Neighborhood

Last night was the National Neighborhood Night Out. Jill (THE woman) organized a gathering in front of our house, and neighbors from all around came together for a few hours to chat, share a beverage, and laugh together...

In this live experience, the conversation moved to a few important topics. A few guys talked about refinancing, which Jill and I are going through now. This helped me feel good about our direction, but gave me some good questions to ask. It moved to yards, why the fescue was brown and the Bermuda so green. What to do in the fall to bring back the fescue. I learned and stored away hope for my fall lawn to come back better than ever around September. And we talked politics, Obama, oil spill, taxes, bailouts. I learned more about these issues, but more importantly I learned more about my neighbors and myself. We didn't agree, but we held on to the bond that we have as neighbors, and let that bond be more important than our agreement on how to fix the world.

I enjoyed this opportunity and realized that church done well, blogs done well, are spaces for this kind of interaction. So, I am back to blogging. I suppose some may choose to disagree with what I see or think or feel. And I suppose that's why I write here, in order to get feedback from others, to grow. At the same time, I hope others come here open and ready for growth themselves, ready to be strecthed, challenged, informed, or comforted by what I might observe of God and God's amazing world. But I hope no one comes here simply to do battle, to prove their truths as better or more true than mine. Instead, walk with me this journey of faith, grow a relationship with me, and together we will grow in relationship with the the one who is THE truth.