April 19, 1995. On a clear spring morning evil shattered the heart of America. At 9:02 a.m., outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City, a truck bomb exploded, killing 168 people, including 19 children. More than 600 others were injured. Families were forever changed. A city was ripped apart. Our nationContinue reading “Remembering Oklahoma City 30 Years Later”
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When Something Unexpected Happens
My cell phone rang. The call went to voicemail before I could respond. I listened back to it. “Hi. This is M__ from the Art Society. I’m calling to thank you for entering this year’s spring show and to let you know that you’ve won an award. The reception and award show will be onContinue reading “When Something Unexpected Happens”
Saturday in the Word | The Beauty in our Hurts
“The only friend I have left is Darkness…”is how Heman the Ezrahite chose to close his psalm of pain. Psalm 88 has been painted as the darkest corner of the Psalms. A friend once observed how the psalms are a journal of our human experience—the good, the bad, and the ugly. Being human is hard,Continue reading “Saturday in the Word | The Beauty in our Hurts”
