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The Monthly Business Meeting – RIP
By Michael J. Brooks It was a tradition I grew up with. On the second Wednesday the typical ...
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The Clock Struck Twelve
By Michael J. Brooks A local church is meeting elsewhere during renovations, and their electronic sign flashes, “Temporary ...
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Who’s Got Twenty Minutes?
By Michael J. Brooks I stopped by a fast-food restaurant en route to work lately and saw the ...
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Pastors In Holy Blue Jeans
By Michael J. Brooks A pastor on a denominationally-related Facebook page took issue with ministers dressing casually in ...
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The Danger Of Falling Away
By Michael J. Brooks Those who follow a legend have a daunting task. Consider Joshua who followed Moses ...
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Passing The Plate
By Michael J. Brooks My neighbor stopped me to announce he’d taken up lawn care as a second ...
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Certifiably old: Looking back at the encouragers
By Michael Brooks Our Alabama Baptist retreat at Shocco Springs is a gorgeous place, and I’ve enjoyed every ...
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The Case for Christ
By Michael J. Brooks Christian author, Lee Strobel, was in Birmingham last year. I met him and heard ...
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O Death, Where Is Your Sting?
By Michael J. Brooks It’s been my experience that funeral home directors generally have a great sense of ...
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Productivity possible on ‘Back Nine’
By Michael Brooks It was the closest I ever came to my “big showbiz break,” as Rush Limbaugh ...