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 […]

When my daughter was 2 years old, we still lived out in the country. One day, my teenage sister was visiting and we were just hanging out by the pool. Ashtyn was SO CUTE, pushing her little grocery cart with all her plastic food in it around on the patio. When I turned toward the […]

I have to admit, I’m a PEOPLE PLEASER. I want to make everybody happy. And I HATE saying ‘no’. It seems like so many people want me to do something that I just can’t possibly fit in, would run me down, or is just more than I can handle – and I’m forced to say “NO”. It always makes […]