The Birmingham Race Course in Irondale is the temporary home of Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland drive-thru light display. The 3.25 mile course is filled with synchronized light displays with music playing on FM 100.9. What to...
Get outside every day to honor those who can’t
St. Vincent's Hospital breezeway Photo by Christie Dedman
Weekends in the hospital are just the worst. The longing to be anywhere but in the hospital is stronger on the weekends because the halls are empty, the restaurants in the hospital are usually...
Watch The Atheist Delusion free
Agnotics, atheists and evolutionists don’t want to admit it, but they actually believe in a belief system. Their exclusion of God is actually inclusion of the religion of disbelief. They want more evidence that...
Tips for hiking Amicalola Falls Georgia State Park with kids + Junior Ranger Badge
When the drought plaguing the South ends head over to Amicalola Falls State Park near Dawsonville, Ga. We recently visited the tallest waterfall in Georgia looking for pretty fall colors, a challenging hike and...
Don’t let your children be brats, teach them to be gracious receivers
It was Christmas morning 1980 something and I was opening up all the gifts sitting in my spot on the living room couch. My kid brain was of course interested in only one specific...
Tips for visiting Natural Bridge, Alabama with kids – Hiking, photography and more
For almost 40 years I’ve roamed up and down Alabama’s highways, back roads, side roads and trails. All this time I have managed to skip stopping at Natural Bridge, AL. The longest natural bridge east...
Earning a George Washington Carver Museum NPS Junior Ranger badge
Photo by Christie Dedman
We stopped by the George Washington Carver Museum NPS to earn a Junior Ranger badge & see a bottle of peanut oil featured on our favorite show Mysteries at the Museum. This little stop...
Veterans Day 2016 Offers: More than 25 free food & free admission offers
Here’s a list of businesses offering small tokens of appreciation to those who have served our country in military service – proof of military service (including but not limited to: discharge papers, military IDs...
See Budweiser Clydesdales, free Nov. 10 through Nov. 13 at BJCC
Not into beer but love the Budweiser Clydesdales? Me too. That’s why I plan on checking out the horses at the Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex Nov. 10 through Nov. 13 at Uptown Park. The...
Stop idolizing ‘Christian’ authors: A different take on the Jen Hatmaker controversy
We’ve all been guilty of the following Christian behavior pattern. A new ‘Christian’ author pops up with a trendy new Bible study. We ignore the ‘gimmick’ side of it and jump on the bandwagon...
