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Editor’s Journal: In the shadow of terror

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on September 17, 2009. The day began like any other. I made my way into work on what was a beautiful morning in the nation’s capital. I had just settled into my office when my phone rang. I answered and the voice on the other end of the

Adding Life to Years

Healthcare in the 21st Century – Part II BROKEN ARROW—As Roy Enterline entered the small café at Baptist Village Communities’ (BVC) newest facility, The Neighborhoods at Baptist Village of Broken Arrow, there isn’t a hint that this man is 94 years old. His blue eyes almost sparkle as he speaks to Arvella McCollom, resident services

A Senior Concern: Healthcare in the 21st Century

Last year, I walked into a nursing home looking for my aunt (one of the last surviving members of my extended family) and could not find her. I had not seen her for about three years, but I expected to see her much as I had left her some years earlier. When she was finally

Editor’s Journal: A painful end

As renowned atheist Christopher Hitchens dies a very public death from cancer, he has declared any idea that might be reported of a deathbed conversion to Christ should be relegated to a man under duress from drugs and a disease that has attacked his brain. In an interview with The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, he made

Supplied to Serve: Henderson Hills 2010 School Supply Drive

When Sarah Cervantes moved to Edmond from Michigan one year ago, she knew no one outside of some relatives who lived in the area. The 29 year-old single mother of 6-year-old twins Aiden and Norah was battling cancer and often wondered how she would survive—both physically and financially. She had no job, and school was

Editor’s Journal: A nation still at risk

If an unfriendly foreign power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war. We have, in effect, been committing an act of unthinking, unilateral educational disarmament. —A Nation At Risk – 1983 The education system in the United States

Editor’s Journal: The competence factor

Yale University historian Harry S. Stout identified the dominant influence in colonial New England as the local church. In his book, The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in New England, he reveals that the local pastor wielded great authority in the early communities across America precisely because his sermons were heard and later

Editor’s Journal: When the mourning comes

O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! —Psalm 39:4-5 Having worked at a funeral home

A Life for the Master: Avery T. Willis (1934-2010)

When the decision was made to host a dinner on the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) in honor of Avery Willis earlier this year, many were concerned that he either would not be able to make the trip or that he would die before March 4— the date chosen for the event. Only weeks

Editor’s Journal: Music matters

One of the most famous images of the United States Naval Academy is not the dome of the chapel, the Tecumseh statue on the Yard or the beauty of Bancroft Hall. The Men’s Glee Club is, by far, one of the most powerful sights and sounds of an institution that demands physical fitness, fortitude and

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