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4 Steps to Prepare for an Aging Parent
Money Matters Brought to you by: OneAscent Wealth, www.oneascentwealth.com As your parents begin settling into their final phase of life, their health, residence, and finances could become a significant factor in your own financial planning—especially if your parents have tasked you with settling their estates. Navigating the logistical and emotional challenges associated with caring for …
Thinking About Grandparents’ Future Needs
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Holliman & Holliman, hollimanlegal.com Yes, 70 may be the new 50, and grandparents are redefining their roles by living more active and longer lives. More often than you might think, adult grandchildren are faced with helping their grandparents plan their golden years. Families are getting smaller and …
Faith-Filled Bedtime Books for Children
Best Books Reading books at bedtime is a win-win. You’re opening the wonderful world of books to the minds of your littles while slowing them down with snuggles to prepare for sleep. Introducing a new pair of books that impart faith into the hearts of your children during this precious time together, Bedtime with Mommy …
Good and Kind and Beautiful
Best Books “We exist in a world eating away at itself.” This sentence is found on the first page of Rich Villodas’ new book, Good and Beautiful and Kind- Becoming Whole in a Fractured World (Waterbrook). Our culture has become fractured by ugliness, hostility, and hatred. The fragmentation is eating away at our social life and …
Asher’s Cancer Journey
Healthy Living Cancer diagnoses are nothing to celebrate. As Daniel Walker puts it, “no cancer is good.” But when Walker found out the specific type of cancer his son had, he considered it good news. Daniel’s son Asher was diagnosed with leukemia in January 2016. Asher had turned 5 years old just two weeks prior, …
Brookdale University Park is Expanding!
Senior Scene Coming Soon: Brookdale University Park Clare Bridge Crossings Brookdale University Park Clare Bridge Crossings program is a stepping stone between home or Assisted Living and Clare Bridge Memory Care. It is designed to support those living with early-stage Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. Our Clare Bridge Crossings program is based on a …
Prayers for Grandparents
Senior Scene The second Sunday of every September is National Grandparents Day! It was signed into law in 1988 by President Ronald Reagan as a day to honor the legacy and celebrate the importance between grandparents and their grandchildren. However, within the Christian community, there is a Grand Switch at play. The Christian Grandparenting Network …
September Giveaways
September Reader Giveaways TO SAY THANK YOU for reading and supporting the businesses and organizations that advertise with Birmingham Christian Family(BCF) and make spreading Good News possible we have TWO great giveaways this month! 3 Ways to Win a $50 Gift Card to Mark’s Outdoors, www.marksoutdoors.com – the place to find everything you need to …
