Quick

By Dwayne Hicks | February 26, 2017 |

I grew up playing basketball every chance I had. In Kentucky, basketball was to preferred sport. It’s a fast-moving game and quickness really counts. Quickness counts in lots of sports – football, tennis, NASCAR, swimming, just to name a few. Golf on the other hand, doesn’t require quickness as much as it does accuracy and…

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Right Response

By Dwayne Hicks | September 15, 2016 |

  I remember as a kid that I hated to disappoint my parents in disobedience. I also remember a parent sending one of my kids to their room while I decided on a punishment. This delay sometimes helped me to calm down before handing out the discipline that was called for. I could tell when…

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Return

By Dwayne Hicks | June 10, 2015 |

  This word can be a noun or a verb. As a verb it means to go back to a place or turn one’s attention back to something. As a noun it means an act of going back to a place or activity or an act of going back to a previous condition. Whether the…

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Power of Repentance

By Dwayne Hicks | May 18, 2015 |

  I believe in repentance. If I’m repentant, then my heart is humble and I’m taking ownership of my behavior and my screw-ups. Repentance is a perquisite to restoration. Repentance cleans up the mess that confession has made. I need repentance on a daily basis. I own my mistakes and profoundly apologize for them. Jonah…

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