When it comes to the little things that wedge between neighbors, we’ve been both recipient and offender, but we’re not keeping score. Or are we?

Sharing lemonade on front porches and lazy Sunday afternoons have given way to diced-up communities. Most of our neighbors are name-less and face-less. And us? Interaction dodgers, conveniently so.

We band-aid our loneliness by keeping busy. Too busy to have a conversation with that one neighbor who offended us three years ago. Too busy to let go of the past.

Instead of communicating, we cancel each other without a second thought. But we’ve become so quick to move on that we can’t see what we’re missing: the treasure of the people right in front of us.

 

Links mentioned:

1. Cultivating a Missional Life: A 30-Day Devotional to Gently Help You Open Your Heart, Home, and Life to Your Neighbors. Download a free sample from the resource library, and if you want the rest it’s $4.99 on Kindle or $6.99 for the paperback. Grab the bonus 30-day missional living challenge (free with a purchase) to get the most out of the devotional.
2. View the written version of this episode.