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How To Be Thankful With Your Neighbors
I got greedy at Thanksgiving. Not just for juicy slices of turkey and heaping piles of mashed potatoes, or my special cranberry salad - no, I'm ashamed to admit, I got greedy for my family. I wanted them all to myself, so I was a little disappointed when another family was invited to our Thanksgiving table. Oh, sure - it was the Christian thing to do... they had no where to go and no family in the country... but they weren't my family. What would we talk about? What if they used whole green...
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...
Heaven: When Faith Becomes Sight
Heaven: When Faith Becomes Sightby Jennifer Rothschild Heaven. Who goes there? Where is it? What will we do there? Questions like these arise when we consider an eternal future beyond this physical life. How can we know the truth about what comes next? In this 7-session video-based Bible study workbook, Jennifer explores the subject of Heaven from a biblical perspective. She will separate what’s true about Heaven from what’s based on legend, media depictions, and hopeful guesses. Choosing a...
Rest Assured
Rest Assuredby Rachel Booth Smith Do you feel heavy or anxious? Work, kids, finances, the future, the past, the state of the world can all threaten your joy, hope, and trust. Using archaeology findings, language discoveries, and biblical study, Rachel shares theologically rich insights that bring us into the rest we need, the rest we crave—the rest for which we were made. Bible study teacher and lifelong student Rachel Booth Smith helps us focus on the who (not the how) of Creation so that we...
