April 21, 2026 You would never have known by his car that he was a wealthy man. He drove a plain gold Crown Vic, nothing flashy, just a solid sedan that looked like it belonged to any regular working man in Tuscaloosa. But the man behind the wheel was Jim Harrison, founder and president of Harco Drug Incorporated, the company that grew from a handful of family stores into a chain of roughly 155 pharmacies across Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. While living in Tuscaloosa and attending The...

Any day I find myself back in Southside, I make it a point to stop by and see Mrs. Jerrie; Miller’s Mimi. And without fail, there is never a dull moment at her place. People complain about how long they have to campaign for Congress. Two years feels like a lifetime to them. But running a nonprofit for veterans is its own kind of calling. It is not seasonal. It is daily. You wake up and go again. Fundraising, planning, troubleshooting, encouraging, building. It never really stops. As Scripture...

April 10, 2026 Morning Light on the Road to Pinedale: Lord, Empty Me, Fill Me, Use Me This morning at 8:07 a.m., I walked the familiar path from my gate to Pinedale Road, the same route I have traveled hundreds of times. Yet today felt different. Early light filtered through the tall pines on the left and the graceful crepe myrtles on the right, turning an ordinary dirt lane into something quietly sacred. Puddles from last night’s rain caught the sun like scattered mirrors, and the air...