Category: Word Slingers

Blog: From fearful to forgiven

by Carissa Jones | Jan 22, 2023 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

I – probably like many of you – recently read back through Genesis in my daily devotional time....

Blog: Observations from a pastor about online church

by Heath Tucker | Jan 18, 2023 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

I love to preach. Like Jeremiah, I feel a fire deep down in my bones (Jer. 20:9) that works its...

Doyle’s Half Dozen: Six takeaways from reading MLK’s ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’

by Chris Doyle | Jan 16, 2023 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Greetings! I have shared this DHD a few times since I originally wrote it in 2015. I have tried to...

Blog: Hope for Hamlin

by Carissa Jones | Jan 4, 2023 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

On Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, the Monday Night Football game in Cincinnati became about so much more...

DHD: Six most popular DHDs of 2022

by Chris Doyle | Dec 30, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Greetings! It’s the final DHD for 2022, and I thought I’d share the six most read DHDs during the...

Blog: The hope of Christmas

by Brian Hobbs | Dec 23, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Do you recall the scene from ‘Star Wars: Episode IV,’ in which a holographic video message from...

Blog: Yet you are holy

by Carissa Jones | Dec 21, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

This time of year, one hears the phrase “Happy Holidays” often. But what do you do when the...

DHD: Six popular Christmas traditions

by Chris Doyle | Dec 16, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Greetings! Here’s a DHD I wrote six years ago. By the way, would you believe DHD is now eight...

DHD: World Cup diplomacy; Why ‘Soccer’?; SCOTUS; Paul Harvey; Lottie Moon; Who, What, Why of Christmas?

by Chris Doyle | Dec 10, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Greetings! Here’s another edition of Doyle’s Half Dozen, featuring six topics I found interesting....

Pure Flix is an impressive family-friendly replacement for Netflix, Disney

by Michael Foust | Dec 9, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Editor’s note: This monthly series, “5 Family-Friendly Things,” spotlights five family-friendly...

Blog: Excited curiosity

by Carissa Jones | Nov 29, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Recently, I heard a sermon that beautifully melded old lessons with new and gave me a healthy...

BLOG: Sing we now at Christmas

by Brian Hobbs | Nov 28, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

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

DHD: Six things I’m excited to see at next week’s Oklahoma Baptists Annual Meeting

by Chris Doyle | Nov 11, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Greetings! Thanks for reading this edition of DHD. Next week is an important one for Oklahoma...

Blog: Of hopes and dreams and the in-between

by Carissa Jones | Oct 30, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Eleven years ago, I experienced one of the wildest days of my life. I traveled from Oklahoma City...

DHD: Five book promotions and Thunder thoughts

by Chris Doyle | Oct 28, 2022 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

Greetings! I offer a different form of DHD to you. I realized there is a list of new books coming...