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Proximity isn’t Presence
My husband says it... Sitting on the same sofa isn't the same as spending time with your spouse. When his person is buried in their phone (that would be me), my husband feels ignored and unimportant. It's his biggest pet peeve when people are lost in the virtual world instead of living real life. He's bored by any conversation that begins, "Oh, I saw this thing on the internet..." but loves to talk about what you saw with your own eyes. Kids say it... Living in the same home isn't the same as...
The Synagogue on Your Street
I once invited 130 neighbors over for coffee. Yikes! You can bet I whispered prayers as I pushed the mop and dusted the furniture getting ready for my Neighborhood Cafe Open House.That's a lot of people, but in my experience very few of my neighbors will actually come--especially since I was only able to stuff the invitations in mailboxes instead of delivering them in person. My friend and neighbor, Lauren, designed a fabulous neighborhood newsletter that we delivered along with the Open House...
Do You Neighbor?
I don’t know about you, but the thought of knocking on my neighbor’s doors to invite them to Bible study makes my knees knock. Why would God ask me to do a crazy thing like that? Surely He knows it’s not my calling to go calling on my neighbors. A Cafe Called Home He had given me the idea to start a neighborhood Bible study called The Rosewood Café after our address on Rosewood Drive, yet it didn’t seem that the women in my neighborhood were going to miraculously come and enter my home, as God...
Holy Week Reading
Travel with Jesus along the "Via Dolorosa," which means "Way of Suffering," as you remember His route to the cross during Holy Week. I've combined the Easter accounts from Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John into one continuous reading. Reminiscent of the stations of the cross honored by many Christian traditions, the readings are separated into the major events of Holy Week:Maundy Thursday The Last Supper Garden of Gethsemane Betrayal of Judas Accusation by the Jews Denial of Peter and Abandonment...
One Hundred Steps
Guest post by Leslie McLeod The slim, white-haired Asian man walked with an air of dignity at odds with the goofy-looking mutt at the end of his leash. I’d begun crossing their path during evening walks with my own goofy-looking mutts, creating an instant, unspoken bond between us. When I attempted to engage him in conversation, though, he just smiled and shook his head with a small, self-effacing wave of his hand. Last week, I saw the man and dog resting on the steps of a nearby home, all six...
