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Do you live in one of America’s Best Places?
Where I live is the best place to take a hike, ride a bike, attend a county fair, or eat a pizza. That's my opinion, anyway - and you know what they say about opinions, don't you? People much smarter than me have actually compiled census data, crime reports, labor statistics and consumer price indexes to determine Sperling's Best Places. How does your hometown rank? How about your dream retirement city, or favorite college town? Type your zip code into Sperling's to compare the cost of...
The Pathway to Neighboring
During a winter that brought feet of snow to Northwest Connecticut, there were hip-deep drifts between our next door neighbors and us. Even now, with fresh snow falling, the slog to get from our porch to theirs is real and tangible. The space between us is physically insurmountable. Winter snow has closed off the route from us to them. We could go months without seeing each other. Without speaking. Honestly, even without the snow, sometimes the differences between us seem too big a gap. We...
Having a bad day? Don’t respond badly.
It was a bad day. In fact, it was a bad week. Each day brought it's own little unpleasant surprise. A car wreck got the week off to a particularly bad start. No one was seriously hurt, thank God, and that's all that matters - but a .005 second mistake by a distracted driver has perhaps totaled my car and led to countless phone calls from ambulance chasers and body shops, endless insurance agency interviews, and car rental runaround. This was followed by a package from our accountant...
Anna’s Story
I want to let you know about last night: Three ladies came! I am learning to trust that God is the only one in control here! The study is awesome and I am blown away by what God is revealing to me personally. I did follow up as you encouraged me to do with personal notes to the twelve women I met when I was handing out the invitations. My heart is so open now to everybody I connect with - like you said, "Where have I been?" It is like I am a completely different person as far as relating to...
Vicky’s Story
My husband and I started Monday Night Football parties to get to know our neighbors. We have a big screen set up outside and a projector and we grilled hot dogs and had chips. There was a great turnout the first time - about 30 people! We even had one Muslim neighbor at our house! We continued to have our parties although the crowd got smaller. We got to know two couples very well. I see those relationships being ongoing. I am thinking about starting a Bible study in the fall and I think the...
