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Won’t you be my Neighbor – Part 3

So, we have been looking at the centrality of loving our neighbors and the importance of focusing in on our neighbors.  So, what do we do? In the Art of Neighboring, they suggest the following… We developed a simple framework that has proven to be a helpful tool...

Won’t you be My Neighbor, Part 2

Yesterday, we looked at the call to love our neighbors.  One reality that the book engages is the need to focus in on our neighbors rather than having a scattered view of them. If we say, “Everyone is my neighbor,” it can become an excuse for avoiding the implications...

Won’t you be my Neighbor, part 1

I remember growing up with Mister Roger’s familiar song playing on our black and white TV.  I started to show this on Sunday as we talked about loving our neighbors, but decided against it.  Such a simple invitation to relationship – won’t you be my...

Farewell Tour – Psalm 90

Farewell Tour Today is my last stop on my farewell tour of the 30s. I’ve been spending a fair amount of time thinking about that this week.  Not sure why, but 40 feels like a bit of a milestone. I’m sure that’s self-imposed or culturally created....

Engaging with Culture, Part 2

I love movies and entertainment.  To be more precise, I love entertainment that is not like real life.  I live real life everyday.  Why would I want to pay money to live someone else’s in a theater?  So, I enjoy being entertained.  But there’s more…...

Engaging with Culture, Part 1

On Sunday, we looked at Talking with Wisdom as part of our Everyday Mission series.  One of the observations I pointed out from Acts 17 was Paul’s connection he made with the Athenian Culture.  I wanted to provide a couple of resources to help explore this topic...