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#3: Learn

#3: Learn

Harry & Sherry were great neighbors - friendly, thoughtful and kind. We talked across the fence often. That’s why I was horrified when they signed the guest list at our last block party as “Harry and Beth.” Had I been calling her by the wrong name all these years? "Ummmm... is your name Sherry...

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#4: Serve

#4: Serve

Your next Love Your Neighbor Challenge is to serve your neighbors. Intentionally serve outside your usual church circles to meet people from a variety of backgrounds and interests... kinda like Jesus did when He left heaven to come serve us. Choose a local organization or cause that aligns with...

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#5: Give

#5: Give

Your challenge on the next Love Your Neighbor Challenge is to give a gift to a neighbor. If you don't know your neighbor well (or at all!), having a little gift for them gives you something to talk about as soon as the door is opened. It's an instant ice breaker. How did you feel the last time...

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#6: Call

#6: Call

In 1949, Hank Williams, Sr. wrote a song called I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry. When this song first hit the airwaves, less than 10 percent of homes contained only one person. But today? On your street? One in four of the homes on your street is occupied by one person living alone. Of course, being...

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#7: Help

#7: Help

When my husband was injured in a home accident, our neighbors helped us in more ways than one. When one neighbor shouted for help, another came running with her husband - who is also a doctor. An emergency room nurse who lived one street over offered to make a house call, and another neighbor...

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#8: Post

#8: Post

(Please excuse me while I go check Facebook.)(OK, I’m back.) I just LOL’ed and liked something funny Jessica’s daughter said, wished Peggy a happy birthday, and high-fived Michelle’s morning run. Last night I prayed via Messenger with a far-off friend about some frightening medical procedures....

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