Scott Pruitt

Have you ever come home from work or school, and your stomach was growling as you hunted for something in the pantry or refrigerator to eat? That was me the other day, but I found nothing that I could just pop in the microwave. I noticed the juice from the leftover...

Summer Mission Trips are around the corner. Plans are being finalized. Participants are making preparations. Prayers are being offered up consistently. We need your help. If you would like to donate to any of these mission efforts, we would certainly appreciate and...

The teens will meet at the building at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 25, to prepare lunch for the homeless in downtown Birmingham at Linn Park. If you would like to join us, come on. We could certainly use the help. We will leave the building at 11:45 a.m. and...

My son, Jackson, and I are co-coaching Tyler’s basketball team this season, and it has definitely been an experience. For the past couple of weeks, we have been working extremely hard on layup drills. Although our team is 3-0, we still have plenty of improvement...

In the office is a popcorn machine. There is something about the smell of popcorn that draws the vast majority of the human race directly to it. I’ve also known some animals that love popcorn, too. When the popcorn is popping and the smell penetrates throughout the...

This past weekend, we had a small group leaders’ retreat at Hargis Christian Retreat Center, and it was full of energy, adventure, focus, distraction, and a time to create a masterpiece. We sang, got extremely distracted by a mouse running across the floor, attempted...

We are almost two weeks into the New Year. How is everyone doing with your resolutions? Sometimes we succeed. Sometimes we get knocked down and fail. In the words of Rocky Balboa in Rocky V, “when things get hard, don’t look for someone to blame. Nobody is going to...

This Saturday, we will meet at the building at 6:00 a.m. to prepare breakfast and load all the backpacks and sleeping bags into the buses to deliver to the homeless in downtown Birmingham at Linn Park. We will return to the building between 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. At that...

It seems like yesterday that Whitney and I were racing to Northside Hospital in Atlanta, GA so she could give birth to our firstborn son, Jackson. In just a few more weeks, our boy will be turning 16 years old. For the past several months, I’ve been diligently...

This past Sunday afternoon I spent some quality time in Nashville, TN with my family, a host of recovering drug addicts, and a multitude of others who have compassion to help those in active addiction. Sunday was open house for Stepping Stones Recovery Retreat Center....

If you live in Helena, you will get stopped by a train...often. Yesterday was one of those days, and I would be the first to go when the red lights stopped flashing and the railroad arm raised. It is rare that I am the first vehicle, and it is even more rare that I...

The last time our family went to Disneyworld, Jackson “had” to have a Bonsai tree. He spent his hard earned money and made sure that they wrapped it up perfectly for the trip home. He carried that thing around like it was a newborn baby. He protected it at all costs....

The DEADLINE to sign up for RUSH at Freed Hardeman University is THIS WEDNESDAY, August 31. Cost is $55 and all teens are invited. Last year we reached the “Summit,” and this year we will be headed to the “Desert” to walk with Jesus through the temptations. How much...

Yogurt is a favorite breakfast food for me. It’s not necessarily the taste of it, but the fruit on the bottom. I get disappointed when I accidentally purchase the wrong brand, and it’s already mixed up. That is my favorite part... digging that spoon to the bottom and...

Our teens love this mission effort as we go shopping for children in need to purchase necessary school supplies for them and select an outfit or two or three for Back To School. The teens are given a budget and a time limit. We unload the buses, and they are off to...

Do you love Disneyworld? During our last night on “The Happiest Place on Earth,” we found a perfect spot to watch the fireworks in Epcot. We were there two hours early and even found some time to take a much needed nap from the miles we had walked throughout the week....

Over Spring Break, the Bassetts allowed the Pruitts to tag along with them to Disney World.  We called it the Pru-Setts Vacation. As we approached the front gate, security escorted Kim and Jackson into the security “Bag Check” line. There were two lines, but Kim’s...

Congratulations to the Alabama Crimson Tide. Growing up in Birmingham and being an Auburn Tiger all my life, rooting against the Tide has always been normal for me. We all wanted to see a great game last night, and we did. Both teams consistently exercised extreme...

This past week, our family was at the beach, and for some reason, we had the entire beach to ourselves. Maybe it was because a cold front moved to Destin, Florida, and the sand was as cold as ice. It didn’t stop the Pruitts from enjoying our family and the beautiful...

5. If you have worn a hole in the passenger floorboard attempting to brake for a 15 year old training to drive. 4. If you have gotten car sick from your 15 year old attempting to stay between the lines while training to drive. 3. If your heart rate has increased to...