Several years ago, my organization was in search of a key leader. We appointed a search team and commissioned them to find the right person for t he job. After several months of searching, they reported they had found what we were looking for. Before taking another step, I made an appointment to meet him […]

University of Montevallo bass fishing angler Easton Fothergill won the Bassmaster College Bracket competition Monday afternoon and will now compete against the best professional anglers in the Bassmaster Classic next spring. That feat is impressive enough. But Fothergill underwent emergency brain surgery less than two months ago in order to return to the competition. His […]

Every small town had one. In my hometown of Boaz, it was the Dipsy Dip. In Albertville, it was Frank’s Variety store. In Sardis, it was the Lion’s Den. You know the place; the one with the best burger on Earth. Since the Dipsy Dip closed in about 1980, I have been on a global […]

After a gritty win to Ole Miss on Saturday, Jalen Milroe shared where he credited the win – and where he received the strength to pull it off. RELATED: Alabama earns gritty win vs. Ole Miss Milroe started in the SEC home opener against Ole Miss after a week on the bench against USF. Especially […]

As the James Beard Award-winning chef/owner of Automatic Seafood and Oysters restaurant, Adam Evans is fussy about the quality of the fish he serves, down to ensuring his suppliers use sustainable methods to harvest the raw materials he turns into appetizers and entrees. But the chef is equally fussy about the potatoes he purees to accompany the […]

Sen. Tommy Tuberville met with Alabama pastors in Washington this week to discuss the future of the country and in particular its youth. “It was good to have them here yesterday,” Tuberville said in a press call Wednesday. “Most of them are from the Northern part of the state and they’re very concerned about the […]

Church of the Highlands has launched its second location in the Huntsville area. With a campus building is under construction on Whitesburg Drive in South Huntsville, the church opened services at a “portable location” – AMC Valley Bend 18 on Four Mile Post Road in South Huntsville. Services are Sundays at 8 a.m. and 9:45. […]

While in college, I took a Psychology course called “Experimental Methods.”  As I recall it was a senior level course and required for my degree.  The course was dedicated to teaching the student how to develop a technique for conducting scientific inquiry.  The goal was to produce data that was reliable, not corrupted by variables. […]

With summer coming to an end and the temperatures beginning to drop, Alabamians can start preparing for indoor activities. While you are spending time with family or hosting your friends, a good music backdrop is essential. If you’re looking to spice up your playlist, we have gathered three bands that grew up in our beautiful […]

Today Denise and I drove to Kennesaw, Ga., for a band concert. I’m not a big fan of any specific genre of music. The idea of a band concert really has about as much appeal to me as a Yugo. That begs the question, why? Why would we drive 250 miles, round trip, to hear […]

It was quite a sight Tuesday night at Auburn University’s Red Barn when more than 200 students were baptized within two hours of each other on the property’s pond following a “Unite Auburn” event. The Facebook account, What’s Happening in Auburn and Opelika, posted footage of the event. On the post’s comments section many were […]

Lagniappe is word used often in and around New Orleans. The simple definition is, “something a little extra.” In other words when you get a dessert added to your meal at no additional charge, that is lagniappe. When we get a little value added to the agreement, we get a little lagniappe. A friend who […]

This morning I stopped at a local McDonald’s for breakfast. As usual I take a table near the back of the dining room to have breakfast and read. In front of my table was an exit and two trash receptacles logically located. As I read, I noticed a young man, no older than early 20s […]

It’s a bright Saturday morning in late fall, and I wake up to a call from my sister. Checking the clock and rubbing my eyes, confusion turns to panic as the clock reads 6:45 a.m. Something must have happened. “Hello?” I stutter, trying to maintain composure. “We have to go!” It’s pure excitement on her […]

“Those People.” We all walk with a limp. The limp may be physical. Worse yet, the limp may not be detectable to others. Your limp may be from a broken heart, a loss so deep you can’t express it, or just the collection of scars that life sometimes inflicts. Time and again I hear church […]

Many things are different in today’s church. Research shows we took a hit during COVID-19, just as other organizations did. Some who weren’t core members, but on the sidelines, haven’t come back. On average churches have between 60 and 80% of our pre-COVID attendance. But hope springs eternal. We trust these wandering sheep will come […]

Every year, at the point in late fall when the weather was transitioning from warm to winter, young Brad Wright’s grandfather would dispatch one of the pigs he raised on his farm in Autauga County. Brad loved watching Big Daddy – as his grandfather, A.C. Gilliland, was called – breaking it down into cuts that […]

In greater Huntsville, a mere week is not enough to celebrate all that the city’s culinary scene has going on. That’s why city promoters now set aside the entire month of August for exploring the flavors and diversity of its restaurants, dessert shops, breweries, and bars. The month’s main course is Huntsville Restaurant Week, actually […]

For many years I was a runner. That was before the knee replacement surgery, the fifth on the same knee. During those years I made a practice of calmly calling out to the person in front of me before I passed them. “Comin’ ‘Round” was usually what I said. That warns the walker in front […]

Alabama students can “adopt” a calf from a dairy in Pickens County and spend the upcoming school year learning about how cattle are raised on the small family farm, how milk is produced, and even how the business runs. Adopt a Cow pairs classrooms with farms, providing students with insight into where foods like milk, […]

Greater Birmingham is moving on up. When it comes to barbecue, the ’Ham is fire, according to the data crunchers at Clever Marketing.  They rated the Birmingham-Hoover metro area as the nation’s fourth-best for fans of smoked and pit-cooked meats, not to mention those who count macaroni and cheese as a side vegetable. The area […]

It’s said that no one enters ministry for financial gain, but several recent accounts take issue with this. Let me hasten to say that the overwhelming majority of ministers live and work with integrity. And many live below the comparable wages of their parishioners. Nor do pastors take what belongs to others. A former staff […]

Agua fresca may be the ultimate summertime drink. Made mostly with fruit, it takes full advantage of Alabama’s bounty of berries, stone fruit, and melons. Fully refreshing, it has a fraction of the sugar found in soft drinks and sweet tea. Agua fresca translates as “fresh water.” The drink originated in Mexico but variations are […]

The main reason old men get injured is because they think they are young men. That saying didn’t originate with me, but I don’t know who to give credit. Let’s just say it’s mine. The older I get the more truth I find in it. From time to time my body reminds me of this […]