When Austin was about three years old, I was a single mom. I remember, that I had TWENTY-FOUR DOLLARS to buy our groceries for the entire week.   I knew, if I could find a store that was selling hamburger on sale for 99 cents, I could buy three pounds and that would feed the […]

The other day, I tried to make some cornbread for dinner, but it turned out to be a miserable FAILURE!   I put it in the oven and then left the house, for just a few minutes, to run some errands. (Umm…I guess you’re not supposed to do that!)   I came home to a […]

Our family travels a lot and we LOVE to shop! So, one of the first things we do in every new town…is find out where the NEAREST MALL is! Even in a strange new place, I never worry about being able to find the bathroom. Because, in every mall concourse there’s that GIANT MAP that […]

God uses the foolish to confound the wise. Your PAIN is probably what God will use as your PLATFORM. Remember, your past DOES NOT define your future.  Your past just prepares you.Don’t count yourself out! If you had told me in the 90’s that I would be a pastor of a large mega–church, speaking to thousands every week….I would have thought you were […]

When you live out in the country on a gravel road, the dust seems to stick to EVERYTHING…especially a dark-colored vehicle. So, your best bet is to drive something that’s already the same color as the gravel dust. I guess, that didn’t occur to my husband the day he came home with a shiny black […]