Please Listen

By Dwayne Hicks | December 31, 2020 |

I am still growing as a listener. There is so much noise that it’s hard to distinguish the right person or the right source to listen to. On top of that, I have a slight hearing loss.  I must confess that I like my music sort of loud. I’ve had some education in listening as…

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The Fight Within

By Dwayne Hicks | March 31, 2020 |

I am not one to pick a fight, but I’m not really one to back down from one either. I’m not proud of that characteristic about me and I’m working on that daily.  I’m learning to pick my battles and let the Lord speak into that for me. He gives me wisdom and insight that…

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Quiet Strength

By Dwayne Hicks | August 27, 2018 |

Some people are simply loud – they talk loudly, they laugh loudly, they whisper loudly. I can get loud, but I try to keep calm and weigh my words carefully.  I sometimes get loud when I’m in strong disagreement with another person. I think it actually harms my words when I get loud, because the volume…

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Loud & Quiet

By Dwayne Hicks | June 6, 2016 |

  As I get older, I’ve realized that my hearing has dropped off a bit. There are certain frequencies that I haven’t been able to hear since I was 21 years old. I took the Mosquito Ring Tone test and failed pretty bad. My Dad had hearing damage when he was a young man and…

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Silent

By Dwayne Hicks | January 16, 2016 |

There is not a lot of silence in my world. It seems like everywhere I go has some noise. These things called notifications try to be subtle, but they are part of the noise.  In the mornings I like the quietness of my home. It’s not really silent as I hear the fan of the…

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Quiet Life

By Dwayne Hicks | January 1, 2014 |

There are times to be quiet and times to be loud. I know that a loud crowd at the home game can inspire the players to play their heart out. I also know that at a dance club, the music is loud to get people moving. I actually like a lot of loud things. I’ve…

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