Laurie Stroud
The Home Front: HomeTown Lenders
Just a Click? Or Face to Face? We live in a time of digital banking and a “just a click” mentality and with that often comes a lack of customer service. HomeTown Lenders believes in old school customer service. We do business: Treating every customer the same Showing respect Taking time to find the loan that …
Healthy Living
6 Reasons to Upgrade Your Thinking About Hearing Aids! Hearing loss is a part of modern life for baby boomers and the over 70 crowd. Many people have antiquated ideas about what hearing aids will and won’t do, and about who needs hearing aids. Below are six compelling reasons to schedule an appointment for a comprehensive …
The Great Outdoors
Great Gifts for those who Love the Outdoors If you’re struggling with gift ideas this holiday season, the staff at Mark’s Outdoors is ready to help. Check out these great finds in stock and waiting for you. Whenever & Where Ever. For hunters who want to scout their fields and home owners that want to …
Encouraging Word
The Priority & Privilege of Prayer Jesus certainly knew the value and importance of prayer. For Christians it should be a priority and a privilege. In Matthew 6:9-13, Jesus gives us a model prayer, an example to guide us: “Pray, then in this way: ‘Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy …
Dining Out with Comedienne Joy
Have a Soul Food Thanksgiving with Jake’s Soul Food Café I’m an Alabama girl who grew up spending Thanksgiving Eve helping mom cook dinner or making side dishes so the entire family could celebrate the holiday together. I looked down on people who catered holiday meals until juggling food blogging, comedy, community service, radio hosting and …
City Scene
Hope for the Holidays If you have experienced a loss of a loved one and are dreading the upcoming holidays, Community Greif Support Services (CGS) would like to invite you to attend a free Hope for the Holidays event this month. The event is designed to help you learn practical ways to find hope for …
Best Books: Falling Free
Falling Free Following Jesus can lead to forms of ruination. The abundant life Jesus promised has nothing to do with a nice house, financial security, or respectable social status. Since these things are unimportant to God, they should not be important to us. Unfortunately, they are. When the cost of discipleship requires sacrifice, when bank …
Laurie’s Blog
Jesus Loves the Children “Jesus Loves the Children” are the simple, profound words engraved into a plaque below a stained glass window. The window beautifully depicts Jesus gazing upon the children that surround Him (Matthew 19:14). It was given in memory of a child taken from this world and now in the hands of our …
Rise Above Rebellion, Sherman Williams
After retiring from the NFL, Tide National Football Champion (1992) and Super Bowl Champion (1996) Sherman Williams was sentenced to 15 years in prison on drug and counterfeiting charges. Released in 2014, he now helps Alabama youth and former inmates find freedom in Christ. There was a time when Sherman Williams would sit on the …
