{"id":305,"date":"2014-02-27T18:19:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-27T18:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/peanutsandpopcorn\/?p=305"},"modified":"2014-02-27T18:19:16","modified_gmt":"2014-02-27T18:19:16","slug":"bulloch-family-faces-trials-in-front-of-everyone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/peanutsandpopcorn\/2014\/02\/bulloch-family-faces-trials-in-front-of-everyone.html","title":{"rendered":"Bulloch Family Faces Trials in Front of Everyone"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Promotional shot for “Bulloch Family Ranch” airing Wednesdays on the UP network.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Love it or leave it, reality television appears to be sticking around. Any night of the week you\u2019ll find shows about bachelors looking for a mate, singers looking for a shot at fame and spoiled housewives talking about things that we can\u2019t relate to. So it is refreshing to see a reality show based on real people and real faith. No, I\u2019m not talking about the Duck Dynasty<\/i> phenomenon; I\u2019m talking about a lesser known, better reality series, Bulloch Family Ranch<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Making its second season debut, the Bulloch\u2019s show comes across as a lot more \u201creal\u201d and less staged than many of the other shows available today. The Bulloch\u2019s are not perfect people who live in perfect homes with perfect children. They are just the opposite really, like the rest of us, caught on camera. In the end though, it is their faith that holds them together.<\/p>\n

Rusty and Julie Bulloch are a working-class family who work multiple jobs to make ends meet and serve in their community in others ways as well including Rusty\u2019s job as a high school football coach. The Bulloch\u2019s have two biological children of their own (now grown and on their own) and over 30 \u201cranch kids\u201d who have called the Bulloch\u2019s house their home over years in Lakeland, Fl. The Bulloch\u2019s have opened their home to troubled teens in hopes of making a difference in their lives by providing a stable environment (no pun intended!) Some of the \u201ckids\u201d move out to do great things, others struggles and some keep coming back.<\/p>\n

You don\u2019t have to have seen the show before to jump in this new season of seven episodes. The show does a good job of explaining who everyone is. Highlights of this season include meeting\u2026<\/p>\n