Category: Word Slingers

Sword and Trowel – Poison Control

by Brian Hobbs | Sep 16, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

There was shocking news of a wrongful death lawsuit in Texas recently. A woman reported that the...

Sword and Trowel – Keeping Assisted Suicide Away from Oklahoma

by Brian Hobbs | Aug 21, 2025 | Culture & Oklahoma, Feature, Word Slingers | 0

In 1998, Americans had our collective conscience shocked when “Dr. Jack Kevorkian was arrested and...

Just Joe – The Bible & Bacon

by Joe Ligon | Aug 16, 2025 | Feature, Word Slingers | 0

I was thinking the other day… Normally, when I say, “I was thinking the other day” out loud, my...

Just Joe – Where Lost Things Go

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

If you remember from last time… I won’t hold it against you if you don’t remember last time. I’m...

Sword and Trowel – From A to Z!

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

One of the best parts of summer is Vacation Bible School (VBS). One of the impactful ways the...

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...