Parenting
Out of Balance?
Bringing Out the Winner I have had 16 knee surgeries in my lifetime. As you can imagine, I have spent a LOT of time in rehab. The greatest challenge to getting back to normal activity isn’t necessarily strength, although that is VERY important. It really boils down to balance. If your repaired leg isn’t as …
5 Ways to Equip Your Kids for Faithful Living
Education Extra Since we as parents are called to equip our kids for a lifetime of living under the Lordship of Jesus, it is essential for us to prepare them for a lifetime of weaving together the inseparable bond that must exist between belief and behavior. What we must instill in our kids is both …
Adoption as a Calling: Duck Dynasty
Adoption as a Calling: Duck Dynasty According to Duck Dynasty stars Korie and Willie Robertson, 100,000 children currently in the foster care system in the United States are adoptable because their parents’ rights have been terminated. Statistically, 30,000 of those children will never get a “forever family.” The couple has been passionate about adoption since …
Mission Makers: Alabama Teen Challenge
A Thanksgiving Message from Alabama Teen Challenge, The Proven Cure for the Drug Epidemic As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we want to embrace the words of the Apostle Paul that he spoke to the Philippian Christians. He said, “Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident …
The Proven Cure for the Drug Epidemic
Special Feature Presented by Alabama Teen Challenge Adult Men’s and Women’s Centers 1977 Alabama Teen Challenge graduate, Phil Cook, came to Alabama Teen Challenge as a teenager and now 40 years later he is sharing the life-saving message that saved him. A supporter of Teen Challenge and senior pastor of Rich Valley Church, Valrico, Fla., …
5 Tips to Preventing Childhood Obesity
Healthy Living September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, and as a leading community-based organization dedicated to improving health, The YMCA of Greater Birmingham offers the following tips to help families in Birmingham incorporate healthy eating and regular physical activity into their lives. These tips will not only help families live healthier together but also …
Using a Trust to Protect Your Children from Divorce & Creditors
Legal Matters presented by: Bradford & Holliman, Estate Planning Parents frequently ask us how they can leave their assets to their children when they die without those assets being vulnerable to a child later divorcing or having problems with debt. The sentiments expressed by the parents are almost always the same: “We want our child …
