-member congregation’s Vacation Bible School begin…
