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A Taste of Grace | Sept.12, 2024

Are your feet touching bottom OPINION — Our grandsons (7, 9, and 11) were watching a water polo match during the Olympics. The players were jostling for position, splashing up a storm, all while trying to either throw a ball into the net or prevent the other team from...

Alter Call | Sept. 12, 2024

He died for you OPINION — As a young pastor I was taught, when serving the Sacrament, to say to each recipient, “The body and blood of Jesus.” I did that for many years. Then one Sunday I felt led to say simply, “He died for you.”It is one of the most profound truths...

On the Mark | Sept. 12, 2024

BY D. MARK MITCHELL OPINION — The 99th football game beween Opelika (2-1, R 0-1) and Auburn (3-0, R 1-0) was played last Friday in Auburn’s Duck Samford Stadium in front of a sellout crowd, estimated at 7000. The Tigers beat the Bulldogs in a back and forth game,...

Classroom Observer | Sept. 12, 2024

Settling into school OPINION — The school year is well underway. As teachers and parents, we are beginning to assess our children with a signal I have used be-fore which is SOS: S-Safe, O-Open, S-Sensitive. Safe — Do the children in my class feel secure and safe? Is...

Everyone Is a Genius

By SAM DICHIARA OPINION — There is a famous quote that goes, “Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by how well it can climb a tree, it will...

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Near to the Heart of God

Near to the Heart of God

By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Having talked about Christ in Hebrews 3:1ff as an apostle (“one who is sent with full authority to represent the sender” –...

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Life’s Sacred Moments

Life’s Sacred Moments

By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Books have been a wondrous source of blessing in my life. None more than the Holy Bible. It tops my list of valuable...

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Inside the Statehouse

Inside the Statehouse

Dr. Wayne Flynt’s, 'Afternoons with Harper Lee' OPINION —  Renowned Alabama historian Dr. Wayne Flynt has chronicled and penned a marvelous...

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Summer Treasures

Summer Treasures

This past week, I watched as the yellow school buses drove by to pick up students early. As a retired teacher, I knew earlydismissal on this day...

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CVS, IHOP and Absorbing the Proud Background of Employers

‘No One Wants to Die Alone’

Sachs-Roberts Law Allows Loved Ones Nearby OPINION — The dreadful scenes — grandchildren looking up from a parking lot, long-married couples saying...

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