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Walt Merrell’s Lessons from the Father, and the Wife
The Great Outdoors Snow fell heavily that blustery February night. Hannah and I had only been married a year or so, and we were still caught somewhere between adventurous college students filled with puppy love and established married folks who made budgets and paid bills on time. Centerville was halfway between her work at the …
Winter Weather Checklist
The Home Front Winter home maintenance is not only about preserving the integrity of your property but also about creating a comfortable and appealing space for potential buyers. As the winter season continues, I want to empower my clients to enjoy the warmth of their homes while protecting their most significant investment. Here is a quick …
It’s a Life Saver: One-Spoon Cocoa Brownies
The Home Front When you think of chocolate, you may think of love, friendship, and happiness in a delightful concoction that brings joy. That is most especially true in February. On Valentine’s Day, we show our love by giving chocolate to our beloved. And we know that chocolate has health benefits, and it’s a strong …
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 …
