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Take a Page from the Editor: Fall 2026
Suggested reading from the Editor's personal library.
Letter From the Editor: Fall 2026
Welcome to our Sweet Sixteen Celebration issue! We wouldn’t be celebrating this milestone without you, our readers and sponsors. So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you, thank you, thank you.
The Jude Effect: Final Warning
What would you say is the most urgent issue facing the Church today? More growth strategies, better stage lighting, more visibility on social media? Certainly not. It’s much more serious. The most urgent issue facing the Church today is whether it can survive without the preservation and proclamation of the true, apostolic gospel.
Tell ‘Em All About It!
I’ve got great news to share with you!
Earlier in my life I was diagnosed with a terminal illness, but last I checked, I’m completely healed. I’ve been telling everyone about it because it is so exciting and means everything to me. You see, my whole soul was infected with sin, leaving me with the prognosis of eternal death. However, I repented of my sin, chose to put my faith and trust in the Great Physician, and by His grace, He healed me of my disease. I am no longer destined for eternal death. I have been given the promise of eternal life.
The Power of a Faithful Friend
Does anyone care? I’ve asked myself this question more times than I’d like to admit.
Not long ago, I had a full-blown pity-party kind of day. Ever have one of those? When life just seems harder than it should be? And you’re thinking, Shouldn’t everyone know I’m having a hard day?
Yet, no texts, no calls. Nothing. Just crickets.
Maintaining Our Witness on Social Media
I find it hard to believe that I have been on Facebook for more than 20 years. I remember when I first started posting—it was so much fun! I could share what was happening in the Andrews household and reconnect with old friends I had lost touch with over the years. Most everyone I encountered on social media was kind, enjoyed catching up, and marveled at this new way of staying connected.
When Everything Changed
Within one year, my entire life changed. My daughter was admitted to the ICU just one month before her first birthday. As a mother, I wanted to fix everything. I wanted to take away her pain and make everything okay. But I couldn't.
Fly, Run, Walk
My husband, David, and I were walking across a grassy baseball field one sunny afternoon when he pointed to a huge nest sitting atop one of the light poles that ringed the field. High above the nest soared two red-tailed hawks.
Hope Has an Address
Hope is more than a feeling. It is more than wishful thinking. True hope has a source. As Christians, we believe that hope is found in Jesus Christ, who brings light into the darkest places and healing to the deepest wounds.
In a world where headlines often leave us feeling overwhelmed, it's easy to believe the greatest needs exist somewhere else—in another city, another state, or another country. Human trafficking is one of those issues many assume could never touch our own neighborhoods. Yet the heartbreaking reality is that it does. It happens here. And because it happens here, hope must be here too.
Thankfully, it is.
One Plus One is Ten
Marital struggles look different for every couple. It’s what we do with them that helps shape our strength together.
Seek and Find Treasures of Gratitude in Your Home
Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. With gratitude as the true centerpiece, friends and family are reminded why they’re grateful for one another, and it gives them pause to consider what’s truly important on the other 364 days of the year.
Léré's Barn: Celebrate Your Health and AIM to Stay Well
As Living Real Magazine celebrates its 16th anniversary,I couldn’t think of a more fitting theme than celebrating our health.
Too often, we take for granted the simple gifts that greet us each morning: the ability to spend time with the Lord, take a walk, exercise, prepare nourishing meals, and enjoy another day of life.
Trusting God: Wise Planning for Today and Tomorrow
Open any news app, turn on the television, or scroll through social media, and you'll quickly encounter another reason to worry about money.
Take a Page from the Editor: Spring 2026
Suggested reading from the Editor's personal library.
Letter From the Editor: Spring 2026
I love America! The land of the free, the home of the brave, and the amazing freedoms She offers. As this great land of ours celebrates 250 years of independence, I’d be remiss not to express my heartfelt gratitude for the untethered freedom to accomplish God’s holy calling on my life—to publish Living Real Magazine.
Spin the Globe: Developing a Heart for the Nations
Have you ever experienced the magic of taking an adventure to faraway places simply through the pages of a book?
What Keeps Me Up at Night: A Pastor’s Warning for the 21st Century Church
While I’m very concerned about what is and what isn’t happening regarding Iran, what keeps me up at night, and often on my face before the Lord, is the apostasy within the visible church. I ache for the souls of those who hear the Word of God but don’t intend to obey it.
Difficult Times Require Spiritual Strength
Every believer in Christ faces the same predicament— how to stay strong in difficult times. Living real in Christ carries the demand to live out the reality of who we are as Christians in a world where wars and rumors of wars seem to be the order of the day.
Restoring the Church's Influence
Our window of time is closing fast. The Church Age is coming to an end.
Do You Know Any Heart Words?
One morning before dawn, my oldest son, Matthew, and my youngest son, Joel, crawled into my lap during my daily Bible reading time. Joel, in kindergarten at the time, declared with excitement, “I see sight words, Mommy.” “Which ones?” I asked. He proudly replied, “Lord, God, Jesus, Savior.” Matthew interjected, “Those aren’t sight words!” This ignited an argument between them. Matthew’s final score was announcing, “Those words aren’t on any of our teachers’ sight words lists.”