Crime Spree

By Dwayne Hicks | May 31, 2019 |

I have heard stories of people who go sideways and go on a crime spree. When a person goes on a crime spree of murder, it seems like the world stops until he or she can be stopped. There are too many of these situations where a person plans and prepares to kill as many…

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Quiet

By Dwayne Hicks | April 22, 2017 |

  I grew up listening to music and like most teenagers, I liked it loud. I wanted to hear the “ping” of the cymbal or the acoustic guitar amid the electric. I subscribed to the notion, “if the music was too loud, you were too old”!  Yes, it has affected my hearing a bit so…

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Dreams

By Dwayne Hicks | April 17, 2017 |

  When the recession hit full force between 2007 & 2010, our little part of the US Economy was hit very hard. We experienced 5 different banks and all their branches being taken over by the FDIC and sold off to another institution. One bank was started from the premise that they would be a…

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Calamity & Chaos

By Dwayne Hicks | November 10, 2016 |

There are times in life when it seems like things are coming apart at the seams. Everything seems to be crashing down around me. I’ve been through times of major uncertainty financially. I’ve experienced the struggle of my kid fighting cancer and winning the fight in less than 6 months. In the middle of the…

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Chaos to Calm

By Dwayne Hicks | January 25, 2015 |

There have been way too many times that my life has chaos for a season. Life can be unpredictable and hard to manage due to circumstances beyond my control. I think that is a pretty good definition of chaos. The Lord can bring calm to chaos. He can bring order in the midst of confusion.…

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