In 2000, Larry Biehler closed the doors to his pediatrics office after nearly 40 years. That year, after a check-up, doctors put him in the hospital and did surgery to clean out his right carotid artery. Five days later, the left artery was operated on. Seven days later, Biehler had four heart bypasses and his

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Hope came to Todd and Melanie Thomsen in the form of a tiny baby girl. Aneli Hope was born just two months after the death of her 4 1/2-year-old brother, Tal, who lost a three-year battle with a brain stem spinal cord tumor. “She was our hope,” said Thomsen. “God knew we would need her

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On Tuesday mornings, as many as 27 women gather at Del City, Sunnylane, where since 2004, they have used their skills to make more than 1,000 quilts. On the same days, across town at Oklahoma City, Springdale, five women have been working since 2002 making 16,649 lap robes, turbans, bonnets and purses with pillows. These

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With the theme “Serve Like Jesus,” the State Evangelism Conference will kick off a statewide, year-long emphasis on serving Oklahoma geared to taking Jesus outside the walls of the church. The meeting will be held Jan. 28-29, 2013 at Oklahoma City, Southern Hills. The fourth year that MY316 has been the emphasis of SEC, the

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Messengers to the 106th annual meeting of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma will gather at Moore, First Nov. 12-13 to hear reports of convention agencies, elect officers and approve resolutions. Theme for the meeting will be “Connect People to Jesus.” Speakers through the three sessions will include Anthony L. Jordan, BGCO executive director-treasurer; Bobby

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Irvin Jackson Rickey Sr. left the U.S. Army Air Corps as a highly decorated soldier, but while service to his country was of major importance to him, it didn’t come close to matching service as a soldier in the army of his Lord and Savior. A World War II veteran, Rickey was in the National

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