Laurie Stroud
The Home Front
Ready, Set, GROW! If you feel that primal instinct to go outside and garden this spring, I would recommend that you take Nike’s advice and “Just Do it!” Except this year consider letting a professional landscape contractor, ahem… that is, DSLD Land Management Company, come along side you to help you realize your properties fullest …
Legal Matters: Bradford & Holliman, Estate Planning
Family Drama & Estate Planning Families have drama. It is probably safe to say that all families have some sort of drama even if they appear perfect to everyone else. With drama comes chaos, misunderstandings, arguments and even permanent damage to the integrity of the family. Drama may come in many forms. Blended families are …
Healthy Living: YMCA of Greater Birmingham
Spring is here! A Time for Family Renewal In this busy lifestyle of changing schedules, heavy workloads, jam-packed school agendas and electronic communication, the renewal month of April at the YMCA of Greater Birmingham provides opportunities to pull your family together and have some good old quality time – in-doors and out – in an …
The Great Outdoors: Mark’s Outdoors
Called to Enjoy the Warmer Weather The most experienced turkey hunters and world champion turkey callers recently converged upon Mark’s Outdoors in Vestavia for TURKEY DAY! The annual event, held right before spring turkey season kicked off, included five-time world champion turkey caller Preston Pittman and even “Turkey Man” himself, champion caller Eddie Salter. Customers …
Great Outdoors: Bass Tournament
Fellowship Bass Tournament Features Bassmaster Champ Randy Howell Get your rod and reel ready, May 6 Valley View Baptist Church will host its 9th annual Fellowship Bass Tournament on Lake Tuscaloosa. The entry fee to this event is hard to pass up. All you need to do is attend a mandatory May 4 Thursday night …
Encouraging Word: Jimmie Hale Mission
Firm Up Your Foundation This year at The Jimmie Hale Mission our emphasis is to “firm up the foundation.” Before we explore additional programs, ministries or expansion projects, we want to make sure our foundation is solid to support growth. Foundation is defined as that on which something is founded; the basis of anything; the …
Education Extra: Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School
OLS Teachers Provide Service Outside the Classroom Homewood, AL-(March 6, 2017)-The teachers at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic School (OLS) recently dedicated a day of service to their community. Dividing into groups, the educators visited specific organizations and devoted their time and knowledge to helping others outside their classrooms. The nonprofit organizations they visited during …
Cover Story: J. Warner Wallace
Forensic Faith: Dateline Detective J. Warner Wallace An outspoken atheist for much of his life, cold case detective J. Warner Wallace was familiar with two types of Christians as a young adult: fellow cops who had an evidential approach to their work but had no idea evidentially why Christianity was true, and the apologetic criminals …
City Scene: Vulcan Park and Museum
Birmingham Revealed As a part of its Birmingham Revealed cultural series, Vulcan Park and Museum will host two great events this month that tell the stories of people and events that helped shape our city’s history and culture. A Talk with Frank Stitt & Friends. Birmingham was recently listed on Zagat’s prestigious rankings of the …
