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."

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.

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.