The weather events of May 20, 2013 in America’s heartland captured not only the nation’s, but the world’s attention.  The EF5 rated tornado touched down in Newcastle, OK, a southwest suburb of Oklahoma City and moved west into Moore.  Along the way the storm grew to it’s enormous size, staying on the ground for some […]

We’ve all heard of diabetes and we’ve all heard of eating disorders.  But did you know that the two together can present devastating, even deadly results?  The guest for this episode’s “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Faith” interview is Amy Marcle. Amy tells the incredible story of a young teen being diagnosed with diabetes, driven by a […]

So, why the butterfly in the picture with this episode’s show notes?  You’ll definitely want to listen to today’s “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Faith” interview to find out.  I promise, it will be worth your time. This interview is with Mandi Cofer.  How does a young couple, excitedly preparing for the arrival of their second child, […]

This interview… is with Ronnie Crocker, founder and directer of Project Rescue, an addiction recover (primarily drug and alcohol) program that has turned around the lives of literally hundreds of individuals and provided help and hope to countless others through the resources they provide. Ronnie’s unique perspective and qualification for leading this program is not […]

Part one of this interview (ETL.011) covered Chuck’s fall that landed him in federal prison.  He had lost his faith, family, relationship with his church family, standing in the community and career.  How does one even begin to rebuild and restore all that has been lost?  Chuck has been able to do so. His insights […]

In this episode we will focus on how to make the best out of bad situations. So much of life is made up of circumstances and events that are other than what we might have chosen or prefer.  What should we do?   Three Steps: 1. Focus Your Attention on Others In bad situations we […]

In this episode we continue with our new feature: “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Faith” Interviews. This episode is our third interview. Ordinary People, Extraordinary Faith Interview: In this interview (part 1) Chuck Shaffer speaks very candidly about his mistakes of allowing the pressures of his professional, family, and ministry life to lead him down a destructive […]

In this episode… we continue with our new feature: “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Faith” Interviews. This episode is our second interview. Incidentally, I mention in the podcast that last week’s episode (#9—the first interview episode) had over three times as many downloads already than the one in second place.  That’s not exactly right.  I misread my […]

In this episode… We introduce a new format for this episode: No usual three chapter layout Entire episode devoted to an interview No Bible questions answered, no Bible words segment Interview with ordinary people who face great trials and struggles and the impact on their faith Ordinary People, Extraordinary Faith Interview: Wista Waldroop’s experiences dealing […]

In this episode we’ll be talking about: Chapter 1: Bible Q & A This episode’s Bible question was actually posed by three different people who are involved in the Bible reading program we introduced in episode 4 (www.enjoytrueliving.com/004). It’s from 2 Samuel 24:1. Why was God angry with David for doing what He had told […]