Brenda O’Bannion | Updates Brenda O’Bannion Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:08:52 +0000 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 14:08:52 +0000 https://brendaobannion.com en https://brendaobannion.com/other-writings/on-the-rigs Brenda O’Bannion https://brendaobannion.com/other-writings/on-the-rigs Other writing Fri, 03 Jul 2026 10:57:58 -0400 Full text can be found at https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:us:823cb894-b77b-47b2-82a6-bd77bdb1f779 <![CDATA[ <p> </p><p>Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Johnson leaves the farm to seek work in the East Texas oilfields. He's burdened with grief, feeling lonely and frightened.</p><p>Sixty-three-year-old Sam Smith is worn out and disillusioned by his work as a muleskinner.</p><p>When they cross paths, their beliefs about faith clash, but they bond over their shared experience as Black workers in a 1930s world dominated by white men. An unforeseen event teaches Isaiah and Sam how God can unite His children, no matter their skin color. </p> ]]>