Column Articles

Have Plenty of Good Food for Thanksgiving Weekend

By ANN CIPPERLY After savoring a bountiful Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends, this weekend will include numerous events, including watching the Auburn-Alabama football game on television, if you are not making the trip to Tuscaloosa. Be sure to plan plenty...

Making the Grade: On the Road to Montgomery

By STACEY PATTON WALLACE In last week’s column, I mentioned that my husband Mike and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary on Nov. 5. Well, we decided to extend our celebration by visiting our great state’s capital city on Nov. 6. At 4:30 p.m., we took a two-hour...

Anxiety and Faith: Part Three

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — (Anxiety is a serious issue in our world today. In this five-part series we’re exploring this problem, as well as the difference faith in God can make.) In the previous two articles, we looked at the increase in anxiety in our culture. Now...

Stop Talking About Feeling Lonely

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — It was more than an “Aha” moment. More like a gripping moment of conviction. I was reading these words in the 16th chapter of John’s Gospel: “A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You...
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Bibb Graves the Education Governor By Steve Flowers Most states have one General Fund Budget. We are only one of five states that have two. Some of...

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The Patient

The Patient

By SEAN DIETRICH They tell me Mrs. Simpson was a small, soft-spoken 90-pound woman without family. And that’s how this story begins. The lonely,...

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On Pets, Not Politics

On Pets, Not Politics

By GREG MARKLEY ‘To all the rescue cats I have loved before’ July 10 marked my second anniversary of having this weekly column. It is mainly about...

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I Still Remember

I Still Remember

By WENDY HODGE The other night, I dreamed of my friend, Denise. She was a funny, comfortable kind of friend who encouraged me and kept me laughing....

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Noise Reduction

Noise Reduction

BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika There’s background noise (think of the gentle lapping of the ocean or a...

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