It was one of those RARE nights when we went ahead and dismissed the service, even though some people were still worshipping. NO ONE wanted to leave! After about half-an-hour, my phone vibrated in my pocket with a text from my nine-year-old daughter, Ashtyn. It said, “Mom, I’m BORED. Can I go out in the […]

Recently, God asked us to pray and seek Him about WHAT IT MEANS to raise up a team of young LEADERS. While we recognize that we have wisdom on our staff; we also have a LOT of YOUNG LIONS that we’re responsible for. That means we’re bringing up a group of young ‘uns who (from […]

I never like having to leave at 5:30am. You might be a morning person, but to me it’s a punishment! Then to have a day like today! Ugh! You won’t believe this. Our 5am wake up call came at 5:30. I told the man, ‘I had a 5am call’ (of course in a polite voice […]

As the mother of a baseball player, I’ve endured MANY hard bleachers while watching and WAITING, on the off chance that I’d be there when Austin was called into the game. When you’re a pitcher, even on days when you don’t start, you STILL have to be READY to come in and perform at a […]

I heard a funny story from a friend of mine who sits on the board of a couple of BIG Las Vegas casinos. He says, that wealthy gamblers on a “winning streak” will traditionally order a bottle of 1982 Petrus, Pomerol wine to CELEBRATE. (They say, more bottles of ‘82 Petrus are sold in Vegas […]