Category: Word Slingers

Just Joe – A Fresh Batch of Stories

by Joe Ligon | Jun 20, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

I have made an executive decision. Actually, I made this one the same way I make all of my...

Just Joe – Flat on My Back

by Joe Ligon | May 18, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Many of my memories of my dad are of his being a truck driver. He drove all kinds, shapes, sizes...

Sword and Trowel – Dear Class of 2025…

by Brian Hobbs | May 15, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

It’s the month of May, and that means graduation ceremonies will be happening soon across the...

Just Joe: Dog Days

by Joe Ligon | Apr 21, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

It was during the summer between my first and second year at college. I was back home and was...

Sword and Trowel: Remembering Our Heroes

by Brian Hobbs | Apr 18, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Those of us who were living in Oklahoma at the time could never forget that fateful day. April 19,...

Just Joe – Reflections on White Socks

by Joe Ligon | Mar 24, 2025 | Editorial, Feature, Word Slingers | 0

It happened several years ago… all right, many years ago… let’s go with “a long, long time ago.”...

Sword and Trowel – Reaching the Lost… Losing the ‘Reached’?

by Brian Hobbs | Mar 21, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Did you know that Southern Baptists, together through our Cooperative Program giving and our...

BLOG: Doggone Crazy

by Carissa Jones | Mar 5, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Four years ago, this country girl bought a house in town. I knew I would need a backyard for my...

BLOG – Don’t Bet on It: Counting the High Cost of Legalized Sports Gambling for Oklahoma

by Brian Hobbs | Feb 23, 2025 | Editorial, Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Did you know Oklahoma ranks in the top 10 in the United States in many key categories? We are...

Just Joe – The Things You Don’t Know

by Joe Ligon | Feb 20, 2025 | Editorial, Feature, Word Slingers | 0

It happened before Christmas last year. I had gone to town with my wife, Gayla. She had several...

Sword and Trowel – Ask Him

by Brian Hobbs | Feb 19, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Do you recall that scene in the movie Rocky III, where Rocky Balboa’s deadbeat brother-in-law...

Just Joe – Hand Me Downs

by Joe Ligon | Jan 21, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

I grew up poor. At least, I think I did. But everybody that I knew back then was all in a similar...

Sword and Trowel – Praying for Our Missionaries

by Brian Hobbs | Jan 18, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Wintson Churchill was reported to have said that the sun never set on the British Empire at its...

Sword and Trowel – Celebrating Birth

by Brian Hobbs | Dec 19, 2024 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

This month at Christmas time, Christians worldwide celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior...

BLOG: Sing We Now At Christmas

by Brian Hobbs | Dec 2, 2024 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Do you recall the scene from “The Sound of Music” when Captain Von Trapp is transformed from a...