by Michael Bates | Apr 30, 2023 | Culture, Education, History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
A recent tweet from Jeremy Tate, founder and CEO of the Classic Learning Test (CLT): Classical education is fundamental an educational [sic] it what it means to be fully human. It is not a politically conservative alternative to the already politically hijacked...
by Michael Bates | Apr 2, 2023 | Ethics, History, OKGrassroots, Tulsa County
The incumbent and challenger in the Tulsa School Board District 1 race have each raised over $50,000 according to campaign contribution and expenditures reports filed with the Tulsa Public Schools district clerk. As of the March 20, 2023, close of the pre-election...
by Finding Gems and Sharing Them | Nov 3, 2022 | Christian Ministry, OKGrassroots, Social Networking, Washington County
Every political cycle this gets harder and harder to write. We as a nation have fallen so far! While I do not believe there is a political solution, I am quite sure we are to pray for our leaders and certainly that would include doing all we can to protect both the...
by Finding Gems and Sharing Them | Sep 21, 2022 | Christian Ministry, Finding Gems & Sharing Them, OKGrassroots, Social Networking, Washington County
by Anita Yvonne Schneider Twisted Sisters in Christ (free to read on Scribd) – click on this link to read the book! This publication actually occurred in July of this year (2022) but I have been wanting to do a blog on the topic because it was such a special...
by Jamison Faught | Sep 6, 2022 | Ethics, Muskogee Politico, OKGrassroots, Tulsa 912
From the Tulsa 9.12 Project:The Corruption Belt: How Dark Money Is Making It Hard for Oklahomans to Elect ConservativesWere you inundated with political campaign mailers leading up to the June and August primary elections? Did the plethora of push cards explode in...
by Finding Gems and Sharing Them | Aug 14, 2022 | Christian Ministry, Finding Gems & Sharing Them, Humor, OKGrassroots, Prayer, Social Networking, Washington County
Recently I discovered a bunch of cassette tapes in my closet from 1960s forward. I took on the project to digitize a few of them. This is my first success story. You can listen via these links via anything that will work with mp3 files: Prayer of Jabez Side 1.mp3...