Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Be willing to get dirty.

Don't stand on the sidelines - wade into the messes of life with others.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Be real.

Grace means we don't need to work on our poker face any more. BGoff

Friday, January 25, 2013

Endure

It takes time to influence a neighbourhood.

Persist.

Dig in.

Don't give up.

Thursday, January 24, 2013

House rules for the neighbourhood.

Love Jesus.
Always tell the truth.
Use kind words.
Have fun.
Sing silly.
Dance crazy.
Share everything.
Sat what you're sorry for.
Forgiveness is mandatory.
Hands are for hugging not for hitting.
No fussing. No whining. No bad attitudes.
Never stay angry.
Be considerate.
Be respectful.
Be grateful.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Your place can be...

A perfect house, whether you like food or sleep or storytelling or singing, or just sitting and thinking best, or a pleasant mixture of them all. Merely to be there was a cure for weariness, fear and sadness. JRRTolkien

Try hospitality as a way of life.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

The God kind of life.

Bring some to your neighbourhood.

John 10:10
I came so they can have real and eternal life, more and better life than they ever dreamed of.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Be present in your neighbourhood.

Psalm 17:7
Paint grace-graffiti on the fences; take in your frightened children who
Are running from the neighborhood bullies straight to you.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Kreeft Dinner...


The very first step is to try to forget about the self altogether. He [C.S. Lewis] says elsewhere that that's the very definition of humility. Humility does not mean to have a low view of your self. It means to have no view of yourself. Having a low view of yourself is miserable--psychologists know that. And that's also the solution to the problem of introspection. If I ask myself, how am I doing, I come out with one of three answers: well, terribly, or so-so.

If I say I'm doing well, I'm a proud, self-righteous, arrogant, self-satisfied, priggish Pharisee; if I say I'm doing lousy, I'm a miserable worm with a guilt complex and I need some psychiatry; and if i say I'm sort of fair to midland then I'm dull, wishy-washy, Charlie Brown. So what's the solution? Don't look at yourself. Take your temperature when you're sick, otherwise look at other people and God. They're much more interesting. The first step is to try to forget about yourself altogether. Your real self, your new self, will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come only when you're looking for Him.  PKreeft

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Wisdom is not primarily knowing the truth, although it certainly includes that; it is skill in living. For, what good is a truth if we don't know how to live it? EPeterson

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Are you a little too nosy?

Love your neighbours, but don't invade their space if you're not invited.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Do you have balance in life?

Or are you too busy 'going to church' to actually be the Church in your neighbourhood?

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Search for God in the midst of life...

You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing, walking, playing, dancing and grace before I dip the pen in the ink. GKChesterton

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

The teachings of Scripture were meant to be lived

Understand the words of Scripture by putting them into practice, and don't fill yourself with conceit by expiating on theoretical ideas. Mark the Ascetic