Living Real

Scott Williams challenges me. Sometimes, his words anger me. Then I think a little deeper. And generally, I find he’s right and I have some adjustment to make. What I love about Scott is he listens and considers and shares. He doesn’t back down from the obvious. (And he remembers those who chat with him… [...]

Today, God had me out of my comfort zone. Seriously so. Not only did he have me at a yard-sale type event, where my OCD really flares up, He had me out in the heat & humidity. To top that, He had me talking to people. I usually talk to people from the safety of [...]

One thing I find odd about Christmas and Thanksgiving is that people notice hunger and poverty at these times. People who never think about the homeless or poor suddenly do at these times. They even notice that there are people who are doing without sitting beside them at church week in and week out. One [...]

How amazing is it when God hears our prayers and answers them! I've asked for the past several days, in preparation for Catalyst, that He would speak very plainly to me through this time. Oh how He has done so!  Today I listened to Him speak through Andy Stanley as He shared words he'd learned [...]

So, I wasn't able to stay connected well yesterday, because Gwinnett Center is this HUGE metal building and when you go into those rooms, they're like a cave where nothing gets in. Today's plan is different. Instead of trying to live blog — I'll take notes and when I get out of a session, I'll [...]

Today is Wednesday, October 7th. Today is the day of Catalyst Labs. Today is a day to drink from the fire hydrants of some amazing church & ministry leaders in the nation. I will attempt to live blog this. Don't expect a lot. I might just get caught up in being flooded with more than [...]

Last year, Anne Jackson asked an unnerving question on her blog.  “What is one thing you feel you can’t say in church?” Unnerving because in its simplicity it brought forth a torrent of things that should never be held back, yet have been for reasons that desperately need to be examined — not on the [...]

On August 21st, Scott Williams wrote a poem that he posted on his blog, Big is the New Small. It was written as a person who doesn't go to church writing to the church saying why he doesn't even want to go to church. That day, I bragged on our church a bit as I [...]

In 2005, we were startled into action on August 29th by a hurricane known as Katrina. Within hours of hearing about the devastation with the landfall, the first wave from Church of the Cove was headed south. The next day, a group of about fifteen hit the road followed two days later by another group [...]

Today, I'm a thief. I "stole" this from Dave Anderson's blog and I'm placing it here in mine. I have wept, laughed and shouted. I'm pretty sure it will speak to you, too. 

I am so blessed to serve with the students of our church! Tonight we piled into a truck and the van and went to the home of a couple who have been dealing with life-stuff and needed a helping hand beating back the yard. With the riding mower, a push mower and several weed-whacking machines, [...]

Kem Meyer is with us today to share some of her experience with us. I asked several questions, and she chose to answer this one. Enjoy! To see her other interviews, visit her blog.  FAYE: If you were to move to a small church with little to no budget for communications, how would you implement [...]