Juanita Williams passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the McAlester News Capital on 2023-12-05.
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return to the laws of gravity. not only the law, but also in american politics. you know, we are all focused on how trump flies in, gives his speech, says these horrible things on social media, and there is an exhaustion factor there even among republicans, especially among republicans who want to win. and i just wondering ron desantis goes the traditional route. he goes the alternative routes, he knocks on doors, he shakes hands. he didn t go down any golden elevator escalator to announce he did it what ted cruz did and went to the biggest, you know, evangelical group of people he could find. he announced in an iowa church. he talked to them there, shook hands, and did it sort of the old-fashioned way. he did things donald trump will
vibrant downtowns, right, where we shopped at the same small businesses, the connections came through church and social clubs, and, so i just think we have to have that conversation with the american people, and we have to think about policy that connects us back to each other. you know, to your point, i was i was out of organized religion for a long time. i ve gone back to church. my family is back in church because i think today, we re just not getting the kind of meaning from sitting on our screens or being on zooms with each other. we ve actually got to get back to in-person connection and government has to think about ways to encourage people to be back in those in-person conversations with each other. this is absolutely a matter of public policy and ultimately i think it s a conversation that isn t about right or left, that this country is really clamoring for right now. yeah. and reverend al, it s fascinating and we re talking about this, i just remembered going back to a pl
upstate new york when i was younger and was driving around and my gosh, it s seen better days. i went to the church where we went to back in the mid to late 70s, it was boarded up. went to the church where my mom played organ and conducted the choir, boarded up. there are going to be people out there, they always get a little upset thinking that somebody is preaching to them. i m not even talking about the spiritual aspect of this, though it is a spiritual aspect of this that does lay a foundation that helps prevent anxiety becoming this pandemic or depression, but you see the collapse of the church and you see the impact that it has on communities, and suddenly what senator murphy is