After

By Dwayne Hicks | September 19, 2014 |

I can reflect on what happened last night, yesterday, last month, last year or many years ago. I can’t change anything that happened back then. I can’t even change the outcome or consequences way back then. Looking back can be helpful to see where I’ve been, but I can’t dwell there. Some decisions that I…

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Past Generations

By Dwayne Hicks | June 3, 2014 |

When I think back to my parents, grandparents, even great-grandparents, I realize that life was a bit different back then. Over the years lots of things have changed. The way we wash clothes, the way we shower and bathe. The way we work and get to work. There is much change that has happened in…

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Posterity

By Dwayne Hicks | May 3, 2014 |

I do want to be considered a success by people who know me. I really want to be considered a success by the Lord. I also want the people I’ve worked with and known for years to consider me successful. I have to say that I don’t want my posterity based on wealth or fame.…

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Visual Faith

By Dwayne Hicks | November 30, 2013 |

I think about my faith pretty much every day. There are some days my faith is shaky and other days it is unshakeable. After I turned 50 years of age a couple of years back I see today differently. I realize just how important today really is. I’m not promised tomorrow or next week or…

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Past

By Dwayne Hicks | November 17, 2013 |

There are things in my past that I’m very embarrassed and ashamed of. There are things in my past that make me shudder to think I was a participant in such selfish stupidity. The enemy usually reminds me of past even as I try to focus on my future. My past is gone – I…

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