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Acclaimed theologian Rev. R.A. Mathews is an award-winning writer. Her columns have been published over 6,000 times in newspapers across the U.S. and overseas. | RAMathews.com

RA Mathews

If God wants it, God will show you the way

By R.A. Mathews It was a hopeless situation. Imagine how it would feel if China had military control of this nation, stationing enemy troops on ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Saturday, May 10, 2025 2:00 pm

Michael J. Brooks

Reflections: Certifiably old

Michael J. Brooks Our Alabama Baptist retreat at Shocco Springs is a gorgeous place, and I’ve enjoyed every event I’ve attended there. Several years ago, ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Saturday, May 10, 2025 12:00 pm

old car for days gone bye

Days Gone Bye column

Days gone bye: There is still sufficient breeze 

By Tom Boggs Some years back our friend and client, Ronnie Jennings, installed a very large flag pole at our law office, explaining that our ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Friday, May 9, 2025 4:15 pm

Michael J. Brooks

Reflections: The case for Christ

By Michael J. Brooks Christian author, Lee Strobel, was in Birmingham last year. I met him and heard his fascinating story of abandoning atheism for ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Monday, May 5, 2025 4:00 pm

Dean Kelly

Meet me at the Cross: Rightly handling the word of truth

By Dean Kelly God has not left humanity on their own with no guidance. Instead, He has provided His holy word, the Bible as a ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Monday, May 5, 2025 2:00 pm

old car for days gone bye

Days Gone Bye column

Days Gone Bye: I’ll see you there

By Tom Boggs Music, especially songs of home, do, indeed, carry me back to that dirt street of the 40s and 50s in my hometown, ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Friday, May 2, 2025 3:00 pm

Michael J. Brooks, pastor of the Siluria Baptist Church, Alabaster, Alabama. | Submitted Photo

Faith and Family

Reflections: O Death, Where Is Your Sting?

It’s been my experience that funeral home directors generally have a great sense of humor. I asked a gentleman about this once and he explained ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Saturday, April 26, 2025 8:02 am

Faith and Family

MATHEWS: Don’t you wish it had been you?

They came from far and wide — a sea of men. None was rich but each had dressed immaculately in a dark suit with polished ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Saturday, April 26, 2025 8:01 am

Faith and Family

Meet Me At The Cross: The Greatest Commands

By Dean Kelly “But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Saturday, April 26, 2025 8:00 am

Columns

KELLY: Handle it like Job

By Dean Kelly I wish I could handle things like Job did. This man recorded in the Bible book bearing his name probably lived sometime ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Saturday, June 29, 2024 10:35 am

Community

Trinity Church hosts ice cream social, open house for food pantry

By the Rev. Evan Thayer What began in 1987 in a small room of the Parish House at Trinity Church has grown into an ecumenical ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Sunday, May 19, 2024 12:26 am

Columns

FAITH: According to what we have done

By Dean Kelly Reading was always my very favorite activity when I was growing up. I remember one particular event which impacted my reading when ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Sunday, May 19, 2024 12:19 am

Columns

FAITH: Dressing In our Sunday best

By Michael J. Brooks It was a church conflict in my early days over something that’s a “back burner” issue now. We had a college ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Sunday, May 19, 2024 12:15 am

Columns

Church News for May 15, 2024

By Melonee Coates Here are this week’s church events in the Marengo County area: The Livingston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. will ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Thursday, May 16, 2024 5:16 pm

Columns

KELLY: What Do I Do Now?

All the pain, all the troubles, all the fatigue she had felt vanishes into the air when caregivers place the baby on her chest and ... Read more

by Guest Columnist, Sunday, May 12, 2024 8:00 am

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