Living Real

My husband has such a servant heart and has gone for years dreaming about the truck he wanted, instead taking care of others with the money he could have used.  Last month we found a truck that fit his dream description. You can see the smile on his face when he brought it home. He’s [...]

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 [...]

What does it mean to “hold someone accountable”? Last year at Catalyst ’08, I listened to Jud Wilhite and Mike Foster, authors of Deadly Viper Character Assassins talk about accountability. They talked about it being a matter of having the other’s back, not judging. What they talked about was as men traveling alone on trips for conventions and such — the [...]

Lots of talk in the “Christian” world about “being accountable” and “holding someone accountable.” I hear it a lot. Not sure I see it much though. I’ve seen it done differently and not done at all – even though it was supposed to be happening. I’ve had “accountability partners” before. Never heard from them.  Huh? Nope. Not once did I [...]