Opelika Observer

1 week ago | opelikaobserver.com | Sean Dietrich

BY SEAN DIETRICHOPINION —I haven’t always been a morning person. God knows. When I was a young man I was anti-morning-people. Morning people were insane. My mother was a morning person. As a boy, I’d awake to find my mother already in the living room, snuggled beneath a lamp, where she’d been reading for hours. The cat in her lap would just stare at me with moral disapproval. “There will come a day,” Mama would say, “when you won’t sleep as good as you do now.”My mother evidently put a curse on me.

1 month ago | opelikaobserver.com | Ann Cipperly

ALABAMA — At a country setting in the outskirts of Wetumpka near his childhood home, Walter Albritton has authored over 20 books and countless newspaper columns, including his popular weekly article in The Observer. At nearly 93 years of age, Albritton has not slowed down, as every day is filled with activities and purpose. The beloved minister served at several churches for over 70 years, and while dealing with cancer treatments and family losses, he still has pastoral duties in two churches.

1 month ago | opelikaobserver.com | Ann Cipperly

With warm breezes and brilliant pink azaleas beginning to bloom, thoughts turn to preparing scrumptious spring dishes with seasonal fruits. Strawberries are nearly everyone’s favorite, and they can be used to create yummy cakes, pies, breads and other treats. When azaleas begin blooming in the yard, it brings back memories of springtime when I was growing up in Opelika. Mom could grow the most beautiful azaleas, as well as having a bountiful garden.

1 month ago | opelikaobserver.com | Bruce Green

BY BRUCE GREENOPINION —Romans 7 is as challenging to grasp as Romans 6 is easy to understand. It would have been fine with most of us if Paul had gone straight from chapter 6 to chapter 8. But of course, had he done so, the first four verses of chapter 8 wouldn’t mean nearly as much as they do. It’s only out of the despair of chapter 7 that the deliverance of chapter 8 can be fully appreciated. And, in the overall context of Romans, chapter 7 is quite necessary.

1 month ago | opelikaobserver.com | Ann Cipperly

In the small community of Waverly, Summer Humphry and her husband Matthew enjoy gathering family together each week for Sunday supper and for holidays, including St. Patrick’s Day. Summer, the sixth generation in her family to live in Waverly, has a love for southern cuisine and prepares recipes passed down in her family. On St. Patrick’s Day, she serves Irish inspired dishes, honoring her Grandfather Moynihan, whose parents came to this country from Ireland.