Living Real

I’ve recently become attuned to this phrase, “God answered my prayer!” The translation of this phrase is actually, “God answered my prayer the way I wanted Him to!” You see, “No.” is an answer, too. We just don’t like it. Sometimes, because God knows what saying yes will do to us or the world around [...]

Those of you who have read my book, Ramblings from the Shower know that our little dog teaches some pretty cool spiritual lessons. Today, I saw another. Casey-the-Toy-Poodle and I play games with a rawhide chew stick. Usually it’s a simple game of keep-away.  He gets it and growls to keep me away. Today we [...]

I can’t say I’m a deeply theological person. My faith is really quite simple. God said it. That’s it. It’s taken a lot of time for me to get to the place where I know what God actually says. That was kinda thwarted by a rocky start in the church of my youth, but I’ve [...]

I got a text today from my pastor today telling me I was wearing my God-goggles. What a compliment! Sometime earlier this year, Darren came up with this term — yes, it was taken from the term used in a song by Neal McCoy about beer goggles. This term, though, has nothing to do with [...]

An excellent post today by Perry Noble tells us how to pray for our pastors. I encourage everyone to read it and pay heed. In a nutshell, and without the explanations, the list is simple. Pray for your pastor’s: Walk with God Integrity Marriage Sanity Health I encourage you to go and read the entire [...]