Life offers equal opportunities when it comes to setbacks - separation, divorce, bereavement, life altering illness, unemployment, bankruptcy, rejection, loss of a love interest, a problem child, a dysfunctional parent and more. The Bible records several people who experienced life’s disappointment. 

Q. I know when it comes to investing you like mutual funds and paid-for real estate.  What do you think about using condominiums as investment properties instead of single-family homes?

The image is clear from John chapter 15...Jesus said in verse 5: “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” (NKJV)

It’s the moms of this nation - single, married, widowed - who really hold this country together. We’re the mothers, we’re the wives, we’re the grandmothers, we’re the big sisters, we’re the little sisters, we’re the daughters. You know it’s true, don’t you? You’re the ones who always have to do a little more.  Ann Romney

I saw a striking photo the other day. It showed the Schonberg Castle on the crest of a hill overlooking the Rhine River in Germany. The castle was built of stone more than eight centuries ago and bears the destruction of many wars. But in the middle of that yellow stone fortress is a red brick building about six stories tall. It sports rows of archway windows with dormers cut into the roof.

I knew a beautiful Christian young woman who I will call Janet. Janet loved the Lord with all of her heart, and aspired to live the Christian life to the best of her ability. Unfortunately, she constantly fell into sexual promiscuity. In an attempt to try to help her, I discovered that she had a history of an immoral life style prior to her redemption. Now that she was a Christian, she still struggled with that bondage.

RRJ:  You’re the owner of P’zazz Art Studio in Prattville, but that wasn’t the career path you originally thought you would take.  What did you do before P’zazz?

When my daughter Kaylee turned 16 I began teaching her to drive. I discovered there’s nothing more thrilling or more terrifying than hurtling through space with a teen at the wheel—like being on my own personal roller coaster!