Thursday, June 25, 2020 THE OKLAHOMA STANDARD Facebook The Oklahoma Standard is a statewide initiative preserving and promoting a culture of caring citizens by encouraging Acts of Service, Honor, and Kindness. Sunday, the Oklahoma Health Department reported 478 new Covid-19…
A spark of anger, a similar action, a betrayal of someone else brings back pain from another betrayal from long ago; that’s when I have to tell myself I still have work to do and need God’s help to forgive.
Last week I served in Vacation Bible School at Vallecito Church. I feel blessed for two reasons; strengthening my new friendships with many of the ladies and men I served with and watching and helping the children. They displayed God’s…
When I returned to the family cabin for the summer months my goal was to develop a community where I knew my neighbors. I invited the neighbors I saw to come to happy hour every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday which…
Beware of deep-rooted fears. Have you ever tried to pull dandelions from a flowerbed after a soaking rain? I love pulling weeds from my garden after a rain. The air holds a fresh clean smell mingled with wet earth and…
A week after Christmas, when I was growing up, my mother would sit my brother and me down at the kitchen table and provide us with clean paper and a pencil to write thank you notes. Each of us had…
