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  • Hnsen Luger Kate Hansen still riding the Olympic cloud

    Not many people can say they actually accomplished their lifetime dreams. Even less can say they did it before turning 22....

    March 21, 2014 1 Photo

  • Church lures worshippers with AR-15 giveaways

    JOPLIN, Mo. — Some churches raffle quilts to get people through the doors. For Ignite Church, a nondenominational congregation, the lure is a couple of AR-15 rifles....

    June 26, 2014

  • People with disabilities search for acceptance

    ORLANDO, Fla. — Lindsay Graham grew up in the same church attended by her parents and grandparents, and she expected the same would be true for her children. That changed when her son, J.D., was diagnosed with autism at age 2....

    June 26, 2014

  • Moving forward after retirement

    The many books lining the shelves inside Dr. Bob Rice’s office at First Presbyterian Church of Norman are a symbol for the churches emphasis on education — something Rice is very passionate about. After nearly two decades as the head ...

    June 26, 2014

  • We are what we say

    Words can have power and influence on the ones to whom we speak… and on ourselves as the ones who speak. There is no saying more incorrect than the childhood chant that “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me.” ...

    June 26, 2014

  • A review following a movie’s ark

    The Rev. Perry Sukstorf, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church: There has been a lot of conversation about this movie. I wanted to have a first-hand appraisal of it before I formed an opinion, one way or the other, especially since the ...

    June 26, 2014

  • Bishop, friar meet Our Lady of Lebanon, Norman, church members

    Members of Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Catholic Church were hosts recently to a couple of special visitors. Bishop Abdallah Zaidan of the eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon from Los Angeles, and Fr. Elias Sleiman, superior of the Lebanese ...

    June 20, 2014

  • Methodist pastor to appeal defrocking

    Frank Schaefer will appeal the outcome of a trial last year that stripped him of his life-long vocation as minister of the United Methodist Church....

    June 20, 2014

  • St. Stephen’s welcomes pastor

    The Rev. Jeannie Himes, a life-long United Methodist with 28 years of experience in ministry, has been appointed as the senior minister of St. Stephen’s United Methodist Church, 1801 W. Brooks St....

    June 20, 2014

  • 85 youth attend LDS Young Men’s Encampment

    More than 85 young men, ages 12-18, including 35 from Norman, headed to the wilderness recently for a week of outdoor skills and spiritual development June 2-6 during the Norman Oklahoma Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...

    June 20, 2014