Month: August 2022

Chief Meteorologist Wes Wyatt: Serving Christ, Serving the Community

August 26, 2022

Cover Story Wes Wyatt knew he wanted to be a meteorologist when he was just a kid. In fact, he remembers his elementary school teachers saying that they couldn’t get him to pay attention because he was looking out the window watching the weather. “I was fascinated by weather at a young age,” Wyatt said. …

Make Tomorrow Better Today

August 25, 2022

Special Feature Jane sat staring at the floor. “If only, I could go back and do it over. I didn’t think it would be this way. Somehow time got away from me.”  Like Jane, we go through life not always thinking about the future. We may not consider how our actions today will affect us- …

Avoiding Misunderstandings in Communication

August 25, 2022

Business Today Are you ever disappointed because someone cancels a time to meet and that leaves you in a lurch? It might be plans to catch up with an old group of friends, a lunch meeting, or a play date with kids. When someone cancels at the last minute it can cause havoc with your …

4 Steps to Prepare for an Aging Parent

August 25, 2022

Money Matters  Brought to you by: OneAscent Wealth, www.oneascentwealth.com As your parents begin settling into their final phase of life, their health, residence, and finances could become a significant factor in your own financial planning—especially if your parents have tasked you with settling their estates. Navigating the logistical and emotional challenges associated with caring for …

Thinking About Grandparents’ Future Needs

August 25, 2022

Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Holliman & Holliman, hollimanlegal.com Yes, 70 may be the new 50, and grandparents are redefining their roles by living more active and longer lives. More often than you might think, adult grandchildren are faced with helping their grandparents plan their golden years. Families are getting smaller and …

Discovering Freedom and Healing

August 25, 2022

Miracle Moments Brought to you by: Molly Maid of Birmingham, www.mollymaid.com/birmingham “I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He …

Faith-Filled Bedtime Books for Children

August 25, 2022

Best Books Reading books at bedtime is a win-win. You’re opening the wonderful world of books to the minds of your littles while slowing them down with snuggles to prepare for sleep. Introducing a new pair of books that impart faith into the hearts of your children during this precious time together, Bedtime with Mommy …

Good and Kind and Beautiful

August 25, 2022

Best Books “We exist in a world eating away at itself.” This sentence is found on the first page of Rich Villodas’ new book, Good and Beautiful and Kind- Becoming Whole in a Fractured World (Waterbrook). Our culture has become fractured by ugliness, hostility, and hatred. The fragmentation is eating away at our social life and …

Asher’s Cancer Journey

August 25, 2022

Healthy Living Cancer diagnoses are nothing to celebrate. As Daniel Walker puts it, “no cancer is good.” But when Walker found out the specific type of cancer his son had, he considered it good news. Daniel’s son Asher was diagnosed with leukemia in January 2016. Asher had turned 5 years old just two weeks prior, …

Expanding Our Family’s View of the World

August 25, 2022

Parenting Points It is easy for us to get caught in an every day Groundhog Day. Like the Bill Murray movie, we can find ourselves and our families constantly living the same routine, going to the same places, and interacting with the same people.  If we take the time to stop and think about this, …

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