By Karah Wilson karah@southerntorch.com COLLINSVILLE, Ala.—There has been a Community Thanksgiving Service in Collinsville for decades. It is now held on the Sunday night before Thanksgiving and the location is rotated…
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Gift wrapping station set up
By Karah Wilson karah@southerntorch.com FORT PAYNE, Ala.—Amy Johnson of Addie Kate’s in Fort Payne has set up shop beside The Bookshelf for the holiday season. Johnson and some volunteers are using…
Truly thankful this Thanksgiving
By Angie Reynoso angie@southerntorch.com Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding…
Gratitude, Happiness, and America's Founding
By Sen. Greg Reed Thanksgiving is a great time for catching up with family members, watching football, and eating turkey, dressing, and pumpkin and pecan pies. The food is so good,…
Learning from a Taxing Situation
By Dr. John E. Morgan Pastor–Collinsville Baptist Church I was just tired enough to learn something important. A lady in my church had taken over the local branch of H. and…
A Moment with Megan: Fill Him Up
By Megan Blansit Founder of The Beautiful Movement - a youth ministry for high school girls. For more information, visit The Beautiful Movement’s Facebook page, where I post the time, place,…
Church shares Thanksgiving with hundreds
By Karah Wilson karah@southerntorch.com SCOTTSBORO, Ala.— Thanksgiving is all about being thankful and giving back what you can. Randall’s Chapel United Methodist Church (RCUM) in Scottsboro has done just that for…
Why I'm Thankful for Alabama
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 instructs us to, “Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” It’s a guideline to follow through…