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Making the Grade | Beau + Belle Southern Cuisine

OPINION —  As I’ve mentioned before in this column, Mike and I moved to Auburn in November 2015. For the next four years, three months and two weeks (not that I was counting), we got up at 3:42 a.m. to make it to Long Cane Middle School in LaGrange, Georgia,...

College football: Pride and prejudice

BY RON HART OPINION — It’s that time of year: football season, when we can put aside our political divisions and just start hating each other for the college football team we support.Football is the modern-day “bread and circuses,” meant, as the Roman politicians did,...

Anchored in truth | When confidence gives way to uncertainty

OPINON — I still remember getting on an Air Force C-17 in Kyrgyzstan and stepping onto Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan for the first time. By that point, I had spent a lot of time training, preparing, going over procedures and trying to anticipate what might happen...

Altar Call | The Father’s love

OPINION — The story of the prodigal son may be the greatest of all the stories Jesus told. At first reading, it would seem the main point of the story is the extravagant love of the father for his wayward son. However, in his book “The Abiding Companion,” Michael...
Altar Call | Remember to forget

Altar Call | Remember to forget

OPINION —In my ninth decade, there are memories that are indeed precious to me. I think of them as holy moments when I was blessed with the presence...

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