We Were Stewards - by Esther O'Reilly - Further Up Lovely stories and reflections on these tender Marines and little children: estheroreilly.substack.com/p/we-were-stew…

To correct erroneous reports, the U.S. Military did not leave any dogs in cages at Hamid Karzai International Airport, including the reported military working dogs. Photos circulating online were animals under the care of the Kabul Small Animal Rescue, not dogs under our care.

Your daily reminder that we need hospital beds for many, many urgent things beyond COVID People's choice not to be vaccinated doesn't just affect them and their families It also affects 12 year-olds who have appendicitis

This is disgusting. Far from the heart of Christ.

Christian, picture where Christ would stand in reference to the abused and stand there in his name.

Let those of us who love Christ’s church never accept abuse as unavoidable. Never quit fighting it. Never dream of standing by & letting your church be a safer place for abusers than victims. Nothing is more outrageously antithetical to the gospel of Christ than church abuse.

I have no words.

Jesus never called the Church to “take back” anything—not land, not culture, not power. He founded a Kingdom of “giving away”—our lives, goods, and power. It can’t be about “taking back” when the Cross positions us to “bring forward” a preview of the Kingdom to come.

Governor Kevin Stitt drew out this process until the last moment causing unnecessary grief and trauma for the Jones and Howell families. Then his decision was only half right.

While I'm grateful the life of Julius Jones has been spared, a potentially innocent man still sits in prison. The governor should have followed the full recommendation of the Pardon and Parole Board.

Silence in the face of evil can be a kind of abuse of power, for in staying silent about someone else’s pain, we have nullified our God-given power to speak truth. God asks us to use our verbal power and to open our mouths for the mute, for those without such power.

The Sooners got their guy ‼️ Clemson DC Brent Venables is Oklahoma's new head football coach.

The election for mayor is just over 50 days away - on February 8th. OUR city needs YOUR vote to secure OUR future. We cannot take anything for granted. This is too important. Watch my brand-new campaign kickoff video below! And then...

If I still lived in OKC he would have my vote in a heart beat! Keep a good thing going OKC!

While you're counting your blessings don't be afraid to count your tears as well. God does. He cherishes them and loves us. One day his hand will gently wipe all our tears away. What a comfort that the tears which blind my eyes today won’t keep me from seeing him.

To say that "The church is in decline" is to speak from a decidedly American, Caucasian, and Mainline grid. A few facts: 1. Globally, the church is growing faster than ever. 2. U.S. churches that elevate Scripture are growing. 3. U.S. nonwhite churches are growing.

This is a key moment in history. Does the west have the will to respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with the crippling sanctions and military assistance to the Ukrainian armed forces that will make the occupation too costly for Russia to bear? frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/were-all-ukr…

Here’s the thing. People can take away your reputation. They can take away your dignity. They can take away your position and they can take away your income. They can take away your church. They can take away your friend group. But they can’t take Jesus away from you. He keeps.

We gotta deal with our stuff. If we don’t want to repeat the same cycle and do the same things to others that have been done to us, we’ve gotta seriously deal. We won’t just naturally turn out differently. Be brave. Let God go to the deep with you, to what’s broken. Seek therapy.