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Loving Your Actual Neighbors Podcast with Asherita Ciuciu
Have you ever heard the audible voice of God? The closest I've ever come was an unforgettable moment when He directed me to look out my window at the women around my home. Recently I shared on my friend Asheritah Ciuciu's podcast how this was the beginning of The Neighborhood Café, a simple way to start a neighborhood Bible study. We also talked about practical ways we can get to know our neighbors better with the goal of loving them well. Asheritah also prayed a beautiful guided prayer for...
From Greed to Gratitude
You know why I wrote How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird? Because I was a bad neighbor, and I was definitely weird. Here's how God dealt with my reluctance to lay my daily planner on the altar, as featured in a guest post with my friend Twyla at The Uncommon Normal. What Loving My Neighbors Looks Like: A Journey From Greed to Gratitude When God nudged me to love my neighbors – my actual neighbors, the people living right next door – it sounded fun at first. I felt the Lord was...
Manuscript Development Team
I need your help. I am forming a Manuscript Development Team for my new book, tentatively titled Hope Fully, which will be published by Kregel Publications. "Hope Fully" shows how pain and suffering are transformed into hope and purpose through a study of 1 Peter.Peter will teach us how to set aside our hopeless fears or hopeful fantasies and set our hope fully in God’s faithfulness. Here’s how it works: The Manuscript Development Team will receive a rough draft of Hope Fully a couple of...
How to Hope Fully When “Hopefully” Fails
For just a few seconds, I almost forgot. I almost forgot the pandemic that infected us with disease and death, fear and worry. I almost forgot the grieving families, courageous caregivers, exhausted essential workers, anxious unemployed, and the lonely neighbor I barely took the time to notice on a good day—let alone this string of very, very bad days. Cuddled under the covers, for just a few seconds I could almost imagine I’d open my eyes to a perfectly normal day. I almost forgot the...
Love Your Neighbor Challenge
Share the love in your neighborhood by accepting the Love Your Neighbor Challenge! The challenge progressively takes you closer to your neighbor day by day. Wrapped in prayer, you'll take small steps toward a deeper relationship with the people God has placed around you. Your goal is to make natural connections that can lead to spiritual conversations. Each challenge features innovative ideas complete with suggested scripts, online tools, and adaptations for both introverts and extroverts....
