Since being born, Jaxon has had very strong muscles and could hold up his head and look around on his own, and push himself up with his legs.  The past month he has been honing these skills.  He also likes to look at his hanging toys on his car seat [...] [READ MORE]

Jaxon Earl finally came on June 19th, 2010 at 3:12 am. I was induced at around noon on June 18th (I was due June 8th).  My water broke about a half hour later.  At around 4:45 pm I gave in and got an epidural.  At 5:15 pm I realized it was [...] [READ MORE]

A few weeks back, I wrote a blog post called Somebody has to make a difference!!!!. It was my hearts cry about the deep anguish i felt about the choice a few teenagers were faced with, which led to them taking their own lives. It happened here in our home [...] [READ MORE]

The Christian age is the power age. In the Old Testament, we read of the God of wonders performing marvels at the Red Sea and under Elijah and Elisha. Not much more stands out in the 39 books of the Old Testament, except as Holy Spirit power fell, on occasion [...] [READ MORE]

A few years ago, I was sitting in my local Starbucks and happened to overhear a group training session for new employees. And it was awesome! The employees were being trained on the atmosphere and experience that they were hired to create. The mission statement was given clearly through examples [...] [READ MORE]

A factor that is often overlooked by church staff, but one of the most important to a visitor at church, is the Children/Student Ministry. What visitors want to see from Children’s Ministry and the Nursery is twofold—security and genuine care. If their kids have fun, that is the cherry on [...] [READ MORE]

When launching a new anything, most people want it to be perfect. Opening before it is perfect is often better than waiting for perfection.  One of my friends opened a yogurt store before he had signs, pictures, or decorations. Instead of a cool clock on the wall, he put up [...] [READ MORE]

Trusting God Text: Proverbs 3: 5-6.  "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your pass." This is a very well quoted verse Scripture, but do we really understand what it means. These verses are directed [...] [READ MORE]

This one is tough to explain, but as I was praying tonight about some miracles I'm believing God for I heard that still small voice of the Spirit: stop praying for it and start praising Me for it. I think there are moments when you've got to stop asking for something [...] [READ MORE]

As we started to write out our values, we had more material than we could include. We wanted to keep The Code short enough that people could take it all in and remember relevant points during the course of ministry. Who says 13 is an unlucky number? 10)    We always bring [...] [READ MORE]