My friends at womensministry.net are featuring an article I wrote called “Don't Quit Before the Miracle”. Check out 3 ways you can hang on when you feel like giving up, then subscribe to their free weekly Tip of the Week email to receive more useful, practical,...

Dear Amy, We had a tragedy on our street last week. The 23-year-old daughter of a neighbor committed suicide. In the seven years we've lived here we've only met them once or twice. My heart is so broken for them, but we are virtually strangers. I find myself stopping...

God bonked me on the head with this passage from Ezekiel 3 today - "Look, I’m not sending you to a people who speak a hard-to-learn language with words you can hardly pronounce. Don’t be afraid of them, even though they’re a bunch of rebels. Get all these words that...

It was 2014. I had run a Bible Study in my neighborhood for a couple years, so you'd think I would be a pro at this. But, in the weeks before each new Bible Study session started, I struggled to invite people to the first week. With the nervous sweat of a teenaged boy...

Orlando. The word once synonymous with magical memories and family adventures now strikes our hearts with grief, fear, and anger.. I (Sara) was part of 9/11. Not in the Pentagon, but working and living very close by. My building shook, I saw the flames, felt the...

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNERS! Donna (bks**@yahoo.com) and Aamie on Facebook were our winners of the Anniversary Giveaway packages! Please email your shipping address toamy@howtoloveyourneighbor.com. I pray these tools will help you love your neighbor in a whole new...

My new friend, Debbie, from Door County, Wisconsin, was my shipmate on the Matters of the Heart Cruise last February/March. You'll have to take my word that the sparkle in Debbie's eyes matches the light in her heart. But you can take her word on the power of...

In the midst of moving into a new home and coping with all the changes that come with a third pregnancy, our partner Kirstie Parker has managed to amass a group of 15 women to form a "How to Love Your Neighbor Without Being Weird" Bible Study! Actually, she's hosting...

My son, Caleb, is 8 years old. He's a very astute kid. At bedtime, as kids often do, he began to open up to me about his concerns.  Why are we moving and going to a new school?  What if he can't make friends there?   What would happen when Obama, the only president my...

"I feel like a total failure", said my friend Kim. Her slumped shoulders and downcast eyes only confirmed that her words were something she believed from her heart. Kim attended our neighborhood Bible Study.  We were studying John...a great book for curious neighbors...