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Muslim Community Center Imam Sheik Mohamed Abdullahi in front of the center in Silver Spring, Md. The charged Fort Hood gunman, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, attended the mosque when he lived in the area. Photo: Katie Falkenbert/Associated Press In the crosshairs: American Muslims fear backlash after Fort Hood shooting
As word spread that a gunman had opened fire at Fort Hood leaving a trail of carnage, a chilling realization swept across the U.S. Muslim community: He has an Islamic name.
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Anthony Cook: Getting to the heart of hymns
Do you have a favorite hymn? I have several. I’m not that old of a guy, but I have an old spirit, and I love old songs.
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Audio Bible CD set took about 600 actors to record
CHICAGO — JoBe Cerny, most famous for being the voice of the Pillsbury Doughboy, was on one recent rainy morning sitting in a studio at his Cerny/American Creative, a production company/recording studio on Illinois Street in Chicago. He was drinking coffee and nibbling at some doughnuts and listening to the voice of Jesus Christ as he died on the cross.
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Sherri Burgess speaks on her journey through grief
by Brett Buckner
Special to The Star
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While the actual call came from "out of the blue," somehow Sherri Burgess knew the time had come to answer it. Burgess — wife of Rick Burgess, co-host of radio's Rick and Bubba Show — was a practiced Sunday school teacher who often led "intensive" community Bible study groups.
John Rosemond preaches a return to good old-fashioned parenting
by Lisa Davis
Features Editor
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John Rosemond has been teaching about biblically based parenting for more than 35 years. He just didn't always know it. From his beginnings as a child psychologist in North Carolina, Rosemond has grown into a national — and polarizing — presence, with 13 books, a column in more than 200 newspapers, and more than 150 speaking engagements around the country every year (including ones this weekend in Huntsville and Birmingham).
Anthony Cook: A reminder of who you are
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Consider a beautiful sculpture. When you look at it, you admire the detail, the intricacies, the great care that was taken in forming it. And even though your attention is on the sculpture, your admiration is for the sculptor.
Martin Luther & me: Local churches use anniversary to teach children about Protestant Reformation
by Laura Tutor
Special to The Star
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The first conversations with God often start as a simple prayer uttered by a child's bed: Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. Most children today don't think twice about the age-old nighttime prayer.
Anthony Cook: Pass this on to 10 people
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Have you ever heard the story about the collector of rare paintings? His son was killed in war while carrying another soldier to safety. The man whose life was saved tracked down the father and gave him a painting of his son.
40 Days of Community: Through Rick Warren's popular outreach program, Iron City church nurtures its neighbors — and itself
by Brett Buckner
Special to The Star
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Pulling a congregation out of its comfort zone and scattering it all over town is downright risky. But that's exactly what pastor Mike Holcomb and the leadership of Iron City Baptist Church, in the White Plains area, did when they initiated the "40 Days of Community" program.
Anthony Cook: My first revival
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I attended my first revival Wednesday night. Oh, sure, I've been to many services that were labeled "revival," but they pale in comparison to what I witnessed Wednesday night at Oxford's Lamar Field.
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