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  • Learn To Do Good: Hard/But Possible
    Posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, character, COVID-19, evil, good, holiness, How to learn to do good, Isaiah 1:16-17, Learn to do good, Luke 6:45, Six Ways to Be Holy, Why Media Hates Christians, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain . We’re looking at Isaiah 1:16-17. And if you are with me, you know because we’re saved by grace and not works, people see our human nature and think we’re a bunch of hypocrites. News flash: Nope. We’re not. Oh? You already knew that. As a review, Isaiah 1:16b-17 reads: Cease to …[ read more ]

  • Six Ways to Be Holy: Why Media Hates Christians
    Posted on Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Peter 1:16, Carol McClain, character, COVID-19, evil, fatherless, good, holiness, Isaiah 1:16-17, justice, oppression, perfectionism, Six Ways to Be Holy, Why Media Hates Christians, widowers, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain The bain of my existence. Scripture says, “As it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy” (1Peter 1:16). I used to try. Don’t believe me? Read August third’s blog . But that’s another story, as they say. Besides, I’ve learned the power of grace. So why this post? Have you ever thought why the only …[ read more ]

  • What Is Permanent in Life?
    Posted on Monday, August 10th, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, Carol McClain, COVID-19, Gen. 26:25, get rid of stress., Heb. 13:8, how to find truth, humor, permanence, quarantine, What Is Permanent in Life?, What is truth, worry, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain I read in 3-Minute Prayers for Women this Scripture and the following comment: “So (Isaac) built an altar there and called upon the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there” (Gen. 26:25). From the text, the following idea was presented: “Isaac built an altar–an enduring reminder of (God)–and pitched his tent–a …[ read more ]

  • Proven Way to Find Rest
    Posted on Monday, August 3rd, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, 1 Cor. 10:13, A New York Yankee on Stinking Creek, Carol McClain, Christianity, COVID-19, faith, Grace, how to find peace, how to find rest, Jer 29:11, Matthew 11: 28-29, peace, peace and an expected end, proven way to find rest, Ps 46:10, Rest, Rom. 5:20, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain @carol_mcclain   My least favorite scripture for many years was Matthew 11:28-29. It reads, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give your rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find …[ read more ]

  • Be Still: Be Wise
    Posted on Saturday, June 13th, 2020 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, all lives matter, Black Lives Matter, Carol McClain, COVID-19, Isaiah 30:15, peace, police brutality, police kindness, repent, slow down, social unrest, statistics, tranquility, Writing Redemption

    by: Carol McClain @CAROL_MCCLAIN There’s a quirk I have. I must be fast. As a child, when I took a test, I timed it so I wasn’t the  first finished, and I wasn’t last, but I had to hand in my paper quickly. My handwriting is a scrawl because I have to get my thoughts down. …[ read more ]

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    • Five Ways To Keep Your Resolutions

      “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It's the new year, and of course, you've made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a book? Have you resolved that this is the year you'd accomplish this? Nearly all of us have already broken our resolves. Why? Because we do what we want to do. Wait, our resolves are our desire, or so we think. Not if you're not doing… ...[ full story ]

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