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July 2018 COMPLIMENTARY
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July 2018 Contents
Volume 18, Number 7
DEPARTMENTS
4 Publisher’s Note 18, 19 Healthy Living
• What IS! Not, What IF? • Stairlift Gives Local Couple Freedom
• July Reader Giveaway to • Starve Worry When You
Alabama Splash Adventure Feast on Worship
• The Real (& Remarkable)
ON THE COVER 14 5, 7 Faith at Work
• A Simple Plan for Doing Ministry
Deal About Cardio
through Business: Reach the Many by 20 Education Extra
As Miss Alabama Callie Walker prepares to
Helping the One HCA Seeks to Define Christianity
compete for Miss America in September, she • Faith AND Family at Work: by Service
shares with us the source of her confidence. See DSLD Land Management
page 14. 21 Parenting Points
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10 Mission Makers STEPS Proactive Parenting
Ready for some GOOD NEWS? READ ON! Serving Up Joy at
Changed Lives Christian Center 23 Photo Fun
20, 21 Parent Helps
11 Encouraging Word 23 Music Notes
God’s Plan for You! The Harmonics: Singing Praises to
SPECIAL FEATURES Help Families in Need
11 Best Books
6 Let’s Get Organized: Reaching & Because of Whose I Am: 25 The Great Outdoors
Keeping Equilibrium A Nazi’s Daughter Fishing at its Best!
9 Samford University Offers Online 12 Senior Scene 26 Calendar
Senior Adults on Mission
Certificate in Worship Leadership
26 About Our Advertisers
17 Money Matters
14 Taking the Stage with Faithful
5 Keys to More Successful Investing: 26 Support Groups
Confidence: Miss Alabama Vision Financial
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17 Legal Matters
22 Night Out Food Tour Preparing to Meet with Your Estate
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A Simple Plan for Doing Ministry through Business:
Reach the Many by Helping the One to a sermon from Andy. After the sermon,
she went up and asked to talk to Andy about
Do you ever get overwhelmed at the millions of
some problems she was having. That began a
people who need help in the world? With all the
20-year relationship of Andy and his family
news channels broadcasting the hurt and pain trying to please the crowd, you end up pleasing no
helping Jane in her various problems with
around the world, with all of our friends post- one. But when you focus on making one person’s
family, drugs, abuse and life on the street. Andy
ing their needs on social media, and with all the life better, the news spreads to the crowd and your
described how you can only take on one of these
hyper-connection we experience today, it’s easier message grows. “Let us not become weary in doing
in your life at a time.
than ever to become overwhelmed by the needs of good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if
others. As pastor and leader-developer Andy Stan- we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 NIV
3. Go Time, Not Just Money. Money is all too easy
ley points out in a sermon, the question should not Reach the Many by Helping the One
to give for many of us. It’s largely hands-off, and
be, “How can I help everyone?” but, “How can I Find more resources for leaders seeking to do
sometimes doesn’t take much energy or thought o you everto
help one?” Here’s the main takeaway of Andy Stan-
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give it. The measure of love you have for someone D get overwhelmed at the millions of people who need help in the world? Maybe
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Let’s Get Organized: Reaching and Keeping Equilibrium
Picture this - you’re outside on a hot day; you go inside and pour a tall donation trucks restore our equilibrium, but is only temporary and
glass of water. Did it spill all over the counter? The floor? Into the ga- needed again months later.
rage? Of course not – you knew when to turn off the faucet. You knew
the capacity of your glass and stopped before you exceeded the level. You knew when to stop pouring the water – before it spills. Pur-
chases brought home will become clutter spilled out if the capacity
Now picture going to see a movie. The theater holds 250 people but is not considered.
500 tickets were sold, so everyone packs in, two in a seat. There’s peo- Evaluate your container – look at it in a new way. What would the
ple everywhere! Your comfort and enjoyment has been compromised, capacity sign read? Mentally post a limit for yourself and adhere to
not to mention your safety. For public facilities, signs are posted with it.
the capacity and these limits are enforced with good reason.
In my small closet, I have had to limit myself to 24 shoes. That’s
How does this relate to organizing? It has to do with equilibrium. how many shoe cubbies I could fit without compromising the
Essentially, being organized equates to achieving equilibrium; the bal- comfort (think movie theater). If I find a pair of shoes I just “have
ance of matching the contents to the capacity of a container. However, to have”, I determine IN THE STORE which pair I’m donating. If
those struggling with clutter and disorganization must first begin to I don’t want to lose any, I pass on the purchase. This really works!
view their homes, offices, calendars, purses, garages, closets, even junk We set a closet for a client with a specific number of hangers
drawers as a container with a limited capacity. Our society makes it (determined capacity). Years later, she still says it saves her money
too easy to tip the balance and exceed the capacity. With shopping centers on because she has to decide if she likes the new outfit better than her current
every street tempting us, it’s just way too easy. Ask any teenager to list their wardrobe because she can’t add any hangers. She shops less and smarter.
hobbies and shopping will make the list. It has become a favorite pastime of Giving away more will certainly reduce the clutter, but what about purchasing
many Americans. Occasionally I’ll hear, “I’ll get rid of this now and go buy less?
another one.” How does that help? — Kim McBrayer
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Faith AND Family at Work: DSLD Land Management
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When David H. Sharp started
DSLD Land Management 35
years ago, he was a single man
with a passion to use his back-
ground in geotechnical engineer-
ing and business to bring quality
and value to homes in central
Alabama where soil erosion and
drainage problems are prevalent.
Today his landscape construction
company, specializing in residen-
tial design and installation, has
grown to include the talents of
three sons and a daughter in law
as well as the home front support David, Zachary, Helen, Danielle, Miles, Amy, Milo and
of his wife Helen. Cole Sharp (L to R). The Sharp’s four children range in age
from 9 to 27. David gained his engineering background
The work of DSLD Land Management has been featured in pub-
“Having the kids in the business while a student at The Ohio State University, where he
lications such as Southern Living and Builder’s Architect. Great
is marvelous because I get to be was a coop student working and studying the physical
properties of soil and water and their role in the hier- examples of the kind of work the company does can be seen at
with them!” says Sharp adding, the Sharp’s home and “barn” that serves as DSLD headquarters.
“I was never looking forward to archy of the building industry. He also holds a degree in David Sharp believes the longevity and growth of his business
them growing up and moving Business Management from Samford University.
stems from the way his team approaches each client’s project.
away. I have always wanted my “During our initial consultation all on site factors are consid-
kids to be close. I get to interact ing their adopted daughter, 9-year-old ered from function to form, with special emphasis given to
with them daily because of the business. Instead of Danielle. David shares how he and economy and value-added work.”
me coming home from work to see the kids I go to Helen felt called to be foster parents
work to see the kids.” Sharp believes an important after learning of the great number of Miles, then 11, shared with his mom that he be-
key to being able to work well together as a family children in Shelby County needing foster homes. lieved the family needed to foster one more child.
serving satisfied clients stems from a foundation “We were sad to think of children not having a
The two of them prayed about it and Helen agreed
of faith in Christ. “Being a Christian impacts every safe and loving home, so we went through the to call Shelby County DHR. Before she could,
aspect of your life, especially your family life,” says licensing process and jumped right in!” remem- the phone rang. “It was our DHR social worker
Sharp. “Because my children have a relationship bers Sharp. “We thoroughly enjoyed taking in
we had not talked to us in nine months, asking
with God, that spells out to them and me how a and caring for every one of our beautiful depend-
Helen if we could please take just one more child,
family should look. Christ gives us the ultimate ent children and still think of them often, but it
a 4-month-old little girl” remembers David. And
example of how to interact with others.” wasn’t always easy. The kids were awesome but the
the story gets even better. “Danielle was a child
system they must navigate is tough.” After saying
that needed an adoptive family and God blessed
One more Sharp child is waiting in the wings to good bye to foster child 33, the Sharps decided it
us by making us that lucky family!”
possibly become an active part of the DSLD team. had become too emotionally draining to contin-
While raising their three sons, David and Helen ue. God had other plans. Nine months after not
— Laurie Stroud
also fostered 33 children- with number 34 becom- having a foster child in their home, youngest son
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Samford University’s Center for Worship and the “Most of us have a sense of what seems right in wor-
Arts will launch its third-annual Online Certifi- ship and we all certainly know what we like. What
cate in Worship Leadership August 2018. Created we really need is the ability to approach worship
in partnership with Samford University’s Min- from a Biblical perspective. Relating the Gospel
istry Training Institute, this certificate offers an story to the liturgy of our weekly gatherings is the
introduction to the basic principles and practices foundation for creating worship that honors God
of worship leadership. Each course presents vital and renews his people. This program has given me
worship leadership practices as well as the princi- a much better understanding of what that means. I
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The program is designed for avo- a source of strength and learning. Through this ex-
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leaders. It is best fit for high school I believe I am much better equipped to serve our
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need training or want to refresh core of Samford’s will open in July 2018 and classes will run from Au-
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Serving Up Joy at Changed Lives Christian Center
“Our mission is to bring God’s grace to those less
fortunate and when a person receiving a meal in Waters says volunteering at CLCC was
the serving line said, ‘Thank you for bringing us the result of a prompting he felt and read.
the joy.’ I thought we had accomplished our goal. “I felt a calling in my heart, but the book
We brought much more than a meal,” says Thomas Same Kind of Different as Me sealed my
Waters about the value of an evening volunteer- commitment. I cried uncontrollably after
ing at Changed Lives Christian Center (CLCC), immersing myself in the book. It prompted
www.cl-cc.org. Since October of 2014, every third me to answer the calling to help the folks
Tuesday of the month, Waters with friends and in my community that cannot help them-
members of his State Farm team arrive selves.” For those considering volunteeringCLCC volunteers ready to serve
at the center with food for about 100 with CLCC or another ministry Waters up a meal and encouragement to
people to cook and serve to residents says, “Try giving your money and time to Changed Lives Christian Center
and homeless people in the area. those who need a lift and see what it does residents and area homeless, 1308
for you!” 26th Avenue North, Birmingham.
CLCC opened its doors in 2010 and, as Learn more about the center and
the name implies, began a life-chang- — Laurie Stroud how you can volunteer at
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VOLUNTEERS HELP US IMPACT LIVES
one heartbeat at a time
BE A VOL UNT EER AT
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sav·a·life Vestavia will be hosting training for
anyone interested in serving the women and men who
visit our center for services. If you are interested in
learning more about being a volunteer, please contact
Steve or Laurel at 205.979.0302 or email:
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laurelschweers@savalife.org
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VESTAVIA
Becoming a volunteer includes an application process,
classroom training and shadowing. Trained volunteers
“God has called me to use my “I love the heart of this ministry. “I don’t want to only pray for serve as peer counselors, mentors, parenting class
skills to make a difference in Where there is a woman in crisis, others, but I want to serve as an instructors, receptionists, baby boutique servers, and
women’s lives ... it’s seeing lives there is a man somewhere. I help immediate comfort and help to more.
transformed before your eyes.” him be the father he was created to men and women in a crisis
Classroom training will be these dates in November:
— Volunteer Donna by God to be.”—Volunteer Scott pregnancy.”—Volunteer Natalie 11/8 11/15
11/1 11/3
6pm to 8:30pm
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Because of Whose I Am:
A Nazi's Daughter
In the summer of 1932, Germany held a national election.
After years of economic depression, the people wanted
prosperity again. Suffering defeat in the first World War,
You will notice from creation that God
they wanted to make their nation great again. Tired of
is very orderly, organized and has a
political battles and government ineptitude, they desired
plan. In Jeremiah 29:11-13, God
strength and stability. Suspicious of those who worshiped
mentions to Jeremiah the plan He
God differently, and afraid of the rising ide-
has established. God says, “For
ology of godless Marxism, they went to the
I know the plans that I have
polls. In July of that fateful year, the German
for you, declares the Lord,
people, including many professing Christians,
plans for your welfare and
voted the Nazi party into parliamentary pow-
not for calamity to give you a
er. Ten years later their cities were in flames,
future and a hope.” A plan is
their sons were dying all over Europe, and Birmingham’s Kathleen Jones (at
defined as a method of action
their neighbors were being murdered in death right) along with the late Helga
or procedure; design or blue
camps. The land of Luther and Bach became Lades Allison, authored Allison’s
print; a definite purpose. As personal story of living in Hitler’s
the domain of a demoniac, and the whole
Christ-followers we are to seek Germany.
world paid a price in death and destruction.
God’s plan (Proverbs 16:9) and
follow God’s path (Proverbs 3:6).
In the recently published book, Because of Whose I Am: A Nazi's Daughter
($18.99), we encounter a true story of what it was like to live in Hitler's Germa-
ny. Helga Lades' childhood was overshadowed by Nazi ideology and the war.
God’s plan is personal (Jeremiah 1:5). God created us; He knows us; and Her father, an atheist, was a Nazi official who forced Helga's mother to keep her
He has a plan with our name on it. faith a secret. When the war was over, her father was disgraced and imprisoned.
Helga met an American soldier who fell in love with her on their first night
God’s plan has purpose (Jeremiah 29:11). His plan is to bless us and give together. She married him, moved to America, and started a family. Years later,
us a future and hope. Our responsibility is “to get plugged into God’s plan Helga found the faith of her mother, became a follower of Jesus, and attended a
(Jeremiah 29:12-13).” We are to call on the Lord; pray to Him; and seek church here in Birmingham. Her life is a testament of the redemptive and trans-
and discover His way. formative grace of God.
God’s plan for us begins with salvation (John 3:16). Salvation involves a Helga's story is a powerful reminder of two important truths. First, God's Spirit
new life (II Cor 5:17); a fulfilled life (John 10:10); and eternal life (I John cannot be contained. He moves whenever and wherever He wishes. Second, no
5:11-13). Following salvation, we must learn to be Spirit-led. Galatians nation, regardless of how "Christian" it appears to be, is safe from falling into
5:18 says we are to be led by the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18 says we are to barbarity and wickedness. The ascent of Hitler and the horrors that followed
be filled with the Spirit. As we learn to follow God’s leading, we are called occurred for numerous reasons, but the saddest reason may be that many
to be His witness (Acts 1:8); and to be His representative (II Cor 5:20). German churches and clergymen were complicit in the rise of fascism. When a
nation places an ungodly person into power, they should expect ungodly things
God has a plan for you! Let me encourage you to seek God’s plan and to happen. God's people should be ever vigilant in resisting ethnic hostility,
submit to it. bigotry, nationalism, and warmongering. Too many churches tried to baptize
Nazi ideology, and God will hold them responsible. Their betrayal of the Gospel
should serve as a warning. If it happened in Helga's childhood Germany, it can
happen anywhere.
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Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes 12:6 to “remem-
ber Him before the silver cord is broken and the
golden bowl is crushed” adding in verse 13, “don’t
let life slip away before fulfilling its purpose to fear
God and keep His commandments.” One of those
commandments is the Great Commission (Mat-
thew 28:16-20): “go, make disciples of all nations,
Margaret O’Kelley distributes Assamese Bibles at a
baptize, and teach.” There are no age parameters.
conference in India.
Five 70 plus year old seniors with 27 combined
short-term mission trips in eight countries know
this well.
Gloria Whitlock shows children
Harold and Helen Hancock (Meadow Brook Bap- living in India a picture book of
tist, Birmingham Ala.) led pastors’ conferences salvation
and developed a radio station in Thailand. Doris
Slappey (First Baptist, Birmingham, Ala.) conducted women’s Bible studies
in Africa. Her door-to-door evangelism once produced a chicken gift that
ultimately birthed “Chickens for Jesus” providing food support for African
widows. Margaret O’Kelley (First Baptist, Sylacauga, Ala.) roamed Germany’s
parks handing out pamphlets and then embarked on two India trips handing
out Bibles, making crafts, and managing the team finances. Gloria Whitlock
(First Baptist, Birmingham) focused on children. LOTS of children in India.
What started out as a dozen energetic Hindi children attending Bible School
Doris Slappey prays for the baptism of a new believer.
turned into five dozen by week’s end resulting in fourteen conversions. Whit-
lock developed a picture book storyline from creation to salvation that each
If something in this month’s issue of
child personalized and took home.
Was their impact measurable? Well, the Christian radio station the Han-
cocks helped establish broadcasts daily. Slappey said she has seen “literally
hundreds come to the Lord.” Sometimes the impact is elusive such as when
O’Kelley encountered an elderly couple in Switzerland. Although skeptical,
has awakened in you a desire to learn more
the husband was impressed enough to stop and listen to her, offering his bun-
about the Freedom and Eternal Life that Jesus dle of cherries in exchange for his wife to take every pamphlet O’Kelley had.
Christ offers, we encourage you to seek out a And who knows what the rippling impact of Whitlock’s picture books might
Bible-based church in our community. have in the homes of the Hindi children she taught.
We believe this is the most important decision Age was rarely a limiting factor but the Hancocks noted when it was,
you can make for yourself and your family. “spiritual wisdom over-compensated.” Age often worked in their favor. Sins
were more likely to be shared with gray-haired seniors. “I noticed older
people gravitated to me before going to someone younger,” O’Kelley stated.
God Bless You! Slappey confessed to having some trepidation before her first trip to Africa
until the Lord informed her He once used a jackass (Numbers 22)!
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Gratitude was expressed by each of these senior adults for the opportunity,
travel safety, support, and development of new friendships. Each hope to be
an encouragement to other senior adults to “expand their borders, learn from
other cultures, pray for God’s leading. Just go!”
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July 2018 13Taking the Stage with Faithful Confidence:
Ask Miss Alabama Callie Walker to tell you a story about her life and it’s bound to eventually
circle around to family. John Denver music reminds her of riding in the car with her father
as a child. She has a quirky nostalgia for family time at Birmingham area McDonald’s play
places. She was extremely pleased and relieved, in a way, when her twin brother Michael left
the University of West Alabama to join her at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Ask
her to tell you a story about the foundations of her Christian faith, and it’s more of the same.
Courtesy The Miss Alabama Pageant
A long-time family commitment to a church in Roebuck dates back to her grandparents
choosing a place of worship for their children. And the state of Alabama is home to a host of
instructors who have embraced the family’s shared passion for music, dance, acting, and the
Christian responsibility to environmental sustainability.
A rising senior at the University of Alabama, Callie is a 2015 graduate of Oak Mountain
High School who placed first runner up in the Miss Alabama pageant in 2016 and 2017.
After two close finishes, she says she had little anxiety in the moments before she was an-
nounced the winner on June 9. “I was really at peace with whatever happened,” she recalls. “I
knew that Tiara Pennington could do the job completely and confidently. I knew that what-
Callie Walker will represent the state of Alabama in the Miss ever happened was meant to be.” After receiving her crown, Callie met her mother at the
America 2019 Pageant on Sept. 9, 2018. “I’ve been watching end of the stage for an embrace. But the emotional impact didn’t come until later, when she
videos of my mom, and I’m so in awe of her and proud of the laid eyes on her grandfather Howard Plott backstage. “He gets really emotional at events, so
opportunity to perform on the same stage my mom performed he doesn’t like to come because he gets embarrassed because he is crying because he’s proud.
on,” Callie says. Angela Tower Walker was Miss Alabama 1985 He had never been to Miss Alabama in the four years I competed,” she says. “That was the
and fourth runner up in Miss America. first time I had cried that night. It wasn’t even the moment when I won—it was the fact that
I had all of my family there with me. That was a really exciting and special moment.”
Art Facts. It seems nearly every member of the Walker family has a knack for the arts. Cal-
lie’s mother, Angela Tower Walker, was Miss Alabama 1985, has taught Callie ballet since she
was three years old, and is the Director of Ballet at Birmingham Dance Theater in Hoover.
All three Walker children—Callie, brother Michael, and older sister Scarlett—performed
in the show choir at Oak Mountain High School. Michael is studying music education at
the University of Alabama and plans to become a choir director. Scarlett graduated from
Courtesy The Miss Alabama Pageant
the University of Alabama with a degree in musical theater in 2016 and is currently in the
Broadway revival of Carousel in New York City. Callie says if she had to choose a household
memory that points to just how creative they all turned out, it would be their choices of
movies. “We definitely watched Disney movies, but we primarily watched movie musicals—
The Sound of Music, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I attest that to my parents, especially
my dad, because he really exposed my siblings and I to his love for music. I just am really
thankful to my parents for the fact that they really exposed us to a wide variety of music and
just the arts in general.” Angela says the family also traveled to New York for live shows and
attended local Alabama Ballet and Birmingham Broadway Series productions. Callie and
Scarlett both performed in The Nutcracker with the Alabama Ballet as children.
Miss Alabama 2018 told Birmingham Christian Family that Faith Facts. Matters of faith for Callie is also a family affair. Her parents raised her in church
while she didn’t cry on stage after her win, she lost her since birth, and the family attends Wilson Chapel United Methodist Church in Roebuck,
composure when she saw grandfather Howard Plott, known which is the worship community her father, Mike, grew up in. “We have kept that in our
as Poppa (behind Callie), ready for family pictures backstage.
family, [and] my grandparents still attend. It’s just been a really big part of our family and
Also pictured are Plott’s wife, Bettye; grandparents Karen
how I was raised—going to church every Wednesday and Sunday. I am just lucky to say that
and C.H. Walker, whose community service inspired Callie
from a young age; parents Angela and Mike; and twin brother the Lord is a part of my life, and I couldn’t imagine life without Him.” Callie says her time
Michael (third from left). While Callie was being crowned Miss at the University of Alabama has allowed her to fully explore her personal faith through
Alabama, older sister Scarlett was in New York City perform- exposure to different Bible studies, small groups and worship styles. “I think there’s a lot of
ing on Broadway.
14 www.BirminghamChristian.com Birmingham Christian Familydiversity, and at the University of Alabama they make it really easy for
you to find a group of people or a church that really fits you,” she says.
Callie spent her freshman year on campus participating in BAMA-
Cru, a Monday night worship event where she was invited to prayer
Courtesy Oak Mountain High School
groups or to talk about her faith. She also made a point to visit different
churches in the area. “On Sunday I will still go with friends to different
services because I have enjoyed exploring the faith within Tuscaloosa,”
she says.
A musical theater major, Callie says that if she closes her eyes and ima-
gines herself on stage, “it feels like I’m at home.” At the University of
Alabama, she performed in A Chorus Line in spring 2017 and Sweeney
Todd in spring 2018. She has also worked with Red Mountain Theatre
Company in Birmingham. Prayer before stepping on stage helps her
find peace and purpose both in pageants and local theater. She recalls a “Callie has always striven for perfection in everything she has done. And for the
particularly meaningful prayer with her dressing room mom before the betterment of the entire program, that drive for excellence naturally rubbed-off on
Miss Alabama pageant began last month: “No matter what happened her peers who performed with her on stage,” says Oak Mountain High School Choral
on the stage, it was all for Him and it was in His plans. That [praying] Director Michael Zauchin, who taught Callie when she starred as Fiona in Shrek: The
was just really important to me, and it’s always something that I do Musical and competed with the Oak Mountain Singers.
before I go on stage at school as well.”
project in her Meadowbrook neighborhood to address the fact that city and
county recycling services did not collect glass. She put letters on mailboxes,
Trash Talk. Callie’s platform, “Let’s Talk Trash: Green Kids for a Green
set out a collection bin on Tuesdays, and personally hauled glass donations to
Planet,” also has ties to faith and family tradition. “The Lord has provided us
recycling centers in Birmingham and Tuscaloosa. Since then, she has collect-
with a beautiful earth that we need to take care of, and that’s very important
ed and transported more than 1 ton of glass. As Miss Alabama, Callie plans
to me. ‘Let’s Talk Trash’ is promoting the fact that if we don’t do our job as
to implement sustainability programs in elementary schools across the state.
good stewards of this planet and as Christians on this planet, then we are
“They are my primary focus because if you start with teaching youth,” Callie
not going to provide a beautiful planet for the people who follow us,” says
says, “they will form those habits of recycling and hopefully pass those habits
Callie. “‘Let’s Talk Trash’ stemmed from the fact that my family had already
on to generations to come.” Schools interested in participating can contact
been practicing sustainability for as long as I can remember. My grandpar-
Eve Gray at the Miss Alabama office, 205-871-6276.
ents passed that down to my parents, and my parents passed that down to
my siblings and me.” Three years ago, Callie established a simple recycling
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July 2018 17H ealthy L ivi ng
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Starve Worry When You Feast on Worship
Worry is often my default emotion—tromping a well-worn path in my mind. what I want Him to…or He might allow something to
I feel like I am being proactive when I worry, yet Matthew 6:27 (NIV) proves happen that I don’t want to happen.
otherwise, “Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?”
Worry is often fueled by these questions:
Worry is a backbiting friend, isn’t she? She promises comfort yet delivers anx- What if I don’t have enough for what is required?
iety and unrest. So why do we worry? It could be due to past hurts, present What if I am not enough?
circumstances, or future fears. Often worry is rooted in a lack of trust. What if God isn’t enough?
I worry because I don’t like to be blindsided, in case the what ifs happen. I We had a health scare with one of our children. Per usual,
feel like if I worry, somehow, I’ll be more prepared for what might transpire. worry beckoned me to entertain cyclical thoughts that led to nowhere but
But more than that, I wonder if I can trust God, because He might not do fear. During this time, my friend Niki prayed for me: “Where fear and worry
are appetizing, may she grow sick of that. May worship and Your Word be
more fulfilling and appetizing than worry.”
Niki’s prayer made me realize that worry does not have to be our go-to. In the
past, I fed worry scraps under the table and as I did, she grew until she was an
unruly beast. But we can starve worry when we feast on worship. Worshiping
God is a better alternative than worry—much more satisfying.
God is more powerful than any giant worry we face. We can trust Him to do
what’s best, even when it looks different than expected. Instead of focusing on
the cares of the world, let’s remember our Giant God who cares more for us
than we can imagine. When we face worrisome situations, let’s
choose to worship instead.
— Katie M. Reid, Author of
Made Like Martha: Good News for the
Woman Who Gets Things Done
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