By Jamie Warner It’s safe to say, there was a national tension the week of January 18th so real, so in everyone’s face, that it was tangible. Media outlets were ablaze with inflammatory information as the nation moved toward the Presidential Inauguration Day. There...
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By Jeremy Stalnecker Each year we as a nation stop to celebrate the birth of the 20th century Civil Rights icon, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was a man who understood that in the United States equality, and more importantly freedom, was not reserved for a...
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By Jeremy Stalnecker What is freedom, to you? I think most of us would define freedom or “being free” as having the ability to do what we want to do. I am only free, we might say if there are no limitations on my rights and if I can, without hurting others of course,...
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By Jeremy Stalnecker Several events this week reminded me of something that I have always known to be true. It’s funny how we can learn something and then forget we know it until, for some reason, it once again comes to our attention. What was that “thing” for me...
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By Mike Sanders Even though the conversation was 14 years ago, I remember it like it was yesterday. I guess the intensity of the moment, and the love and respect I had for the person I was speaking with, is what makes the memory seem so near and dear. At the time, I...
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By Bob Dees COURAGE is not the absence of fear, rather the ability to move through fear to do what is right and brave. These men in foxholes drew courage as they exercised faith, as they prayed, as they turned their fears over to their Father in...
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By Jeremy Stalnecker How do you press forward when your world seems to be falling apart? Have you asked yourself that question recently? If not, you probably need to! I think one thing we can all agree on right now is that the world, in a lot of ways, seems to...
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By Ann Dodd Recently, the Mighty Oaks’ Women’s Legacy Program held its September session in California. This was the first in-person Women’s session since February. Our 11 staff members were overjoyed to be greeting attendees face-to-face after so many Covid-related...
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By Jeremy Stalnecker How often have you found yourself in a fight that you did not expect? Maybe it was more of an argument than a fight or, maybe, it really was a fight that would determine the course of your life-regardless, it was not something that you planned....
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The 4th Annual VeteRUN will be a virtual 5K this year as a result of restrictions placed on crowd size because of COVID-19. Every year at least one charity supported by this event has focused on veteran suicide prevention. Mighty Oaks has been the benefactor the...
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