Living Real

The fog has obliterated the view of the mountain, much like problems can obliterate my view of God.   The thing is, though…       The truth is, the mountain is still there and God never leaves. Go with what you know, not what you see. For we live by believing and not by [...]

Last night the newest episode of “Bones” dealt with truth. Not just their typical search for forensic truth to solve a crime gone undetected, but a policy of being completely honest at all times in all situations. The funny part was that Dr. Temperance Brennan, “Bones,” is already completely honest at all times in all [...]

I shared about the spiritual armor Paul talked about in Ephesians 6:11-18 last night. I was talking to some of the women inmates at the Blount County jail. We had just nailed down that James 4:17 says, “Resist the devil and he will flee.” as being truth and real and would actually work (another story [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]