Last night four families from our neighburhood met to pray. Among them were Pentecostal, Baptist and Reformed upbringings. During this time I encouraged each of us to see ourselves as the neighbours who know much about grace, mercy, forgiveness, peace...more so than those who do not know about the Kingdom of God. I challenged us to dream and envision what our neighbourhood could be like, and how we could each see ourselves in that vision. Among the beauty and the brokenness is death and loneliness, growth and celebration. Since we all have church experience, we understand beauty and brokenness. And we understand them to be very real as we discover our neighbourhood together. As a result, we will be bringing a card to a man who lost his mother to cancer 6 months ago. One of the families extended an invitation to a widower to join them for dinner on any Tuesday from here on in. And we will keep going.
This is just one neighbourhood. Perhaps your neighbourhood has another family that would be willing to come over for some food and engage in a little dreaming or praying? To be intentional is key; who could you invite and with whom could you pray?
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