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Looking back at crazy 2016, ahead to 2017

Historically speaking, Alabamians have been more interested in the governor’s race than presidential politics. For years, from 1876 to ...

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Christmas: Time of God’s open house

The prison warden circulated a note to inmates asking for suggestions on the kind of party they’d recommend ...

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Real reason for the season

Christmas is just a week away! People are busy making those last minute purchases and preparations. Stress ...

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Chief Brock’s retirement is a loss for Selma

There is a saying that is becoming more and more popular expressing the truism, “elections have consequences.” It ...

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Hurry up and wait, it’s Advent

Slow down. Quiet. It’s Advent! This phrase has been popularized in devotional materials in recent years as ...

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Telling your stories makes it worthwhile

I was thinking about an old advisor of mine in college. My first, and only time, meeting with ...

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Sessions cannot do justice as head of justice dept.

It was March of 1986. I was in Washington, D.C. before the Senate Judiciary Committee testifying against the ...

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Alabama prisons have overcrowding problem

While the presidential race played out this year, several things happened in Alabama politics that went under the ...

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The season of giving

Educators are warned about taking gifts from students, but I did get an interesting e-mail this week from ...

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Christmas is all about the Savior

By Larry Stover Pastor at Praise Park Ministries Church of the Nazarene As the season of Advent continues ...

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There are so many benefits from taking a walk

Walking is so powerful. I don’t mean the placing of one foot in front of the other. ...

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Prison system needs reform

Prisons could be the issue that defines the Alabama Legislature in 2017. Gov. Bentley has said he may ...

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Unintended consequences of well-intentioned law

It is Christmas time, and since Alabama is one of the most charitable states in the nation, I ...

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Christmastime at the church

The Christmas season has returned, and for those of us in the church, we’ll hear the same stories ...

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Celebrating the season

Christmas is all about preparation. It comes in many forms. Many stores begin stocking shelves with Christmas ...

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