Living Real

Validation. Who needs it? We all do! This video will take 16 minutes of your time, but it's 16 minutes you'll be so glad you used this way.  Now, who will you validate today?

So, in my last post, I mentioned that the idea of being a fisher of men confounds me. See, I remember going fishing with my folks down on good old Lake Tohopekaliga. It was nothing to get up on a Saturday morning before daylight and get in a boat at Scotty's Fish Camp to head [...]

Back in high school, I wasn’t what was considered a raving beauty, nor one of the popular students in my high school. I dealt with a horribly destructive low self-esteem. Few realized it. I learned early on to put on a mask that hid the real me.The “S.F.U. Club — was for us who were [...]

I call Anne Jackson one of my heroes. It's not because she's a super-woman with super powers. It's because she's just plain super! Follow me here. Anne is a PK, a wife, a woman in ministry and an amazing blogger. She is humble and just plain beautiful, through and through. I've met her and had [...]

From a website called "Church Marketing Sucks" — lots of topics discussed there that we'd really just as soon ignore, simply because we've always done it that way…. Here's a thought or twelve about Christmas: For the Love of God Rethink Christmas We recently talked about God's bailout plan, and I brought up the point [...]

I've been through a rough time regarding friends in the past. I've struggled all my life with wanting to be wanted. I was always the last one picked for anything at school, except for questions in the classroom. Being the geeky, intelligent kid doesn't win you friends unless you're athletic, too. Being discerning about friends [...]

I went to see a movie Friday night. Jack and I had a date night — with three other couples! Several of us had read the book, "House" by Ted Dekker and Frank Peretti. Even though the movie is rated R (gasp!) and several "Christian" review sites have said it has no redeeming qualities, I [...]

I learned of something that is so very sad this evening. A lady that I’ve known for some time at a church we were previously members of has taken her life. She was a sweet, loving woman. Her smile from the choir loft made everyone in the room feel welcomed. Her husband of 37 years [...]