Cold, dark hatred. Monstrosities against humanity under the darkness of hatred and evil have existed since Adam and Eve were thrown out of the pristine Garden of Eden into a broken heart-sick world.
I was listening to an interview as a part of the continuing news coverage of the latest horrendous school shooting. “Can’t happen here” was an attitude held by the parents of Columbine students — until it did.
At age 41, JW Jones is a young gun in the blues guitar realm.
Nashville marketers were smart and got there first with the soubriquet “Music City.”
Following the success of her first book series, University of Oklahoma associate professor Mary Anna Evans is set to nationally release the first in a new historical fiction book series June 7.
Most Americans know Memorial Day is an annual holiday celebrated on the last Monday of May.
In middle adulthood, from age 35 to 65, we face the issue of what Erik Erikson calls Generativity vs. Stagnation.
Greg Mattoon and I boarded the bus early one summer morning. No parents. No sisters. Just two teens with some cash determined to have an adventure. The lure of Six Flags was that you could pay one price at the front gate and ride any ride as many times as you could in one day. It was a magic…
It’s Memorial Day weekend, and a great time to think about decorating your landscape for weekend visitors.
A relatively new theater company in Norman is excited about its spring and summer season.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust is marking the two-year anniversary of an Oklahoma law that raised the minimum age of sale for tobacco products from 18 to 21.
It could have been set on Krypton, Superman’s home planet. From Oklahoma City’s Broadway facing east, it looks forbidding. Shiny with odd angles, it looks like no other building in Oklahoma.
I have had the good fortune to visit Italy twice, and I love pasta and Italian-prepared veggies, so it was with great delight that I learned of the free Mediterranean diet class at The Well.
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister announced May 10 that the Oklahoma State Department of Education is investing $2.5 million in federal pandemic relief funds to expand Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to all 77 counties in Oklahoma.
Three more stages remain for us as we consider Erik Erikson’s model for understanding the development of emotional maturity.
The world is filled with tribulation. Jesus said in John 16:33, “In the world, you will have tribulation.”
The Pioneer Library System is hosting its summer learning challenge (SLC) in Cleveland, McClain and Pottawatomie counties.
Music is breezing into Lions Park this spring and summer, starting today.
There is an interesting transition that occurs in the last half of Erikson’s eight stages of emotional development.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) joins with others to “fight stigma, provide support, educate the public and advocate for policies that support people with mental illness and their families” (nami.org).
Oklahoma City blues vocalist Chanda Graham will be writing a new chapter in her history of performing in Norman.
Your UPS driver Robert Milam, Moore, Oklahoma native and is recognized for 25 years of safe driving.
Deputy Chief Mike Wilson spent his entire adult life at the Norman Fire Department. Now he’s entered a new chapter after retiring May 1.
The women of The Well are trained professionals in public health, local food sourcing and a variety of wellness-related topics. They are also all three mothers with children still in the home.
In stage four of Erik Erikson’s theory of emotional development, the critical issue is industry vs. inferiority.
There is a saying among gardeners in our area: if you can garden in Oklahoma, you can garden anywhere.
From Navajo hogans in northern Arizona to St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, the world is home to a wide range of places of worship. We once drove by a tiny roadside chapel near Austin, Minnesota, in which it would have been difficult to shoehorn more than a dozen worshippers. In Europe we strolled through huge cathedrals that could welcome thousands. During decades of travel we thought we had seen just about every type of worship facility.
Disgust, a sickening feeling of revulsion, thinking that yet again I have been scammed. At that same moment, an overwhelming sense of hopefulness hit me, that the gift I am offering might in some small or huge way lead to change and recovery.
Norman’s bedroom community of Goldsby is punching above its weight this month in the music scene department.
You’re in high school and want to graduate, but everything seems stacked against you. What do you do? Where can you turn for help?
National Travel and Tourism Week, an annual celebration of the contributions of the U.S. travel industry, spotlighted the critical role that travel plays in driving economic growth and building the path forward through the theme Future of Travel.
May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, and May 4-10 is Late Onset Hearing Loss Week.
Unique is a funny and over-used word. There are no comparatives for “unique” — no uniquer or uniquest, no more unique or most unique. It means one of a kind, nothing else like it, alone in the universe.
Norman has officially become the first city in Oklahoma with a poet laureate.
The lovely irises are finally blooming. Do you have irises in your landscape? With their colors and gray-green foliage, they can certainly put on a colorful show.
The third stage in Erik Erikson’s model for understanding emotional development is called initiative vs. guilt.
You don’t have to live in the country to raise chickens.
On April 22, 1889, more than 50,000 people were ready for one of the nation’s largest land-grabs: the Run of 89.
As we continue from last week, let’s look at Erik Erikson’s second stage of emotional development.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance has been around for almost a century and a half, but with its clever lyrics and rousing choruses, it’s still delighting audiences.
The Jazz in June Festival has found a permanent home at Andrews Park.
Partly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 62F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph..
Partly cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. Low 62F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph.
On the fifth Sunday of Easter, Rev. David Spain will preach “Beyond His Wildest Dreams,” from Acts 11:1-18, during worship at 8:40 and 10:45 a.m. The 10:45 service will be livestreamed. Church school classes will be at 9 and 9:30.
First Congregational Church of Norman, UCC
Sunday, Rev. Robin R. Meyers, Ph.D., will preach “Things Aren’t the Same in Joppa These Days,” from Acts 11:1-18, during worship at 4 p.m. Neil Whyte will provide special music. Worship will be livestreamed on the church’s YouTube channel. The church is officially represented on the newly incorporated Norman Coalition for Refugee Support and welcomes volunteers for housing, education, transportation, ESL and child care. The church continues to accept clean food service and packing styrofoam for recycling each Sunday. Visit norman-ucc.org or @normanucc on Facebook. To contribute, text GIVE to 433-7759 or mail checks to 601 24th Ave. SW, Norman, OK 73069.
On Sunday, Rev. Michael East will lead worship at 10:30 a.m. Graduating high school seniors will be recognized. Sunday school will be at 9:30. Child care is provided.
Sunday, Rev. Tracy Evans will preach "New Things" during worship at 10:55 a.m. Worship will be livestreamed on YouTube.
Sunday, Rev. Jakob Topper will preach "Paul's Sermon at Athens," from Acts 17:16-31, during worship at 10:30 a.m. Communion will be observed. For more information, visit northhavenchurch.net.
The church will host its 18th anniversary bingo at 7 and 8:30 p.m. today in the gym. Residents may register to win prizes. Dinner will be sponsored by the youth program for $5, set for 6:15, with proceeds helping teens who will attend the Steubenville Conference in June. The church will host First Communion Masses at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday, with 43 children prepared to receive Jesus in the Eucharist. On the fifth Sunday of Easter the church will celebrate masses with Father Irwin at 7 and 10:30 a.m. in English and with Father Lepak at 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. in Spanish. All daily masses are at 12:05 p.m. Tuesday through Friday in the chapel and 8 a.m. Saturday and Monday. The schedule confessions are at 10:30 a.m. Fridays and 3 p.m. Saturdays in the main church and at 5 p.m. Wednesdays in the chapel’s confessional. Mission Monks are selling larger quantities of pasture-raised cattle meat. Contact Fr. Simeon at 878-5427 for more information. The Monks' Marketplace at St. Gregory's Abbey is selling beef by the cut, raw wildflower honey and items produced by the Abbey and other religious communities. Go Life Mobile Medical is helping a young woman who is pregnant with a girl, who is due in August. Some needs include crib sheets, towels, diapers, wipes, bottles, bibs, a baby swing, a car seat protector and gift cards to Walmart for groceries and formula. To help, call Connie Lang at 249-1041 or Julie Lewis at 281-728-7257.
South Canadian Valley Church of Christ
Sunday, Bruce Kessler will preach "What I do have I give to you" during worship.
On the fifth Sunday of Easter, the sermon will be "The Son of Man Glorified," from John 16:12-22, during divine services with communion at 8 and 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary. The 10:30 service will be streamed online on YouTube (search for "Trinity Lutheran Church Norman, OK"). Sunday school and Bible class will be at 9:15.
Sunday, Rev. Justin Westmoreland will preach “Objections to Election Part 2: From the Clay Pots," from Romans 9:19-29, during worship at 10:30 a.m. at the Wesley Building, 428 W. Lindsey St. Worship will be available online at trinitynorman.com, on the church's app (search "a church for Norman") or on the pastor's YouTube channel, youtube.com/fullyaliveathletepastor. The pastor will lead a Sunday school lesson on “Confessing the Faith” at 9:45. Jeannie McClish will lead children's Sunday school. Ryan Bisel will lead Youth Sunday school through the Gospel of Mark. Parking is on Elm Avenue.
University Lutheran Church and Student Center (ELCA)
Sunday, Pr. Summerville will preach "A New Commandment," from John 13:31-35, during worship with Holy Communion at 8:30 and 11 a.m. A fellowship breakfast will be at 9:30 a.m., with Christian education at 10. Pr. Summerville will lead a "Lutheranism 101" class at 10. All are invited. One service will be available on YouTube at University Lutheran Church and Student Center Media in the afternoon. The Lutheran World Relief Quilters will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday. Clean food service and packaging foam may be left for recycling in the Styro-Station from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays. Enter from the parking lot on College Avenue behind the church at 914 Elm Ave.
Mark Mckibben Sandifer, age 67, passed away May 27, 2022, in Norman, Oklahoma. A private memorial service will be held at a later date in Georgia (his home state). Arrangements by Havenbrook Funeral Home in Norman.
Cole Walker Johnson, 26 Norman, passed away May 30, 2022. Service will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, June 6th, First Baptist Church, 211 W Comanche St, Norman. Online condolences may be shared at www.tribute.care.
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