2012-02-10T17:26:20-06:00 urn:uuid:51f53cb4-74cb-4be3-961c-816c215c4338 By Virginia Dawkins / Special to the Star urn:uuid:0ded120f-a63a-43f4-afdb-63994008c91c 2012-02-04T06:01:09-06:00

<p> &#160;&#160;&#160; Debbie Macomber, whose novels have been on every major best seller list, believes that words have tremendous power. In her recent non fiction book, One Perfect Word, she shares a list of words that have had a profound effect upon her life.</p>

By Jenna Johnson / Special to the Star urn:uuid:0e6a4c83-c4c7-4fe6-894f-c3a1464cf604 2012-02-04T06:00:28-06:00

<p> One of my favorite writers, C.S. Lewis, says, &#8220;&#8230;but pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.&#8221;</p>

By Ben Lockridge / blockridge@themeridianstar.com urn:uuid:783088b6-1206-4b7f-a022-fb2fa2963fc7 2012-01-28T06:30:00-06:00

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By Ralph Henson / Special to The Star urn:uuid:52a4e9cf-c1f3-489f-802b-c8d9bf1220f2 2012-01-28T06:30:00-06:00

By Ben Lockridge / blockridge@themeridianstar.com urn:uuid:5e59a8f8-6f25-4044-8267-a7f72787c4ec 2012-01-21T06:30:16-06:00

<p> &#160;&#160;&#160; Mustard Tree Mission, Inc. has a vision to end poverty-related hunger in Lauderdale County.</p>

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By Virginia Dawkins / Special to the Star urn:uuid:e3d3fe9f-1ab0-4690-80aa-9e995cc90ef5 2012-01-07T06:00:22-06:00

<p> &#160;&#160;&#160; &#8220;By Thanksgiving I am often already considering my New Year&#8217;s resolutions,&#8221; says River Jordan in her book Praying for Strangers.</p>