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Religion Unplugged

📝 ‘We Will Never Forget’: How covering the biggest story of my life changed me 🔌

Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” meets readers at the intersection of faith and news. Click to join nearly 10,000 subscribers who get this column delivered straight to their inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged OKLAHOMA CITY — The last week or two, I started feeling stressed. Agitated even. For no apparent reason. Then it hit me: The anniversary. Saturday marks 30 … Continue reading 📝 ‘We Will Never Forget’: How covering the biggest story of my life changed me 🔌

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Christian Chronicle

‘Most severely injured’ OKC bombing survivor overcomes evil with good

On the terrorist attack’s 30th anniversary, Susan Walton praises God for showing ‘the goodness of people.’ By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle OKLAHOMA CITY — Thirty years have not healed all of Susan Walton’s wounds. Still, the Oklahoma City bombing survivor’s Christian faith remains strong. “God brought a lot of good,” Walton, 74, said of the aftermath of the April 19, 1995, attack on the Alfred P. Murrah … Continue reading ‘Most severely injured’ OKC bombing survivor overcomes evil with good

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Christian Chronicle

‘A Day of Darkness, Years of Light’

Oklahoma City marks the 30th anniversary of 1995 federal building bombing. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle OKLAHOMA CITY — “We Will Never Forget.” That message — scrawled on a police car, printed on a memorial program, vowed by politicians and ordinary people alike — became a mantra after the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. The deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history killed 168 people — including 19 children … Continue reading ‘A Day of Darkness, Years of Light’

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Religion Unplugged

‘God, I need help’: 9/11 military heroes with PTSD still fighting a war at home

By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged A Glock 19 handgun on his lap, the decorated combat veteran prepared to take his own life. “I’m telling you, I was going to become a statistic,” retired Air Force Lt. Col. Damon Friedman said. Every day, an estimated 22 U.S. veterans die by suicide. Friedman, a special warfare officer who served four tours in Afghanistan and Iraq, intended … Continue reading ‘God, I need help’: 9/11 military heroes with PTSD still fighting a war at home

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Religion Unplugged

At 20th anniversary of 9/11, faith remains a big part of the story

By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged Editor’s note: Every Friday, “Weekend Plug-in” features analysis, fact checking and top headlines from the world of faith. Subscribe now to get this newsletter delivered straight to your inbox. Got feedback or ideas? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at therossnews@gmail.com. Like everybody alive then, I remember what I was doing the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. At the time, I was religion editor for The Oklahoman, the metro … Continue reading At 20th anniversary of 9/11, faith remains a big part of the story

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Christian Chronicle

Bible camp’s bluegrass festival commemorates victims, heroes of 9/11

At 20th anniversary of terrorist attacks, Christians in North Carolina, New York and across U.S. take time to reflect on the lives lost. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle MOCKSVILLE, N.C. — Carolina Bible Camp’s all-day bluegrass festival Saturday was a time for pickin’, fellowship and remembrance. Hundreds of bluegrass fans converged on the rustic camp, about 60 miles north of Charlotte, to hear artists such as Scythian, Joe … Continue reading Bible camp’s bluegrass festival commemorates victims, heroes of 9/11

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Christian Chronicle

Christian faith drives two leading advocates of Tulsa Race Massacre justice

Rep. Regina Goodwin and Sen. Kevin Matthews both attend the same predominantly Black congregation, near where the 1921 mob violence occurred. By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Christian Chronicle TULSA, Okla. — Two weeks after her 107th birthday, Viola Fletcher traveled to Washington, D.C., this month to tell a congressional subcommittee what happened to her as a little girl. Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa … Continue reading Christian faith drives two leading advocates of Tulsa Race Massacre justice

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Religion Unplugged

Tulsa Race Massacre prayer room highlights churches’ 1921 sins, seeks healing

By Bobby Ross Jr. | Religion Unplugged TULSA, Okla. — The words on the wall are jarring. They are filled with racist language and victim blaming. Worst of all, they are taken from the mouths of professed men of God — from sermons preached on the Sunday after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. “I got emotional about some of the things that I did not know,” … Continue reading Tulsa Race Massacre prayer room highlights churches’ 1921 sins, seeks healing

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Associated Press

25 years ago, a prayer service gave hope to a shaken America

By Bobby Ross Jr. | The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY — Search-and-rescue workers came straight from the blast site, hard hats atop their heads and mud and grime on their boots. Relatives of the missing joined loved ones of those already confirmed dead in holding teddy bears and wiping tears as this grieving heartland city — indeed, the entire shaken nation — came together to … Continue reading 25 years ago, a prayer service gave hope to a shaken America

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