Laurie Stroud
Home Tips, Cooking Tips & More at the Birmingham Home Show
Special Feature The 50th Annual Birmingham Home Show will feature hundreds of top local experts with the latest home products and services, special guest Ati Williams from Netflix’s Hack My Home and a cooking stage with a lineup of chefs that include none other than Birmingham Christian Family cover story and contributor Danna Standridge. The …
A Big Birthday Bash & A Festival of Tulips: 2 Great Events at the American Village
Are We There Yet? Celebrate Washington’s Birthday. In a day of family fun, patriotic music and birthday cake, the American Village in Montevallo will celebrate the 293rd birthday of the Father of our Country, George Washington, on Monday, February 19, 2024. Washington’s Birthday holds special meaning for the American Village. The land on Highway 119 …
Navigating Finances and Family Dynamics
Money Matters As most of us have experienced in one way or another—families can be hard. Add in money, and any issue your family is having will be amplified. There is no one-answer-fits-all because human emotions are fluid, and relationships can be complicated. Whether navigating financial matters with children, aging parents, or extended family, biblical …
How Far to the Promised Land
Best Books Sometimes broken people break the world around them.  Sometimes the brokenness of the world breaks the best of people. Humans are a strange species. We are capable, both individually and collectively, of love and hatred, generosity and selfishness, godliness and wickedness. Virtue and vice reside within all of us, even among people of faith. …
From Deer Season to Turkey Season
The Great Outdoors presented by: Mark’s Outdoors Deer Season Ends… February brings the end to yet another deer season and hopefully everybody had a bountiful one! When you pick up your meat from the processor, if you run out of room in the freezer or have more meat than you can use, share your harvest. …
3 Steps to Discipleship
Encouraging Word The Great Commission in Matthew 28:19 tells us to go and share the Gospel and make disciples. A Christian disciple is a student and follower of Jesus Christ. Discipleship is teaching and training one to become like Christ. Matthew 16:24 gives us the steps to becoming a disciple: deny self, die to sins …
Lessons Learned at Big Oak Ranch
Miracle Moments Brought to you by: Molly Maid of Birmingham, www.mollymaid.com/birmingham “Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for You are the one I praise.” Jeremiah 17:14 My mother was abused as a child, and throughout her struggles, she developed a mental illness that was not diagnosed …
Senator Katie Britt: Called to Do Hard Things
Cover Story In considering Katie Britt’s credentials it might be no surprise to you that she represents the state of Alabama in the U.S. Senate. Her academic and professional background is proof of her qualifications, and her life with a former Alabama football star and two young children might make her life seem charmed. Britt, …
Kindness Challenge: Spreading the Love of Jesus
Parenting Points In February, as love takes center stage with Valentine’s Day, let’s embark on a different kind of celebration—a celebration of kindness. Imagine a February where every day is an opportunity for your family to spread love through acts of kindness, both big and small. This month, let’s challenge ourselves and our families to …
