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If we did not need love, we would not move toward each other. Nerdiness is a God-given invitation to connection and communion. God wanted to create a braided world of mutual care.

Theres a difference between friendliness and hospitality. Friendliness involves being polite and mind. Hospitality means getting involved with people; it requires some sacrifice. (How do we demonstrate hospitality especially to guests?)

as the Millennials and their children get older, socioeconomics will become the prevailing dividing line instead of racial differences.

A church campus should be the most well kept spot in the neighborhood. Why would someone visit a church when the campus looks more like a run down gas station than a place where people worship Almighty God?

people with a me-first mentality believe the church exists to meet their needs rather than as a way for them to serve their community … An inward culture will always kill a neighborhood church

I can imagine that the first question which the Priest and Levite asked was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?’ The Good Samaritan came by , and by the very nature of his concern reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him? -MLK

A well established presence at a particular address is key to becoming a neighborhood church.