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Robert V. Ozment is a retired United Methodist minister.
Call your mother and tell her you love her!
A.B. White said, “If the time should ever come when women are not Christians and houses are not homes, then we shall have lost the chief cornerstones upon which civilization rests.” Bovee reminds...
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Robert V. Ozment is a retired United Methodist minister.
OZMENT: If you do the right thing victory is just around the corner
Recently I have been overwhelmed by so much to do and so little time to get it done. That is frustrating. A wise man once said, “I have no time to worry. In the daytime I am too busy to worry and a...
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Community leaders gather to celebrate power of prayer
People pray to the heavens above for many reasons. Farmers pray for fair weather, local officials for the wisdom to lead the people and even students for good grades on tests. It was no different w...
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Volunteers from First United Methodist and First Baptist churches work in the Action Ministries-Rome garden. New beds built by Comcast Cares join the three beds built last year by Second Avenue Baptist Church to fill out a large growing area for produce that will be added to bags of food distributed by the pantry starting this summer. (Kevin Myrick, RN-T.com)
Community garden at Action Ministries food pantry growing
Gena Agnew and a group of volunteers from First United Methodist Church and First Baptist Church were busy filling up new garden beds that were recently installed at the Action Ministries-Rome food...
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Robert V. Ozment is a retired United Methodist minister.
Ozment: You’ll never regret giving your best
You will never regret giving your best! Edwin Middleton was a businessman, a teacher in his church, a lover of young people, and a voice of the past which is worth listening to. He had a great i...
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Cedartown resident Mary McAlister adds canned goods to bags of food to be given out at the food bank. (Daniel Varnado, Rome News-Tribune)
Volunteers help out at Action Ministries-Rome
Volunteer groups representing multiple churches around Rome and Floyd County will be tilling away again today beginning at about 9:30 a.m. to build community gardens that will help feed Romans in n...
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Multi-Craft Construction’s Dusty Dockery (left) and Wayne Dockery, who are father and son, work on a ramp at Second Avenue United Methodist Church, 801 E. Second Ave. (RN-T.com photo)
Second Avenue United Methodist Church ramp
Multi-Craft Construction’s Dusty Dockery (left) and Wayne Dockery, who are father and son, work on a ramp at Second Avenue United Methodist Church , 801 E. Second Ave. The ramp was damaged by a ...
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Bob Reccord, Earl Tillman to speak at Rome Leadership Prayer Breakfast
Author Bob Reccord will be the keynote speaker for the Rome Leadership Prayer Breakfast, scheduled for May 3 at The Forum. The program will begin at 7 a.m. and end at 8:30 a.m. Music will be provi...
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OZMENT: If we are right with God, everything will fall in place
by Robert V. Ozment, columnist
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Nathan was a wise and wonderful prophet. His spirit was friendly and his words gentle, but truth must prevail. King David was the greatest king Israel ever knew. Even kings can be wrong. Nathan t...
OZMENT: The way to happiness in life
by Robert V. Ozment, columnist
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We owe so much to past generations that we can never repay them until we make the present generation indebted to us. It is true, we are never too old to spread a little happiness and joy on our jou...
Shorter lifestyle statement causing a mass exodus?
by Kim Sloan, staff writer
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Richard Bristow doesn’t think he is any less a Christian, he told Shorter University officials in his resignation letter in January. “I just choose to serve a God that welcomes all,” said the ...
Berry College planning Easter sunset service
by Doug Walker, Associate Editor
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While many of the faithful will be getting up early to celebrate Easter with a sunrise service, Berry College will offer a special way to end the day. The college will offer an Easter Sunset ...
OZMENT: One of the greatest days of all Christendom
by Robert V. Ozment, columnist
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Easter is, without a doubt, the greatest day in Christendom. It is the day Jesus rose from the dead after dying on the cross to save us from our sins. We should thank him every day for his sacrific...
Passover begins tonight
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The Jewish celebration of Passover begins tonight at sundown. The eight-day celebration is a time to reflect on how God, using Moses, led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt. Rome’s Jewish comm...
Pope rips into dissident priests on celibacy
by NICOLE WINFIELD,Associated Press
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI issued a blistering denunciation Thursday of priests who have questioned church teaching on celibacy and ordaining women, saying they were being selfish in dis...
Holy Week Calendar
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Berry College Chaplain’s Office will have an Easter service Sunday at 7 p.m. at the House O’ Dreams on the Mountain Campus. Interim Chaplain Jonathan Huggins will speak. The house will be open to...
'Baywatch' star Gena Lee Nolin debilitated by weight gain, hair loss, heart palpitations

Behind the 'Baywatch' scenes, Nolin felt anything but strong and sexy.


Wed May 16 09:27:51 UTC 2012
Michael Caine found himself trapped in attic dressing room after quick snooze, report says

British film star Sir Michael Caine spent the night trapped in an attic dressing room while filming in New Orleans.


Wed May 16 09:13:30 UTC 2012
John Doe #1 in John Travolta sex assault suit hires Glora Allred to represent him

On Friday, the mystery masseuse was dropped by his first lawyer.


Wed May 16 08:22:28 UTC 2012
Make way for the camel: Cannes film festival opens

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen poses with a a camel during a photo call for The Dictator at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)The extravaganza named Cannes got under way Wednesday with Wes Anderson's carefully composed whimsy and Sacha Baron Cohen's theatrics.


Wed May 16 08:43:16 UTC 2012
'The Dictator' takes his camel out in Cannes

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen, left, falls off a camel during a photo call for The Dictator at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)"The Dictator" knows how to make a scene.


Wed May 16 08:35:31 UTC 2012
Appreciating Mexican author Carlos Fuentes

FILE.- In this Friday, June 10, 1983 file photo Mexican diplomat and author Carlos Fuentes addresses Harvard University's graduates during Commencement Exercises, in Cambridge, Mass. Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with language. Fuentes died in Mexico City Tuesday at the age of 83.(AP Photo/Sean Kardon, File )Whatever they may have thought of his politics, anyone lucky enough to have conversed with author Carlos Fuentes couldn't help but be taken by his patrician good looks and his love affair with language.


Wed May 16 09:25:41 UTC 2012