Traditional white and gold ornaments represent Christ’s birth, death, resurrection story December 17, 2009 The first Chrismon tree had only a dozen different ornaments, designed and made by Frances Kipps Spencer. More than 50 years later, the number of Read More »
FBC Sylacauga member develops iPhone app for witnessing, follow-up December 17, 2009 Need to know how to share your faith in Christ? There’s an app for that. Or there will be soon. And in an age when Read More »
Ancient calendar at center of debate in Missouri schools December 17, 2009 Dean Mandis, insurance executive and father of two students, stood before the Rockwood School District’s superintendent and seven school board members at Crestview Middle School Read More »
A Hard Time for Christmas December 17, 2009 Christmas comes at an extremely hard time for many Alabamians. The nation is mired in the deepest and longest economic recession in the post-World War Read More »
Tree’s ornaments depict Christ’s story December 17, 2009 Chances are if you heard someone mention a Chrismon tree, then you would think he or she meant to say Christmas tree. But even though Read More »
New York churches apologize to American Indians December 10, 2009 NEW YORK — Four hundred years after their spiritual ancestors took part in the decimation and dislocation of Indians in New York, one of the Read More »
Americans pin poverty passage on Obama, not Bible December 10, 2009 NEW YORK — More Americans believe a statement about giving “justice to the poor and homeless” came from President Obama instead of its true source, Read More »
Study: STDs on the rise despite sex education December 10, 2009 ATLANTA — The rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States are among the highest of any developed country in the world, a Read More »