Living Real Magazine

12/29/2025

🎉🎆As we prepare to ring in the new year, perhaps, as Lee Stilinger says, “It’s time to push past the bully of distractions and quietly wander off to pray with purpose.” A great article from our current issue to encourage you to meet with the Lord intentionally and purposefully everyday in 2026. https://www.livingrealmag.com/articles/bully-of-distractions

I didn’t need an alarm. The howling wind outside made the early morning hours difficult to sleep. Throwing back the sheets, I begrudgingly rolled out of bed.  My morning routine felt as chaotic as the winds outside. Even my quiet time was harried. The demands on my calendar vied for my att

12/15/2025

What the true Church of Jesus Christ needs right now is the strength and resolve to resist the temptation to divide. United we rise! Divided we fall. Standing firm on the Truth of God’s Word by the power of the Holy Spirit within us is what sets us apart from the world and solidifies our calling to be holy. In the current issue of Living Real Magazine, my friend, Lori Roeleveld, delivers a strong message in her article, Join the Resistance. It’s definitely worth the read.

It’s easy to get an attitude these days.  Especially the American Christian. You know what I’m saying. We’re so greatly misunderstood, misrepresented, mischaracterized, and mistaken for others posing as Jesus-followers that we’re becoming Gordian knots searching for some new label for o...

12/09/2025

I recently saw a FB post from the author of this LR article of a group of praying mom's. They were celebrating the Christmas season and what God is doing in their midst. These women are prayer warriors who spend time in worship and prayer on a regular basis for their children and the schools their children attend. Thank you, Brittany Schirra, for sharing what these Lexington One moms are doing. I pray this encourages more moms to get involved.

As the first day of school approached, I began seeing Facebook posts for an event called DayONE—a women’s prayer event for all Lexington One moms. This event was scheduled for the first day of school at a local church. I decided to take a step of faith and attend after I dropped off my kids.&nbs

11/25/2025

I'm always grateful for you, our readers. We couldn't do what we do without you. I'm posting my Editor Letter from the current issue to encourage you to live your best life in Christ every day of the year. May you and yours have a joyful Thanksgiving as you give thanks to the Lord for all your many blessings. Psalm 92:1-5

Have you ever heard the phrase, “I’m living my best life” ? Maybe it was said by someone who’s retired, traveling, living at the beach, or whose life responsibilities have greatly diminished. It could also be someone with a new home, job, spouse, or empty nesters. But, what do all of these ....

11/05/2025

Today is the 1st Wednesday of November. It's Bridge the G.A.P. day where our committed prayer warriors pray for God to guard the hearts and minds of those in our schools. Today, I personally prayed Psalm 1:1-3 over the two principals of the schools I pray for every month. I also delivered each of them one of our new Bridge the G.A.P. postcards to encourage them with that Scripture. I also left a Living Real magazine.

10/31/2025

🍂🎃If you’re heading to Ebenezer Pentecostal Holiness Church’s Fall event tonight in South Congaree, Living Real Mags will be available to pick up as long as they last. I was going to be there myself but have a miserable head cold. 🤧 Thank you, Mary Ritter, for making them available anyway.

10/22/2025

It's not often I receive a poet's submission, but this one touched my heart. I pray it does yours as well. Thank you Christie Warnken.

A poem by Christie Warnken

10/01/2025

It’s the first Wednesday of October. Let’s Bridge the G.A.P. 🙏✝️

The first Wednesday of each month we pray for the school/district of choice, asking God to guard and protect the hearts, minds, and souls of students across our state. If you’d like to join us in this effort, please comment below with your school of choice and district. May those who are in Christ on our campuses shine bright so others will see Him and come to know Him by grace through faith. 🙏

09/30/2025

A new episode just posted on the Living Real Podcast. If we truly want to impact this world for Christ, we must reach/teach the children. Meet Dr. Jeremiah Cho, the International President for Child Evangelism Fellowship/ Good News Clubs. What a heart he has for reaching and discipling children across the world. This is his God-given assignment. Check it out! https://livingrealpodcast.podbean.com/e/good-news-clubschild-evangelism-fellowship-dr-jeremiah-cho/

09/19/2025

Hey!🍁It's Fall, yall! And you know what that means. The next issue of will be out and about very soon!

09/17/2025

New Living Real Podcast episode coming soon! Today is recording day.