David Burton

“The practice of biblical hospitality is unique because it reaches out to those who cannot reciprocate.

We are created as social, relational beings who are made for a community. Hospitality, when rightly understood and pursued, has the power to break the bonds of isolation and exclusion.”
― Lance Ford, Next Door as It Is in Heaven: Living Out God's Kingdom in Your Neighborhood

“Two of the most important initiating principles for neighboring are to take notice and to invite others to join you. For a neighborhood to flourish it takes a joint effort of people who care about their neighbors and their neighborhood. Besides being essential, however, this joint effort is fun and brings joy to all who are involved. It manifest and takes us into real life, eternal life. It is how we make a neighborhood worth living in.”
― Lance Ford, Next Door as It Is in Heaven: Living Out God's Kingdom in Your Neighborhood

“Our aim must be higher than just to be a good neighbor ourselves. The goal is to create a neighborhood or group of neighbors were by the collective gifts, talents, resources, and caring hearts of many neighbors can join forces when needs arise.”
― Lance Ford, Next Door as It Is in Heaven: Living Out God's Kingdom in Your Neighborhood

“Most people just dream of possibilities. Few people take action to bring possibility into tangibility. Our neighborhoods will become livable and sprinkled with the foretaste of heaven only when we decide to act on the little notions, daydreams, and crazy ideas running around in her head. The starting point lies in the word ownership. You must own the possibility in your neighborhood. Take our ship and act upon it.”
― Lance Ford, Next Door as It Is in Heaven: Living Out God's Kingdom in Your Neighborhood