by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — “Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you.”Deuteronomy 31:7 These are words from Moses to Israel just prior to his death...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 12, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — Good fortune was mine last Sunday at Saint James Church on Vaughn Road. A young man by the name of Wyatt Manuel was my teammate in an assignment given to us in the Palm Sunday Cantata. Wyatt stepped up to the pulpit and read several...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — Two disciples who attended the Passover Feast are headed toward Emmaus (about seven miles from Jerusalem). As they travel, their conversation is dominated by events of the last few days — how this year’s Passover was unlike any other they...
by The Observer Staff | Apr 5, 2023 | Column, Walt Albritton
By WALTER ALBRITTON RELIGION — “Zacchaeus was a wee little man, a wee little man was he. He climbed up in a sycamore tree for the Lord he wanted to see. And as the Savior passed that way, He looked up in the tree, and He said, ‘Zacchaeus you come down, for I’m...
by The Observer Staff | Mar 29, 2023 | Bruce Green, Column
By BRUCE GREEN RELIGION — I heard a news report about food insecurity making the point that it is not merely about having enough food; it is about having a sufficient amount of the right kind of food. Filling yourself up with high-calorie items might satisfy your...