This series, “Obstacles to Neighborhood Missional Living,” was spurred from a desire to reach into the crevices and shed hope, light, and truth on that reason that for you keeps you from connecting with your neighbors in meaningful and life-giving ways. Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that a scary and invisible virus would be closing us inside our own homes, nulling proximity even in neighborhoods, by the time I would write this piece. So I struggle with whether it is still relevant, whether it best serves you, the reader or listener, in the current life we are trying to right our hearts and minds within. But in all earnestness, I believe that when we are ripped of the option of in-person community in our neighborhoods as in times like this, it peels back the layers so we can more clearly see how much we hope for, long for, and need community. So please bear with me as we unpack how we can live missionally in our neighborhoods when our neighbors are NOT interested, because while doing life with our neighbors currently has to take on some creative initiatives, we need community near us now more than ever before.

 

 

Next up in the “Obstacles to Neighborhood Missional Living” series is “Neighborhood Missional Living When My Neighbors Are NOT Interested”! Listen in, or if you prefer to read, head on over to the blog. From this page you can view the full topic line-up for the series and easily click over to the post on the blog.

 

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Links Mentioned:

 

• Caesar Kalinowski
• When to Share Our Faith with Words
• When Age Difference Bring Us Together
• Enneaneighboring: Forming Community in My Neighborhood Out of Different Types of Normal
• Featured On