Tremendous Tracey
What I'd Give for an Hour
October is my favorite month, and it is the month I lost both of my parents. My mother, Gloria, went home on October 14 seven years ago, and my father, Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, went home on October 16 eighteen years ago. What I’d give for an hour with them again. Then the pastor who baptized me in the River Jordan preached a sermon on 1 Thessalonians 4, and I wept. Paul wrote that chapter to grieving people, and his answer to them is the answer I needed this week: the dead in Christ rise first, and we are caught up together with them. I am not going to get an hour with my parents. I am going to get eternity, and I may be in the generation that never sees death at all. This October I am not only looking back. I am looking up.
The Anointed Call of Leadership
We are thrilled to release our 32nd Life-Changing Classic - the first one to feature a female leader! A peasant girl, an agent of God, a heroine of France, and a canonized saint, Joan of Arc possessed seven virtues that enabled her to make history. She was a humble citizen turned military leader who took no title other than the Maid, rising up at a time of great social and political upheaval. This foundation was poured by the God-given anointing of leadership and cemented through history and circumstances. Read more...
A Tremendous Fall
I am thrilled to be back in touch with our tremendous tribe after the past month and a half. The month of October was one of the most challenging and blessed months of my entire life. I can scarcely believe what transpired during the course of those 31 days, and I am excited to share with you what I learned.
My Most Blessed Christmas Ever, by Charlie "Tremendous" Jones
I was nine years old and the depression was still in full force. We came from Alabama and settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in a little row home, which my father managed to rent. It was getting near Christmas and my dear dad had nothing to spend for Christmas for his five children ages 1 to 9. In desperation, he went to the bank to try to persuade them that he was a safe risk for a small loan. He explained his predicament, no job, no collateral, and 5 small children with Christmas approaching.
