In order to love your neighbors, of course you've got to get to know them first. But let's be honest. This process can be a bit awkward; especially …
Restructuring Relationships So You Can Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
There are only so many people you can go deep with. A couple of months ago, I wrote a post about how community requires a circle of friends - as …
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The Crossroads of Building Close-Knit Community
Some people believe they have enough relationships. Some people wish they had more. But, no matter where you fall on the spectrum, the …
How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?
My current book selection - The Art of Neighboring - gives us a small, but very eye-opening exercise through which we can self-evaluate how we're …
Loving Your Neighbor Right Next Door
When pondering what Jesus said about the best way to live (loving God and neighbor as He has loved you - see last post), we will undoubtedly want to …
The Best Way to Live According to God
When He walked the Earth, our all-knowing God was essentially asked to boil success in life down to one thing. He was asked to just give us one …
Christian Community Requires More Than a Small Group
While many of our institutional churches have made noble attempts at trying to build Christian community, entering into this type of environment …
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Wallet Baptism Marks Christian Community
Many Christians today hold their wallets out of the water (when they are baptized) so that they can continue in their own minds to maintain ownership …
How Money Persuades You to Live Independently
Let's talk about something that I'm not sure I've ever heard anyone specifically talk about. It's the role that money plays in our ability to …
6 Practical Steps to Start Building Community Naturally
Because of the ways in which many of our neighborhoods are built, developing community can require neighbors to be more intentional in some areas than …
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