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Resolve to Spend Time Outdoors
The Christmas season has come and gone and now it’s New Year’s Resolution time. I encourage you to set goals for yourself and your family and hopefully make this year even better than the last. As a rule, New Year’s resolutions usually revolve around things like fitness. “Ok, this year I’ll remove all of the …
Birmingham Based Foundation Leads Charge in Helping Syrian Refugees
“Because of the increase in the number of refugees from Syria [to Jordan], we are seeing many families who are not being taken care of and have nowhere to turn,” says Ruba Abbassi, founder and director of Arab Woman Today (AWT). “They need food, blankets and basic necessities.” Birmingham based Woman’s Missionary Union (WMU) Foundation …
Hotel Mission Field
Every 12 months more than one billion travelers stay in hotels throughout the U.S. and Canada, and studies indicate that more than 5% (50 million) will pick up and read whatever is in their nightstand drawer. For decades, adults have been blessed with finding the Word of God in hotel and motel room drawers. And …
Why Christmas Needs Advent
Some of the common ways people describe the Christmas season are: Busy, Hectic, Stressful, even Chaotic. We hustle through the season shopping for gifts, looking for deals, going from one Christmas party to the next, not to mention the family dinners and get-togethers. Before we know it, New Year’s Day has come and gone and we …
Divorce & Your Social Security Benefits
Unfortunately, half of all marriages end in divorce. So, there is a good chance this article may be relevant for someone you know. After a divorce, you can claim retirement benefits based on your own earnings record (if you have been employed and have accumulated enough credits over the years), or you can claim benefits …
Great LOCAL Gifts
Prep for the New Year Stay on top of life in 2016 while celebrating and supporting the lives of children touched by the local ministry of Sav-a-Life Vestavia. The 2016 Calendar ($10) features beautiful photographs of babies like River who won his mother’s heart from the very first glance of him on ultrasound. Sav-a-Life is …
