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Chef Jimmy Stinson Shares Recipes For Celebrating Mardi Gras

By Ann Cipperly After working decades in the restaurant business, Chef Jimmy Stinson has found Creole and Cajun cuisines to be his favorite style of cooking along with classic southern dishes. While the chef will be preparing New Orleans’ style dishes for local Mardi...

Making the Grade: The Hound

By Stacey Patton Wallace As I’ve mentioned before, blessings can be found, even during this almost two-year pandemic. For example, one of the best blessings I’ve received during this time has been my friend Leigh Ann’s moving to Auburn in May 2020. She decided to move...

Real, Right And Rewarding         

By BRUCE GREENTeaching Minister at 10th Street Church of Christin Opelika 1 And God spoke all these words: 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods...

Was Jesus Delusional?

By WALTER ALBRITTON Was it not astonishing that a man would declare himself to be “the light of the world”? According to the Bible, Jesus did that. So we are left with a decision. Either Jesus was delusional or he was telling the truth. A man named John believed...
Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Gov. Kay Ivey has had a very successful first year as governor. One of the coups she pulled off was getting the legislature to pass legislation...

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Grandparents make a difference!

Grandparents make a difference!

By Beth Pinyerd Happy Grandparents’ Day! This Sunday (Sept. 8) is “National Grandparents Day.” Grandparents come in all kinds of forms and ways. We...

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Formations

Formations

By Sarah West The first Saturday of September, the air felt less dense than recent humidity. A weather warning flashed across my phone predicting a...

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Imperfect

Imperfect

By Sean Dietrich I went to the piano recital of a friend’s daughter. There was a crowd of proud parents wearing dressy clothes. Most were shooting...

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