Laurie Stroud
WDJC-FM TURNS 50!
A Look at the Station that Brought Christian Radio to Birmingham Fifty years ago, April 22, 1968, WDJC signed on the air for the first time from its penthouse studio on the 13th floor of The Tutwiler Hotel in downtown Birmingham. At that time most people didn’t even own an FM radio. The 20,000-watt transmitter …
5 Cyber Security Safeguards Every Business Should Have
Business Today Brought to you by: Community Partner Sawyer Solutions, www.sawyersolutionsllc.com Every week you hear or read about a new hack or victim of malware. While the news focuses on large businesses, smaller companies are at just as much risk. Here are some simple things you can do to help prevent a hack to your …
Serving Veterans in Our Community
Are you a veteran or know someone who is? The Alabama based non-profit, Still Serving Veterans (SSV), is dedicated to helping Veterans find meaningful work while assisting employers in welcoming and retaining Veterans as valued members of their workforce.  All at no charge. SSV offers in person employment counseling to Veterans, transitioning military and members of …
Do We Really Live in a Post-Truth World?
Special Feature With the truth twisting, emotional appeals, and personal attacks that characterized this last election season, Oxford Dictionaries selected “post-truth” as the word for 2016. According to the dictionary, “post-truth” means, “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” …
Back yard Makeover with DSLD
Back Yard Makeover: DSLD Land Management Creates Usable, Beautiful Space Oris and John Nielson have lived in their Vestavia Hills home for 26 years. From day one, Oris says their backyard was a disaster. When the drought last year took out the large trees that gave the space its one redeeming quality, the Nielsons knew …
Rise Against Hunger
The Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church middle school youth group takes part in the Rise Against Hunger service project. 40,000 plus meals were assembled during the day long parish event.
OLS Spelling Bee
The Word Is… Fourth-grader Violetta Rohr recently won the Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School(OLS) spelling Bee. Second-grader Deezil Lukima placed second. The contest was broadcast on WOLS, the school-wide internal television network. Rohr represented OLS in the Homewood District Spelling Bee where she placed 3rd.
Photo Fun with Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School
Giving to Others Kindergarten students Robert Self and Corbin Agricola helped collect donations during Our Lady of Sorrows School’s Catholic Schools Week’s festivities to help a mission community in Ecuador. Students raised more than $5,000 during the week!
Are You Equipped to Fight the Parenting Battle?
Parenting Points Being a Christian parent in today’s world is more challenging than ever. We are in a battle for our children’s hearts and minds and the tools Satan has at his disposal are more cunning than ever. We are now all in “crisis” parenting as we fight to teach our children their identity in …
Premiere A Capella Group Performs in Birmingham
The 11-member a capella group Voctave has received more than 100 million views on their Facebook and YouTube videos and you can hear this incredibly talented group live on April 26 at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Homewood. The voices of the Central Florida group represent a wealth of diverse backgrounds and musical experiences and will perform …
