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Why Neighborhood Relationships Are Sacred

March 13, 2019 by Stephanie Leave a Comment

“Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood?” The song plays as a soundtrack in the back of my mind as I scurry around town checking off items on my list: pay the water bill, deposit money at the bank, pick up a few items at the grocery store, and indulge in an iced coffee (well, […]

Filed Under: Sacred Connections Tagged With: community, convenience, digital age, employment, errands, filters, friendship, Good Samaritan, human interaction, imago dei, impromptu discussions, Martin Luther King, neighbor, online, relationship, risk, sacred

Why We Must Teach Our Children to Not Give Up Doing Good

June 21, 2017 by Stephanie 2 Comments

The joyful anticipation of the beginning of Summer break became tainted with disappointment as we walked home from school that day. My fifth grade son and his friend and I sauntered down the sidewalk in conversation as the warm breeze brushed over our bodies; a reminder of God’s never ceasing hand at work. Our journey […]

Filed Under: Sacred Connections Tagged With: Church, disappointment, embracing, extending, fatigue, good, harvest, kindness, neighbor, reap, recognition, serving, shelter, sow, weary, world

How Redemption is Found in a Changing Landscape

May 10, 2017 by Stephanie Leave a Comment

As I step outside on this spring day, my eye catches the transforming landscape across the way. For as long as my family has resided next door to Ray, the small strip of land between our driveways has given witness to the hand of our Creator.  On Summer days, my first glance captured the vibrant multicolored blooms lining […]

Filed Under: Sacred Connections Tagged With: beauty, blooms, bounty, color, conversation, Creator, death, flowers, God, healing, home, landscape, neighbor, redemtion, restoration, sculpt, spring, summer, sunflowers, tomatoes, transformation, wood

How a "Cranky Man" Opened My Eyes to Divine Interruptions

March 7, 2017 by Stephanie Leave a Comment

His presence in the doorway, caught me off guard.  Normally, I observed him shuffling up and down the hallway with his walker. ”  During my visits to my grandmother’s room in this assisted living facility, this elderly man and I routinely passed each other. Often, his facial expression spoke of anger and his sharp outbursts to […]

Filed Under: Sacred Connections Tagged With: adoption, blessing, Christ, elderly man, eyes, faith, father, funeral, grandma, Holy Spirit, interruption, Jesus, legacy, listen, neighbor, physician, transformation

The Hard Work of Being Neighbors

November 14, 2016 by Stephanie 4 Comments

On November 9,the day after the Presidential election I woke up to a raw reality.A tidal wave of voices-loud, vulnerable, celebratory, discouraged, respectful, disrespectful, urban, rural, old, young, male, female-washed over our shared land of Earthly citizenship.  The feelings of divisiveness that had been bubbling below the surface for so long exploded. Americans of every political […]

Filed Under: Sacred Connections Tagged With: Americans, covenant, homes, Hospitality, Jesus, listen, lives, love, narrative, neighbor, sacrifice, story, Trump, value, voices

"If the Church Would be the Church"

October 17, 2016 by Stephanie Leave a Comment

My neighbor and I have some lively discussions. It’s refreshing; actually, since our demographics differ greatly. He is an 80 year old widower, father, grandfather, vet; and agnostic   I am 50, wife, mom, and Christian.  We talk about everything: parenting, economics, the state of the country, gardening and when the Spirit opens a window of […]

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