Taking Care of Pastors

I was a youth pastor for just over 20 years. I started my ministry serving a small church in Crab Orchard, TN on the weekends in 1982. I was a junior at Johnson University (formally Johnson Bible College). I then served as youth minister at First Christian Church in Maryville, TN for 2.5 years. In…

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Complain

I have found myself complaining about something that seems unjust or unfair. It is often something rather simple and when I look back it’s rather dumb. One of my kids heard me complain about something once and told me that “was definitely a ‘first world’ problem”. I got the message because I was whining. When…

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A Prayer For City Station

I am blessed to be part of Southern Hills Christian Church. Our church is in the process of building City Station (www.citystation.org) in Carrollton, GA. Our church is made up of millionaires, the poorest people, ex-convicts, attorneys, doctors, truck drivers, REALTORS, factory works – you name the demographic and we have them. We have white, black…

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#InvincibleSummer

Invincible– “too powerful to be defeated or overcome.” A couple weeks ago I was at the beach with some friends and my friend Kourtney and I ended up coming across the same quote in two different pieces of reading material. It was: “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible…

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The Reality of Real Estate

By Kristen Hicks My Dad has this vision. He has always loved community and the people that make it up. Being in real estate he gets to meet a lot of different kind of people looking for a lot of different kind of things. When a person or family is looking for a house they aren’t…

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I Resolve to NOT Make New Resolutions

  I’ve made my share of New Years Resolutions in the past with limited success. This time comes every year and it seems like a good time to start something new or “turn over a new leaf”, but this year I’m resisting the urge to do that. This year I’m going to strengthen and build…

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