OU Women Win National Softball Championship!!

Last updated on: June 10, 2022 at 7:43 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

OU Women’s Softball brought home another national championship last night. This was big news around our house. So far as my granddaughter was concerned, it put Congressional hearings about a coup attempt against American democracy all in the dirt. She whooped, jumped, danced and cheered. Her grandmother watched with a full heart. Decades ago, I signed onto a lawsuit opening up funding for women’s sports at Oklahoma Universities. I’m not and never have been an athlete. But it didn’t take... Read more

So What’s Wrong with Cardinal McElroy?

Last updated on: June 10, 2022 at 7:50 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

A few weeks ago, Pope Francis elevated Bishop McElroy of San Diego to Cardinal, and all billy ned broke out in right wing Catholic commentary. I’m so Okie-centric that I didn’t have a clue what the ruckus was about. Also, I wasn’t all that worried about it. My attention was more or less focused on my family and current events in the larger world. The Church has become an on-going pie-throwing fight. Catholics are always and forever attacking other Catholics... Read more

Joshua Aaron Live from Jerusalem

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 8:58 am By Rebecca Hamilton

I love Joshua Aaron’s music. This was filmed live, in Jerusalem. Read more

Our Father in Jesus’ Own Language.

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 9:09 am By Rebecca Hamilton

The Our Father in Aramaic. The language Jesus spoke. Read more

Hero Uvalde Mom Tells the Story of Rescuing Her Kids Despite the Police

Last updated on: June 8, 2022 at 3:53 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

The Uvalde hero mom who ran into school during the Uvalde, Tx shooting talks about police holding her back during the shooting and their failure not to go in. Read more

4th Grader Miah Cerrillo Shares Her Story of Survival at Uvalde School

Last updated on: June 8, 2022 at 3:47 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Fourth grader Miah Cerrillo shared her story on how she survived the mass shooting in Uvalde. You can watch it below. Read more

Matthew McConaughey Addresses Gun Violence, Watch His Speech

Last updated on: June 7, 2022 at 11:55 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

Matthew McConaughey grew up in Uvalde Texas. He is a gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment, just like me and a lot of other people. After the mass shooting at Robb Elementary, he went to Uvalde and spent what sounds like a lot of time with the families of the murdered children and teachers. He gave an impassioned speech today calling for what he named “responsible gun laws.” His speech gave voice to things that many of us are... Read more

All you have to fear is being shot anywhere you go.

Last updated on: June 7, 2022 at 7:41 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

All you have to fear is being shot anywhere you go. Internet meme. Today’s Republican Party is not the Republican Party of yesteryear. That Republican Party ended slavery, built the interstate highway system, organized the mass vaccination against polio, worked with Democrats to form a united front in the Cold War, backed the Equal Rights Amendment, funded the war on cancer and provided massive funding for family planning. The Republican Party once worked to build this country, cared about... Read more

What if it was You?

Last updated on: November 6, 2024 at 11:53 am By Rebecca Hamilton

I am an Okie. I grew up with guns. I have no problem with gun ownership. But the mass slaughters that keep repeating throughout our country have got to stop. The sense of personal immunity which fuels our national indifference to these appalling slaughters is based on an illusion. That illusion is the belief on the part of those who haven’t been touched by the violence yet, that they have have a special shield of invulnerability around them. You are... Read more

Whoever Fights Monsters Should Pray. Then Act. Then Pray Again.

Last updated on: July 28, 2022 at 8:44 am By Rebecca Hamilton

Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into the abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you. Friedrich Neitzsche I’ve seen a lot of memes that are dissing the frequent comments politicians often make proclaiming that the victims of violence are in their “thoughts and prayers.” The import of the memes is that “thoughts are prayers” are not enough. We need action. I agree.... Read more

I am three that testify on earth and agree as one. The Spirit, the water, and what completes our trio?