Don't hold onto the past...

Forgive. Encourage others to to do as well.

If you’ve got it in you, get along with everybody. Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do.

What are you hoping for?

What are your neighbours hoping for?

Are you a part of 'family' in your neighbourhood?

Do you spread it around your neighbourhood?

Wondering how to begin?

Start with 'Hi.'

It'll help you immensely to get to know people in your neighbourhood better.

Neighbourhood Life

Merry Christmas & Happy Hobbitdays...

I found it is the small things, everyday deeds of ordinary folk, that keep the darkness at bay. Simple acts of kindness and love.

Is this what your neighbours see?

Merry Christmas!

Life on the prairies.

The art of gifting

What are you 'giving' this Christmas season?

Have you thought about 'presence'?

Good question.

Happiness, means nothing other than having lots of stuff,
having more stuff than your parents,
and having children who will have even more stuff.

Right.

Discover the recreation in your neighbourhood.

Romans 14:17

For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of what we eat or drink, but of living a life of goodness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Be on the lookout for Good News in your neighbourhood.

Don't be ignorant.

Get to know & begin to love your neighbours.

It's true for you too.

It dawned on me for the first time, really. It had dawned on me before, but it really sank in: the Christmas story. . . . There it was. I was sitting there, and it’s not that it hadn’t struck me before, but tears came down my face, and I saw the genius of this, utter genius of picking a particular point in time and deciding to turn on this. Because that’s exactly what we were talking about earlier: love needs to find form, intimacy needs to be whispered. To me, it makes sense. It’s actually logical. It’s pure logic. Essence has to manifest itself. It’s inevitable. Love has to become an action or something concrete. It would have to happen. There must be an incarnation. Love must be made flesh.  Bono

christmas giving

When I look critically at my life, I find that my generosity always occurs in the context of great wealth. I give some of my money, some of my time, some of my energy, and some of my thoughts to God and others, but enough money, time, energy, and thoughts always remain to maintain my own security. Thus I never really give God a chance to show me his boundless love. HNouwen

It's never too late to catch the wave...

Discover spiritual life in your neighbourhood!

Are you holding a grudge against any of your neighbours?

Let go....

Look for someone to share in the adventure.

You can make beautiful music wherever you live.

Are you playing your part?

Luke 2

In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
    and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”
15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

Everyone can pitch in to help!

So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.

Do you believe in God? or

Do you live out God?

Many people in the church have decided to take on the name of Christ and nothing else. 

This would be like Jesus walking up to those first disciples and saying, 

"Hey, would you guys mind identifying yourselves with me in some way? Don't worry, I don't actually care if you do anything I do or change your lifestyle at all. I'm just looking for people who are willing to say they believe in me and call themselves Christians." FChan

Can you have community without proximity?

You can only love your neighbour as much as you can love yourself.

Where are you seeing God at work these days?

Each of us is a unique masterpiece in God's eye...

This is the secret of life -

'the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.' PKreeft