Most Christians have heard of the term “spiritual discipline” which usually conjures up thoughts of hours alone meditating on Scripture and praying. Growing up, I had a  Sunday School teacher who would call my house in the middle of the week to ask how my Bible...

I just EGGED my neighbors! To be honest, I was simply looking for an excuse to meet more people in the neighborhood where we spend some time in the winter. Although my husband's family has been coming here for 50 years, I had only met the neighbors on either side of...

Guest Blog by Alicia Elkins We welcome Alicia Elkins to the blog today to share how she overcame incredible hurt to figure out how to love her neighbor. Yeah - that neighbor... the very one who had hurt her the most.     Three years ago I found myself...

Guest post by Kendra Broekhuis As I pulled a casserole out of the freezer, I fought all of my “I Don’t Feel Like It’s” I felt about our plans to have company over that night. My husband and I try to put hospitality on our calendar twice per...

Guest post by Deb Potts We’ve been married for 40 years, and we have lived in eleven homes. Most of our neighbors were nice, but one family stands out as being especially nasty. There were police strobe lights in our bedroom windows at night, ear-splitting rock music...