Nancy French’s ‘Ghosted’ offers a haunting, helpful read — but not for everyone
The biggest villain — and rightly so — in Nancy French’s memoir “Ghosted: An American Story” is a preacher who gives the seventh-grader a ride home from…
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Readers offer mixed responses to column on libraries, openness
Like Cheryl Mann Bacon, I am a Christian, a parent and a librarian, in that order (“Why libraries are important to an open society”). I…
Why libraries are important to an open society
Two buildings remain important landmarks in my earliest childhood memories: a small stucco Church of Christ on the edge of Fort Morgan, Colo., and a…
Sherri Coale reflects on life after basketball
OKLAHOMA CITY — The COVID-19 pandemic forced many to slow down and reconsider what filled the space in their lives. Sherri Coale was no exception.…
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…
Why faith matters to America: We talk to the author of an insightful new book
Religion reporter Bob Smietana’s “aha!” moment came a few years ago while covering a hurricane. When a tornado, flood or other disaster occurs, so-called faith-based…
Book applies ‘ethics beyond rules’ to abortion, race and more
Keith D. Stanglin’s “Ethics Beyond Rules: How Christ’s Call to Love Informs Our Moral Choices” is an excellent, popular-level introduction to Christian ethics. Unlike some…
In new memoir, Randy Travis goes ‘diggin’ up bones’
And it was down with the old man, up with the new. Raised to walk in the way of light and truth. I didn’t see…
Review: A Way of Being
I love reading authors’ first and last books. First books are inspired. We see what makes writers so passionate that they have to write. Last…
