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90.9 Community Accent Radio Program
Although I co-host the morning radio program on Refreshing 90.9 every Tuesday, this Monday I got to share all about How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird! Listen in as Tina Gang and I talk about the surprising benefits of loving your neighbor, and seven strategic areas where you can influence your community. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
May Day Ideas for Your Neighbors
If you’ve been feeling conflicted and convicted about Christ’s #2 command to love your neighbor—guilty, even—spring is just the opportunity you’ve been looking for. Springtime calls us outside to greet our neighbors after a long winter’s nap! My friend, Sandy, shared - “Every May 1st, my grandchildren and I leave May Day baskets on all the porches on our little street. We have done this for about eight years. It took a couple of years for some neighbors to figure out who was doing it, others...
Cyndee’s Story
We moved into our house in December and had only met our next door neighbors one night when we were peering in the windows to see if we wanted to set up a showing. Since then we've waved, even hollered across the yard a tiny bit, but really haven't talked to them since we moved in. It's really been bothering me. After grumbling about it the other day, it hit me that I needed to pray God would give me an opportunity to say more than "hello." Today was that day!! It gets even better.... :)...
Mary Ellen’s Story
I was just doing searches on some way to have a neighborhood tea or coffee to get to know the women in our little circle or cul-de-sac. I've lived here almost two years and have waved, run over to their houses when they've been outside with their dogs, introduced myself and, I guess forced myself on them. They've always been cordial but never spoken on their own, with the exception of the elderly couple next door and the man on the other side of them. He and his kids love me. His wife speaks...
Tracy’s Story
We moved into our home about four years ago. I have met all of my surrounding neighbors. I know them by name, but we only wave or say hello in passing. God has been cultivating several experiences in my life during the past several months leading up to this. I feel He is asking me to reach out in a deeper way to the ladies around me. I have a new church home and have fellowship with the ladies there on Sunday mornings. My children are all in college now, but my house is far from empty nest...
