█        A colored church congregation had met to pray for rain to release a long dry spell. The preacher looked severely at his flock & said, “Brothers & sisters, you’ll knows why we is here. Now what I wants to know is–where is yo’ umbrellas?” █        A little faith will bring your soul to Heaven; [Continue]

—By Marilynn and William Webber It has been years since Opal Housley was a girl living on a farm near Inola, Oklahoma. One event from her teen years is still as clear as the day it happened. Opal’s father had taken the wagon to town, leaving his wife and daughter to do the chores. Opal [Continue]