At the end of an exhausting day, I FINALLY collapsed into a chair around 11pm and tried to catch up on the hundreds of emails in my inbox. We were scheduled to speak EARLY the next morning, but I was determined to try and answer as MANY emails as I could in the short time […]

I wish I didn’t need sleep…. I love doing all of the things that keep everybody happy with me. Do you ever feel like your workaholic nature interferes with the discipline needed to do those “BIG” things? Like I want ALL the boxes checked and things buttoned up, which keeps me so “BUSY” – but […]

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 […]