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Corn, ethanol and greater pressure on the poor …

CornLinda works at one of the local convenience stores where I buy fuel. She told me early last week she heard a gallon of gas would rise to $3.75. Fortunately news broke of a better than expected supply of oil and the price actually retreated from $3.29/gallon.

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Listening Past Each Other … Keeps us Talking Past Each Other … When Talking Heads Get in the Way …

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Reading over at the BHT led me to this article in The Christian Century by Richard Mouw, President of Fuller Theological Seminary. Quite a conversation broke out after the posting of the link to this piece. For some time I have been convinced we do not hear what it … Continue reading

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Not for Sale … Where is Wilberforce When You Need Him? …

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We sat captured by their voices. In what was surely and all Anglo "congregation" we were stirred by the young boys from Zambia. Imagine my disbelief thinking we supported the global slave trade a number of years ago right here in Oklahoma! Yes, David Batstone gave details of the … Continue reading

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Falwell and Grenz … strange comparison …

You have likely been through the "Where were you when …?" Our most obvious events in Oklahoma tend toward the Murrah Building bombing and what is referred to as, "The May 3rd Tornado." Yes, we do ask the same about Kennedy’s assassination and 9/11 once we peak out from … Continue reading

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Whose feet not to wash? …

38060434_feetSome may be sensitive about their feet. As far back as I can remember my feet often create(d) a degree of ogling. You could quickly associate the thoughts, "Those feet are ugly!" My family will on occasion make a comment. I do not find them so off-putting but then … Continue reading

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