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A Halloween Trick? An Unexpected Slip & Fall
Legal Matters presented by: Frank S. Buck, P.C., Personal Injury Imagine you are with your kids at a business trick or treating when suddenly your shoe gets caught on a broken tile on the floor and you fall breaking your ankle, what do you do? Alabama law requires businesses to keep their premises in a …
The Importance of Talking with Your Child About Fire Safety
Healthy Living October is Fire Safety Month and Children’s of Alabama and Safe Kids Worldwide are reminding families about fire safety and burn prevention. Among all preventable injuries, fire and burns are the fifth leading cause of death for children ages 19 and under. Every day, at least one child dies from a home fire. …
October Giveaways 2021
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 will give one of our readers the opportunity to meet and have a picture made with BCF past cover story and Alabama’s cooking phenomenon/internet sensation, Brenda Gantt. Gantt is the …
American Masters: Becoming Helen Keller Premiere
Special Feature American Masters: Becoming Helen Keller examines one of the 20th century’s human rights pioneers in honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The new documentary rediscovers the complex life and legacy of author and activist Helen Keller (1880-1968), who was deaf and blind since childhood, exploring how she used her celebrity and wit to …
Making a Difference in Birmingham and Abroad: The Word and Water Project
Mission Makers When most Americans reach retirement age, they look forward to traveling, visiting family, and taking a break. Not so for the men who launched The Word and Water Project. In 2017, God laid upon the heart of several businessmen in the Birmingham community a desire to finish strong for the Gospel as they …
Contending for Life: Q&A with Pro-Life Apologist Marc Newman
Church Leaders Dr. Marc Newman is the president of Speaker for Life, a training firm that helps Christians more clearly articulate the apologetics of life. Prior to venturing into pro-life apologetics, Newman was the director of speech and debate at the University of California at Irvine. He is also the author of Contenders: A Church-Wide …
Cookies & Dough from Grandparents
Legal Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Bradford & Holliman Grandparents Day is September 12! Many generous grandparents are sources of both homemade cookies and dough – yes, the green kind. Several financial articles recently discussed whether to give adult children early inheritances sooner rather than later. Here are 5 ways early giving can …
The Wall of Worry
Money Matters Brought to you by: Community Partner Vision Financial Group, Inc. You’ve got plenty of choices these days for things to worry about. Have you ever heard the Wall Street expression, “markets climb a wall of worry?” It’s the idea that financial markets are constantly on edge. Traders fret about how long a market …