Living Real

If there is any one thing I get to be a part of that I would cry about not being able to continue, it would be the trips to the parking lot in Knoxville, Tennessee with our students to serve homeless people grilled burgers & hot dogs.  Each time we go, we see people we’ve [...]

If there is any one thing I get to be a part of that I would cry about not being able to continue, it would be the trips to the parking lot in Knoxville, Tennessee with our students to serve homeless people grilled burgers & hot dogs.  Each time we go, we see people we’ve [...]

Not long ago, I tackled the subject of giving to those who have been devastated by the earthquake in Haiti. I am still of the mind that we — especially believers in Jesus Christ — should be lending a hand in any way possible. I am still of the mind that we are supposed to [...]

I am so happy that my daughter-in-law, Tanisha, has started going with us to serve the homeless in Knoxville. The last two times we've gone, she brought Nicholas, our seven-year-old grandson with her. He has had a blast! In September, he was oftentimes right by my side, making sure that the person I was talking to [...]

Not long ago, I shared how our student ministry, The ConneXion, was told that we couldn't continue to minister to the homeless where we had been. I thought that was a bad thing.  Now I can tell you that indeed, God was up to something. I love it — okay, not at first — when [...]

John-John's introduction to me wasn't exactly cordial. As I talked to Josh about us all being messes that God cleans up, John-John walked up and started trying to drag Josh over to where he'd been sitting with some other people. John-John told Josh that "Mama" wanted him to come over and sit with them. It didn't [...]

I met Josh under a bridge in Knoxville last month. He walked up to the place where our students (The ConneXion) were grilling and serving plates of hamburgers with chips and a dessert.  His left eye was red and the bruising was already beginning to show. He was shirtless, wearing denim shorts that were too [...]

The last Live Love event that our student ministry, The ConneXion, had (September 13th) was so full of stories, it has taken me almost a month to sort it out (okay, so I procrastinated, too). I will break it down into several posts so that they are more digestible. Enjoy. This Sunday evening started out [...]

The last Live Love event that our student ministry, The ConneXion, had (September 13th) was so full of stories, it has taken me almost a month to sort it out (okay, so I procrastinated, too). I will break it down into several posts so that they are more digestible. Enjoy. To say that extremes rule [...]