by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Community, Events
CONTRIBUTED BY FRIENDS OF WOOD DUCK NATURE PRESERVE OPELIKA — Friends of Wood Duck Nature Preserve will conduct a Nature Walk this Saturday, Jan. 21, rain or shine. Those intereseted should meet at the pavilion, 3601 Waverly Parkway (one-half mile from U.S. Highway...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Community
CONTRIBUTED BY MANDM PUBLIC RELATIONS AUBURN — The DREAAM Project, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) of the Dr. Bell’s Student Success Enrichment Center, is hosting a community conversation between parents, sons and leaders. The event will take place Saturday,...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Even though disciples are under the new covenant Jesus inaugurated rather than the old covenant God gave Israel through Moses, there’s still a lot we can learn from the Old Testament. Deuteronomy 19:15-21 is part of a section that’s largely...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Forgiveness is a powerful key to a life of joy and peace. It may well be the most positive power in the world. Forgiveness can break the chains that hold you in bondage to the past. It can free you to enjoy peace in the present and hope...
by The Observer Staff | Jan 18, 2023 | Obituaries
Billy Wayne Fowler, 83, of Opelika, Alabama, passed away Jan. 10, 2023, after several years of declining health. Wayne was born in LaGrange, Georgia, to the late Grady Fowler and Geneva Williams Fowler and was preceded in death by his siblings, Delma Fowler and Marion...
