From the moment I was put into my parent's arms, they intended to make sure I grew to understand the importance of serving God. As an adult, my husband and I have remained actively involved in a local congregation regardless where we've lived, and we made sure our children were given the same opportunity I was as a child. Our goal was to teach them that serving God doesn't depend on anything except their personal heart response to the Holy Spirit at work in them—in all of us.

For several years we attended "The Potter's House," a powerful church in Columbus, Ohio. Across the front of the sanctuary were the words, "Where Broken Vessels Are Made New". The Word preached by Pastor Tim Oldfield is powerful, pure, and packed with Life-Giving truth that literally transforms the heart of those willing to respond with a submitted and committed heart.

Jeremiah 18:2 speaks of the potter's house: "Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words." ...