Deep Faith

There are times my faith seems shallow. I’ve allowed doubt to sneak in and scare me. There are times the circumstances I’m in, begin to define me.  I remember during the great recession, when financial struggle was real and intense – I think my faith grew deeper and wider.  When things are easy and “normal”,…

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Struggle – Pray!

I usually don’t have a problem going to sleep.  There are times, however, where the stress of life pushes in and it is quite difficult to shut off my brain.  At other times, I wake up in the middle of the night (3:30 AM) and then something pops in my mind and I struggle to…

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Test Trials

  Test trials are also known as “Clinical Trials” and these are implemented when trying to find a specific drug or medical protocol that will attack a certain disease or illness. These are tests of sorts and often, they are “last ditch efforts” to help fight certain types of disease. The book of James comes…

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The First Test of Leadership

I remember asking the teacher if this information that she was giving was going to be on the test. If it wasn’t on the test, then what’s the point of learning it? I was a bit of an obnoxious student and I wasn’t interested in learning as much as passing the class. There are tests…

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A Hard Test

  I remember a few years ago when my son Jeremy was fighting cancer. It was grueling fight that really took its toll physically and emotionally. I clearly remember at one point during the chemo part that I really wasn’t confident that he could make it through the punishment and strain that the chemo was…

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Taste Test

We have an event on the square in Carrollton, GA known as the “Taste of Carrollton” where local restaurants cook a sampling of food from their menu and participants get to sample or test the food. When I go to a restaurant, I usually get something that I know is good, either from a previous…

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