“For with man it is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Matthew 19:26 Imagine having a life that looks abundant to the outside world. An amazing husband, four healthy, wonderful kids, two successful businesses, adoring friends, a great community and church. To the world it looked like Amy Boykin, a Texas native, now […]

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By Sean Dietrich In honor of college football season, I want to tell you about the biggest SEC football fan I know. He lives in Monroeville, Alabama, which is your quintessential all-American town. Walk the square and take a trip backward on the timeline. Drive around town. You’ll see barbecue joints, a Piggly Wiggly, a […]

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By Rick Moore As a child he had a severe speech impediment. In elementary school, classmates used to call him  “Elmer” after the cartoon character Elmer Fudd who stuttered every time he opened his mouth. So many people did so, other classmates began to think Elmer was his real name. In the third grade, his […]

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By Kirk McCarley Thumbing through a magazine, one came across the article, “What’s the best advice you’ve ever received?” Some of the publication’s regular readers weighed in: We don’t have to agree on anything to be kind to one another. Don’t act like the destination is more important than the journey. If you can’t enjoy the way […]

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By Rev. Pete Hyde He turned out of the subdivision onto the crowded, school-traffic-clogged main road. He turned east on the highway and headed to the church. Time to pick up from Sunday busyness and start the week. Lines of cars in both directions signaled the beginning of another work week for the nameless, faceless […]

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