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  • When God is silent
    Posted on Monday, September 16th, 2019 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, answered prayer, Carol McClain, John 14:27, John 5:17, prayer, Proverbs 3:5, Psalm 51:21, what happens when prayer is not answered, When God is silent, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain        carol_mcclain Have you ever prayed and prayed and prayed and nothing ever happened? If you’ve been a Christian for any length of time, I don’t have to guess at the answer. Unfortunately, to us mortals with mortal desires, sometimes the answer is no. Sometimes, though, God’s working behind the scenes. I have two …[ read more ]

  • Colin Kaepernick–Symbol of Hypocrisy
    Posted on Monday, September 9th, 2019 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, Colin Kaepernick, ethical manufacturing, hypocrisy, manufacturing, Matthew 23:3, Nike, Pharisees, slavery, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain       carol_mcclain For the Fourth of July, Nike apparel was going to roll out a new shoe featuring the Betsy Ross flag. Kaepernick, a well-known football star and social activist protested. The flag symbolised slavery and a despicable time of our history. Nike withdrew the design. On the outside, his protest looked good. Our …[ read more ]

  • Sin and the Stockholm Syndrome
    Posted on Monday, August 5th, 2019 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Bible, Carol McClain, Galatians 5:1, Matthew 6:24, Patty Hearst, sin, society, Stockholm syndrome, Writing Redemption

    Carol McClain  carol_mcclain On Feb. 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst. Two months later, authorities caught her robbing the Hibernia Bank in San Francisco with her captors. How did a young woman with no history of protests or rebellion, one who came from an affluent, conservative family suddenly become a bank robber?   A …[ read more ]

  • American Gratitude: Don’t Let It Go Extinct
    Posted on Monday, July 8th, 2019 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 5 ways to regain gratitude, American gratitude, Carol McClain, gratitude, thankfulness, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain        carol_mcclain My friend bought a vacation home on a beautiful lake. For years she’d marvel about her good fortune. Then time passed. It became a small, unremarkable house on a cul-de-sac of million dollar homes. She lost the wonder. This year, though, she sat on her dock. Fireworks exploded down the cove. The …[ read more ]

  • What Sin’s the Worst?
    Posted on Monday, June 17th, 2019 | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, Micah 7: 18-19, Romans 2:1-3, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain       carol_mcclain What we believe is a major transgression is not necessarily God’s opinion. What sin is the worst? Before I got saved, a pastor told be because I was divorced, I could never marry again. It didn’t matter that I was unsaved and then redeemed. It didn’t matter that my ex cheated on …[ read more ]

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    • Four Responses to Prayer. Which Fits You?

      arol McClain       @carol_mcclain  My roofer-brother-in-law flew four hundred miles to my house to put on a new roof. As a single mom with only my salary as support, his help was critical. He had one day. Of course, that day threatened rain. The wind already picked up and promised to deliver what the weatherman predicted. This couldn’t happen. I was walking to my car after picking up groceries to feed him, when the story of Jesus calming the wind came to mind (Matthew 8:23-27). Shyly (I was in a public place) I raised my hand to the wind and prayed, “Be still. Please… ...[ full story ]

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