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Anthony Cook: Oh, c'mon, everybody else is doing it
Do you remember peer pressure in high school? Remember how all you wanted to do was not stick out, not draw attention to yourself, be liked?
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Anthony Cook: Greater things are yet to come in this city
As part of a combined church effort to tackle some area service projects, I was on a four-person team last Saturday assigned to do yard work at an Eastaboga house that was donated to the Alabama Baptist Children’s Home.
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Fasting crosses religious lines, from Ramadan to Lent
As a biology professor at Jacksonville State University, Safaa Al-Hamdani is used to getting apologies from students this time of year. The familiar looks of embarrassment come moments after they sit down for a lecture and tear into a bag of potato chips or twist the cap off a cold soda. That’s when they remember Al-Hamdani is a Muslim fasting for Ramadan, and they have surrounded him with food.
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Anthony Cook: Birth is amazing, growth is better
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I miss the days when Amaya was my little girl. When I say she was a bundle of joy, I place emphasis on "bundle." She was shaped like a little bowling ball with afro puffs, but she was my bowling ball.
Peaceful co-existence: Despite conflicts at Ground Zero and elsewhere, Anniston Muslims find cordial reception and respect
by Shea Zirlott
Star Staff Writer
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A fight over the placement of a mosque near the site of the Manhattan 9/11 attacks landed in the courts this week. On Wednesday, the American Center for Law and Justice, filed suit in a New York state to stop the construction of the so-called Ground Zero mosque because, according to the organization's press release, "this site is sacred ground and not the place to build a mosque."
The church's search: After 14 months and 300 resumes, Oxford church is still looking for a pastor
by Shea Zirlott
Star Staff Writer
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While there are more than 10 Southern Baptist congregations locally without a pastor, it's not for a lack of applicants. The case of Oxford's Grace Baptist Church is a good example. According to associate pastor Stacey Boutwell, the congregation's search for a new pastor is at 14 months and counting.
Anthony Cook: They that wait upon the Lord
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Growing up, whenever my parents would go shopping or go out with friends or even just go on a quick run to the store, often they'd leave me and my brother with my grandmother. They'd promise not to be gone long, and maybe bring us a treat if we were good.
One pastor, two churches: Local United Methodist churches learn to share pastor
by Shea Zirlott
Star Staff Writer
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All of the United Methodist congregations within 50 miles of Anniston have pastors. But some of them have to share. Rev. David Teel splits his time between two congregations in Anniston: McCoy United Methodist Church and Carpenter United Methodist Church.
Program helps ministers settle into new assignments
by Laura Tutor
Special to The Star
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In his first month as senior pastor at Anniston's First United Methodist Church, the Rev. Bill Brown has learned a few things they don't cover in seminary.
Anthony Cook: Living temples
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Imagine that it's Sunday morning. You're dressed and ready for church, Bible in hand. You head out of the house, looking forward to a time of fellowship and worship. The 10-minute drive is pleasant, and you arrive on time for morning services.
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