I was called on to help with a funeral in Selma recently, and the visit gave opportunity to remember many experiences and friendships from the years we lived there. I also remembered one of the most interesting telephone calls I ever had.
The play will feature casting from surrounding area churches.
Our culture conditions us to believe marriage is a command, not a concession.
Years ago when home visits were more common, I remember countless visits for the church when I competed with blaring televisions. One training program many of us took in the day suggested trying to sit between the person and the television, or saying, “I’m interrupting your program — can I …
It was so long ago that the principal at the elementary school greeted us at a school program and said, “This is the class of 2000!” All us parents laughed, not having thought of what lay in store 12 years ahead. The graduation year came and went without major incident, despite the Y2K fears…
Too many people think Jesus is a rabbit’s foot or a four leaf clover. They neglect Him often but pull Him out when they need something. Both the politician around election time and the agnostic with a sick family member personify this stereotype. I have heard preachers say that for many Amer…
I was a boy in suburban Birmingham when a man pounded on our door one night. We came to learn he was drunk and believed our house was his house. My dad was working overtime in the nearby steel mill, so I was the man of the house. My mother and sister were terrified. The man wouldn’t listen t…
The featured singers will be Purpose from Russellville, Alabama. Finger food at 5 p.m. Everyone welcome.
The book of Acts tells about Aquila and Priscilla who were helpers in the early church. They had the gift of exhortation, or encouragement, and demonstrated this by serving the apostle Paul, and the teacher Apollos. Apollos is virtually unknown except as an itinerant teacher who spent time i…
It was agonizing to purchase a new car lately. I shopped for 10 months and finally made a deal a few weeks ago. My old car was faithful for nine years, but now it’s gone and belongs to another. I purchased a vehicle that we used to call “foreign.” That’s when I heard my dad’s voice from heav…
It’s been said that football is a religion in Alabama. Sadly, this is often the case.
Thanksgiving is, indeed, a wonderful time for families and friends to get together and enjoy themselves around a table of good food.
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church will hold an ordination service for Bro. Sammy L. Garrett on Sunday, Dec. 1, at 2:30 p.m., according to a press release.
I found a volume in a used book story a few years back on the life and death of President William McKinley. It was interesting to learn more about our 25th president. McKinley has the infamy of being our third assassinated president. The writer noted "a singular coincidence" that all preside…
“Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue” is an old rhyme repeated at weddings. I’ve known many brides through the years who’ve been creative in order to include these items in their bridal attire.
Peace Missionary Baptist Church, 501 Lokey Street, Talladega, will celebrate its 152nd anniversary Sunday, Nov. 24, at 2 p.m.
Greater Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church at 601 Scott St., Talladega, will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a groundbreaking ceremony for a completely new church facility Sunday, Nov. 17.
Jacob's Chapel C.M.E. Church, Talladega, where the Rev. Jerrell C. Hicks is pastor, will host its Harvest Feast on Sunday, Nov. 17.
A man in Ft. Worth, Texas, once told me that he died and went to hell. He looked up and saw a bright light. Jesus told him he could return to the living if he would tell everyone of his experience.
I told Alexa to play “oldies” for me while doing some menial work last week, and soon she played a familiar song: “The House Of The Rising Sun.” This was never among my personal favorites, but it did bring back memories of a disruption at a Birmingham church because of it.
Is there a direct correlation between miracles and belief? In other words, do miracles performed by Christians guarantee that unbelievers will believe in Jesus Christ? This dynamic was recently posed to me in a discussion. Without consideration of the ongoing debate concerning apostolic gift…
The St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Sylacauga will celebrate the eighth anniversary of Pastor Roger Holtzclaw and first lady Jacqueline Holtzclaw on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 2 p.m.
I thought it best to confess before some enterprising journalist dug it up and doomed any political nomination I might have in the future.
David’s experience in the Valley of Elah is a story familiar to even the smallest child. The shepherd-boy of Israel faced down the Philistine giant, Goliath, who was nearly 10 feet tall.
Affirmation of Consecration Service for Overseer Erastus Godfrey and Pastor DeForest Godfrey at the New Beginning Ministries Church, 212 East 5th St., Sylacauga, will be Sunday, Oct. 27, at 2 p.m.
