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A Prayer For Mental Health 1024 538 Andrew Hicks

A Prayer For Mental Health

My friend Cheyenne wrote this prayer and prayed it on Sunday at Church (7.16.23). It is a prayer specifically geared to address mental health concerns. That being said, here’s the…

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In Favor of OMG 480 360 Andrew Hicks

In Favor of OMG

I am currently doing a sermon series on the 10 Commandments. I preached yesterday (7.16.23) about the third commandment. It is found in Exodus 20:7: You shall not make wrongful…

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The Te Deum 1024 512 Andrew Hicks

The Te Deum

As I frequently say in sermons and conversations: “I am a good Church of Christ boy.” That being said, here’s something true about me that is NOT very Church-of-Christ-ish: I…

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Christ: The Mother Hen 767 1024 Andrew Hicks

Christ: The Mother Hen

My wife and I are just in love with this new icon we found. It is by a female icon painter named Kelly Latimore. This icon is called “Christ: The…

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My Own Heart Let Me More Have Pity On 800 536 Andrew Hicks

My Own Heart Let Me More Have Pity On

I stumbled across this prayer a while back in the poetry appendix in the third volume of the Liturgy of the Hours (page 1986). It touches me profoundly for many…

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A Prayer For The Tired, Angry Ones 768 1024 Andrew Hicks

A Prayer For The Tired, Angry Ones

This prayer is not my own. I stumbled across it in the book A Rhythm of Prayer: A Collection of Meditations for Renewal edited by Sarah Bessey. It really spoke to…

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A Prayer for Attempting to Begin Quiet Time 1024 740 Andrew Hicks

A Prayer for Attempting to Begin Quiet Time

I wrote this one morning as I sat and attempted to begin my morning quiet time. I find myself praying something like this quite frequently so I thought I would…

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The Gospel According to Odd Thomas: Better to Go to a House of Mourning 1000 892 Andrew Hicks

The Gospel According to Odd Thomas: Better to Go to a House of Mourning

I begin this post with a quote from Odd Apocalypse: We are buried when we’re born. The world is a place of graves occupied and graves potential. Life is what happens…

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The Gospel According to Odd Thomas: Heroes and Villains, Saints and Sinners 1000 892 Andrew Hicks

The Gospel According to Odd Thomas: Heroes and Villains, Saints and Sinners

With this post we continue to gain theological understanding from Odd places. For this post, I found a quote in the volume that I am currently on that reminded me…

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The Gospel According to Odd Thomas: Granny Sugars’ Prayer 1000 892 Andrew Hicks

The Gospel According to Odd Thomas: Granny Sugars’ Prayer

I am a fan of the series of novels by Dean Koontz called Odd Thomas. At the time of this writing I have not finished the series yet, but am…

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