Somebody say amen Sunday, June 15, 2008 Published in The Birmingham News MARIE SUTTON  Nowadays, if you say the name “the Rev. Jeremiah Wright,” you are likely to get a few eyes to rolling or a couple heads to shaking. Some people believe the fiery Chicago pastor, who called for the damnation of America, has [...]

Mayor Fights Crime With Prayer www.charismamag.com An Alabama mayor invited city residents to put on sacks and ashes and gather for a series of prayer rallies to repent. Photo: Mayor Larry Langford and his wife, Melva.   [05.06.08] An Alabama mayor pulled out an unusual weapon to fight his city’s worsening homicide rate: prayer. Birmingham [...]

We can take our neighborhoods back Sunday, April 06, 2008 By MARIE SUTTON Published in The Birmingham News I would be lying if I said I didn’t get a bit jealous each time I drive by Birmingham-Southern College. The west Birmingham campus, on Arkadelphia Road, sits on 192 acres of endless rows of neatly manicured [...]

Brother, Sister, do you know who you are? An essay as it ran in The Birmingham News on Sunday, July 08, 2007. MARIE A. SUTTON Recently, I pulled into the parking lot of my neighborhood grocery store and got really frustrated. A dirty diaper sat near my front tire and a sea of strewn paper [...]

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