550 lb Bear, Picnic Baskets and Prayer

🎥 Doing Life Together Podcast: A 550-Pound Bear Under the House, Thrive Health Conference, & Why Prayer Is NOT on the Total Health Challenge

In this wild (literally) episode, we kick things off with the most insane news story of 2026 so far: Ken Johnson in Altadena, California has been living with a 550-pound black bear hibernating UNDER HIS HOUSE since November! 🐻🏠

We lose it over Ken trying to bark like a tiny chihuahua to scare the bear out, wildlife officials accidentally trapping the WRONG bear with caramel & cherry spray (yes really), and the only reasonable solutions: picnic baskets, honey pots, thirst traps, or just charging the bear rent and calling it a very large tenant.

Things get hilariously out of control with Winnie the Pooh references, Baloo’s bare necessities, grass skirts, falling through floors naked in a bathtub (long story), and why we’d rather face a bear than a bird in the house. 😂

Then we get real:

- Big announcement & full promo for our VERY FIRST Thrive Health Conference happening September 11-13, 2026 – life-changing speakers, worship workout, 5-star healthy food, swag, and total transformation in every area of your life!

- Total Health Challenge update (we’re 2+ weeks in – no sugar is brutal after the holidays)

- The one churchy phrase we’re getting called out for in 2026… and why we’re keeping it anyway

- And a DEEP dive into why “prayer” is NOT one of the 10 items on the Total Health Challenge list… but it’s actually the foundation of the entire thing.

We unpack “pray without ceasing,” why God is your partner (not a punisher), how secular studies prove prayer dramatically improves mental & physical health, why “if it be Your will” is sometimes the wrong thing to pray, and how to stop treating prayer like a daily chore and start living in constant, life-giving conversation with Jesus.

This episode is equal parts ridiculous laughter and Holy Spirit conviction – basically peak Doing Life Together vibes.

Drop a comment:

How would YOU get a 550-pound bear out from under your house? 🧸🍯

(And be honest… would you charge him rent?)

Subscribe so you don’t miss an episode – we’re just gettin’ started in 2026!