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While we strive for accuracy and quality, please note that the information provided will most likely not be entirely error-free or up-to-date. We recommend independently verifying the content with the originally-released audio. This transcript is provided for your personal use and general information purposes only. References to conferences, resources, or other special promotions may be obsolete. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for the use or interpretation of this content.\r\n\r\nWhat\u2019s It Look Like to Love My Community?\r\n\r\nGuest:Don Everts\r\n\r\nFrom the series:What\u2019s It Look Like to Love My Community? (Day 2 of 2)\r\n\r\nAir date:October 31, 2024\r\n\r\nDave: We just moved into a new neighborhood. \r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: And one of the best things\u2014I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re going to say about this new neighborhood\u2014it\u2019s not the house; it\u2019s not even the location\u2014it\u2019s our neighbors.\r\n\r\nAnn: It\u2019s Roman and Helen.\r\n\r\nDave: I was going to say Roman!\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes. [Laughter]\r\n\r\nShelby:Welcome to FamilyLife Today where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I'm Shelby Abbott, and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. You can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com.\r\n\r\nAnn:This is FamilyLife Today.\r\n\r\nDave: You know, we\u2019re pulling in, and we\u2019re moving boxes in\u2014actually, it might have even been before that\u2014our neighbor right across the street, who looks exactly like Anthony Hopkins,\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: He does!\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014comes walking down to the end of the driveway, with this big smile. \r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014Polish accent.\r\n\r\nDave: I mean, I think he genuinely was excited to introduce us to the neighborhood.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: And he\u2019s become a really good friend.\r\n\r\nAnn: Really good friend. He came here when he was 18 years old from Poland\u2014got to hear his story\u2014how his wife\u2019s from Poland, from the village he grew up in. They didn\u2019t even know each other, but they met here in the United States and got married.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes; and now, every time our garage door is open, he texts and says, \u201cHey, your garage door is open.\u201d [Laughter] I mean, he\u2019s just that guy watching out for us. Here\u2019s what I thought\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: And our other neighbors, too, have been great.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes; and I thought, \u201cThe way we feel about Roman\u2014just this genuine love-filled man\u2014does anybody feel that about Dave and Ann Wilson in this neighborhood?\u201d Because I think that\u2019s what we\u2019re supposed to be: the light of Christ. As we come into a new area, we should represent that; so we\u2019re going to talk about that today.\r\n\r\nAnn: But I also think, Dave, we\u2019ve gotten really lazy. Like back in Michigan, you know, sometimes it\u2019s easy just to pull into the garage; put the garage door down; and go in without talking to anybody, especially if you haven\u2019t had a very good day. \r\n\r\nDave: Yes; so today, we\u2019re going to change that. We\u2019re going to change us, and we\u2019re going to change others. We\u2019ve got Don Everts back in the studio with us. Don, welcome back to FamilyLife Today. \r\n\r\nDon: I always love being with you guys.\r\n\r\nDave: Now, you\u2019re sitting over there, smiling. I mean, you\u2019ve written a book called The Hopeful Neighborhood. \r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: The subtitle is What Happens When Christians Pursue the Common Good. So you\u2019re over there, smiling, because what we\u2019re talking about is exactly what you\u2019re hoping happens; right?\r\n\r\nDon: And I\u2019m smiling because I just moved into a new neighborhood too.\r\n\r\nAnn: Oh!\r\n\r\nDave: And by the way, this is your 31st neighborhood.\r\n\r\nDon: It is my 31st, for those who are keeping track at home.\r\n\r\nDave: Right. \r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right; that\u2019s right. I\u2019ve moved around a lot, and maybe it will be my last [Laughter]: I\u2019m hoping; I\u2019m hoping!\r\n\r\nBut yes, we just moved in. It\u2019s been fun to get to know the neighbors. I\u2019m smiling, because we\u2019re kind of navigating the same thing; it\u2019s like: \u201cWhat is my relationship to this neighborhood going to be? Am I going to have a relationship to this neighborhood?\u201d\r\n\r\nAnn: I think that\u2019s a good question; and: \u201cShould we have?\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014and \u201cShould we?\u201d No one expects me to.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: It\u2019s culturally normal to not; and yet, with the research we\u2019ve done on neighborhoods\u2014and digging back into the Scriptures and what the Scriptures have to say about how we\u2019re meant to be a blessing to the people and place right around us\u2014I think, actually, God invites us to. Life is more beautiful if we kind of become a part of this web: of people, and place, and pets, and trees, and streets, and sidewalks, and all the things around us. I\u2019m smiling because: \u201cWhat a wonderful thing to be thinking about.\u201d\r\n\r\nAnn: You just alluded to: \u201cWhat happened?\u201d\u2014of\u2014\u201cWhat made us stop being outside, and what took us inside?\u201d I was curious: \u201cWhat are those things?\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: I think there are a wide variety of reasons. I think one interesting one\u2014and here, in the modern era, is we have a huge emphasis on evangelism, which I\u2019m a fan of; most of my books are about evangelism [Laughter]\u2014but I think that we have equated being a faithful Christian, and relating with the people around us, is mostly done by sharing the gospel message. Now, is that a way of loving people?\u2014totally; absolutely. Now, do most people trust us enough to hear it from us?\u2014no, they don\u2019t. \r\n\r\nBut it\u2019s interesting\u2014because in the early church, an interesting thing was said about the first Christians\u2014it was said that they had \u201celoquent behavior.\u201d Now, think about that for a second. It wasn\u2019t that they had eloquent words; they had eloquent behavior. That\u2019s an early historian in those first centuries, when they were being persecuted; and yet, they were loving the people and places around them in gorgeous ways\/in beautiful ways. Early historians said that: \u201cChristians had a strange way about them that drew people to them.\u201d Well, that strange way was Jesus\u2019 way of laying your life down for other people, and lifting others up, and seeing their dignity, and blessing them, and picking kids up. \r\n\r\nI think one of the things that has changed is\u2014maybe because the culture around us is shifting; we\u2019re in kind of this post-Christendom era, where the culture is less Christian around us\u2014and I think some people are kind of tempted: \u201cI\u2019m going to close off; and every now and then, I\u2019ll just lob an evangelism grenade out, and hopefully God can use it. Probably, I\u2019ll be persecuted; you know, they won\u2019t respond.\u201d\r\n\r\nIf that\u2019s our most engaging, winsome picture of how we\u2019re supposed to be relating with the world around us, no wonder we\u2019re kind of isolated and closed off. We pop up from our home and run over to a Christian huddle; then we pop up from there and go run over to another Christian huddle. I think we can huddle up like that; we\u2019ve lost this picture\/this biblical image of\u2014I mean, it\u2019s right there in the garden\u2014\u201cKeep and care for the people and the place right around you.\u201d\r\n\r\nPeter, in the New Testament\u2014where they\u2019re being persecuted in Asia Minor, and they\u2019re being tempted to close themselves off\u2014and Peter writes this gorgeous letter that says: \u201cOh, guys, guys! You are elect exiles. You are elect by God, right where God wants you; so love the people around you.\u201d\r\n\r\nDave: Yes; and it\u2019s interesting: I think a lot of us want to get our neighbor to our church.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes!\r\n\r\nDave: Christmas is coming or Easter\u2019s coming, and we\u2019re going to make an invite; and it\u2019s the only time we ever talk to them. [Laughter]\r\n\r\nDon: Right. \r\n\r\nAnn: Yes!\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right.\r\n\r\nDave: You know, it\u2019s like, \u201cWho are you again? You live next door?\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Right.\r\n\r\nDave: It\u2019s like, if we were over there, helping them in the yard\u2014or we saw there was a need, and we showed up, with no agenda\u2014\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014we\u2019re just there, showing up!\r\n\r\nAnn: They don\u2019t feel like they\u2019re a project that we are working on.\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes; and then, when we make the invite, they\u2019re probably going to go, \u201cYes, I know you; I trust you. What are you talking about?\u2014church what?\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right; that\u2019s right.\r\n\r\nDave: But if you just lob the thing, they\u2019re probably going to say, \u201cNo.\u201d And you\u2019re going to think it\u2019s them, and it\u2019s probably us.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes, that\u2019s right. And it\u2019s interesting\u2014in Peter\u2019s letter, for example\u2014how he encouraged them to pursue the common good: you know, like, \u201cJust love people! Do nice things for them.\u201d \r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: A little later, he says, \u201cWhen people ask you the reason for the hope that is inside of you,\u2014\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014\u201cbe ready to talk about your faith.\u201d\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s like, as you are laying your life down\u2014and you\u2019re living a beautiful, upside-down Jesus-life with the people in place right around you\u2014they\u2019re going to ask you at some point. You\u2019re going to build trust; you\u2019re going to have gained a hearing. And he\u2019s like: \u201cSo be ready. Be ready to talk about it.\u201d And that\u2019s the other way we can love our neighbors: to be ready to say, \u201cWe\u2019re like this because we follow this weird, ancient Rabbi\u201d; [Laughter] and we live this life for Him.\u201d \r\n\r\nBecause of my wife, and how incredible she is, our neighbors are already coming to our church. It\u2019s not because we invited them to church; it\u2019s because we invite them over for a meal.\r\n\r\nAnn: It\u2019s that D.L. Moody quote that says: \u201cOut of 100 men, 1 will read the Bible, and the other 99 will read the Christian.\u201d Your neighbors have been reading your wife.\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right.\r\n\r\nAnn: They\u2019ve been reading you, Don; they\u2019ve been reading your family. They\u2019re thinking, \u201cHmm, I haven\u2019t read my Bible; but what I see in that family is something that\u2019s attractive.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: It\u2019s being authentic, and having people in your life, and loving them in practical ways. That is what makes a difference. \r\n\r\nYou know, our research told us\u2014we asked non-Christians: \u201cIs there anything in your community or your neighborhood that you think churches or Christians could be helpful with?\u201d\u2014and they said, \u201cYes.\u201d The other encouraging thing is that, in general, they don\u2019t trust churches or Christians, generally; but they have a high trust for people who live in the neighborhood. \r\n\r\nIf the last era\u2014the era of Christendom, was maybe an era of like church-centered programs or, you know, massive programs and that sort of thing\u2014people don\u2019t want those right now\/the non-Christians. But someone who lives in their neighborhood?\u2014they\u2019ll trust them, because they live in the neighborhood. \r\n\r\nDave: Now, have you done anything as a family in your neighborhood?\r\n\r\nDon: Oh, yes! I mean, being married to Wendy is a little like cheating. [Laughter] \r\n\r\nWe did basement church. \r\n\r\nWe turned our garage into a hockey rink. \r\n\r\nYou know how a lot of people have a fire pit? Well, we put ours in the front rather than the back. [Laughter] People come by all the time: \u201cHey, you want a hot dog?\u201d You know, people stop by.\r\n\r\nGoing to our neighbors and inviting them to the holiday-type things: \u201cHey, we\u2019re doing this for the holidays\u2026\u201d\r\n\r\nSo all of those kind of preceding kinds of things. \r\n\r\nBlock parties are great. \r\n\r\nAll those things are ways of getting to know your neighbors, starting to be a blessing there. \r\n\r\nWe make it a practice just to sit on our front porch rather than the back porch.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes, and that\u2019s just a simple thing.\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014simple.\r\n\r\nDave: It\u2019s an outward focus. \r\n\r\nAnn: When we first\/when I was a kid, nobody had trampolines\/nobody, back in the day. [Laughter] But my family did. I don\u2019t even know how my dad got this square\/it was a square trampoline. The first day we moved into the neighborhood, we took that square trampoline, and we put it in the front yard purposefully.\r\n\r\nDon: Wow!\r\n\r\nAnn: My dad said, \u201cYou guys want some friends? Put this out in the front yard.\u201d [Laughter] Every kid on our street was in the front yard! \r\n\r\nI like that idea about your fire pit\u2014you know?\u2014because people are just walking by, and you can say, \u201cHi,\u201d to them.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes; that\u2019s right. There are little things that we\u2019ve done. \r\n\r\nYou know, there are bigger things, too. We\u2019ve invited neighbors to move in with us when things have happened.\r\n\r\nDave: You really have done that?\r\n\r\nDon: Sure, when there have been situations, where they need help or things are going on in life: \u201cCome on over,\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019re washing machine doesn\u2019t work? Come on over.\u201d \r\n\r\nThe prerequisite for a lot of those things\u2014and this isn\u2019t rocket science, but it also is challenging\u2014is to actually know people. When we did this research with Barna and Lutheran Hour, we said, \u201cWe need to make some tools that can help people get to know their neighbors better.\u201d \r\n\r\nThis will also be silly\u2014because it\u2019s hard if you\u2019ve lived in a neighborhood for a long time\u2014it\u2019s hard to reengage and go, \u201cI totally forgot your name.\u201d\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014and: \u201cI know I say, \u2018Hi,\u2019 to you all the time\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: So awkward!\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014 \u201cbut I have forgotten your name.\u201d \r\n\r\nHow do you re-get to know people? We created this neighborhood map\u2014a simple little thing people can do to go and try to get to know people\u2014we created this thing called \u201cNeighborhood Bingo.\u201d It\u2019s this Bingo board, and there are little things that you have to do to create a [row]\u2014you know, whether it\u2019s like: \u201cAsk them what the name of their pet is,\u201d\/\u201cTell them you forgot the name of their pet,\u201d\u2014so there are little things that we can be doing, just to begin to reengage with our neighbors. \r\n\r\nFor those of us\/if there are people listening\u2014who are like: \u201cI\u2019d love to do things to love my neighbors. I don\u2019t know any of them!\u201d\u2014well, then, start there. \r\n\r\nDave: Yes, just get to know them.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: And I think one of the things I hear you saying is: \u201cHave eyes\/\u2014\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014\u201ceyes to see your neighbors.\u201d \r\n\r\nIt\u2019s easy, even as a pastor\u2014I saw my people at my church\/my eyes were on them: \u201cHow can I serve them?\u201d\u2014 \r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014I\u2019m a shepherd there. \r\n\r\nBut somehow, we\u2019re shepherds\u2014we\u2019re the light of the world in our neighborhood\u2014and we need eyes to see.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: I\u2019ll never forget, one day, I got a phone call from Ann. She is driving home, and I find out\u2014and I don\u2019t even know how this story is going to end\u2014that she picks up some lady on the side of the road. [Laughter]\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes, I\u2019m driving home. When I get up in the morning, right after I turn off my alarm, I say a quick prayer: \u201cJesus, I give You my life today; I give You everything in me. I pray that You would give me Your eyes, You\u2019d give me Your ears, and You\u2019d give me Your mouth to be able to speak.\u201d You guys, God hears those prayers! And He answers those prayers!\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014and He answers them.\r\n\r\nAnn: I was driving home from work one day. I\u2019m talking to my mom and dad, who were then in their late 80s. I talked to them every day\u2014that was a big thing; they wanted me to call them every day\u2014so I called them. My mom had Alzheimer\u2019s, but my dad was really quick. \r\n\r\nI said, \u201cHey, I just went by someone, who sat on the sidewalk. I\u2019m going to turn around and go see what\u2019s up.\u201d Because I could see that she was older, and she just sat down in the middle of the sidewalk on a busy road.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: My dad\u2014this is so like my dad\u2014\r\n\r\nDave: This is so her dad!\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014he said, \u201cOh, hey! Keep me on the phone! I want to hear what\u2019s happening.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014because he was curious, or because he wanted to protect you?\r\n\r\nAnn: No, he was curious.\r\n\r\nDon: Oh, okay.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: He\u2019s curious; he\u2019s like, \u201cThere\u2019s an adventure about that.\u201d [Laughter]\r\n\r\nAnn: It was an older woman, so I turned around. I go to this woman, and she is sitting. I could tell she is probably in her late 80s as well. She has a huge bag and a purse. I sit down on the sidewalk with her; and I say, \u201cHey, I noticed that you sat down. Are you okay?\u201d \r\n\r\nShe said\u2014she\u2019s so funny\u2014she said, \u201cHoney, I\u2019m tired, and it is hot, and I have a ways to go to get to my house.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Oh!\r\n\r\nAnn: And I said, \u201cWell\u201d\u2014\r\n\r\nDave: This was probably five or ten blocks from our neighborhood. \r\n\r\nAnn: Yes, she was pretty close to us. I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m on my way home. You don\u2019t know me, but I am so happy to drive you home.\u201d She said, \u201cThat would be wonderful!\u201d; she gets in my car. [Laughter]\r\n\r\nNow, I had to introduce her to my dad and my mom: \u201cHey, Dad! This is Betty.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Put her on the speaker phone there.\r\n\r\nAnn: They are still on the speaker phone. [Laughter] \r\n\r\nI say to Betty: \u201cDo you have an address?\u201d And she said, \u201cHoney, I know where I live. I\u2019ll just tell you where to go.\u201d I start driving, and she tells me a street. I just kind of type it into my phone. I\u2019m thinking, \u201cI don\u2019t know where that street is, and this is my neighborhood.\u201d We\u2019re driving. She says, \u201cTake a left; take a right.\u201d And then, she says, \u201cHmm\u201d; and she starts crying. She said, \u201cI don\u2019t know where I am.\u201d \r\n\r\nI could tell\u2014because my mom had dementia, I thought, \u201cUh-oh; something\u2019s up,\u201d\u2014I know that there was an assisted living home close to this place, so I drive to that parking lot. I said, \u201cDoes this look familiar?\u201d She is crying even harder; and she says, \u201cNo.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, you know, maybe you have your ID in your purse\u201d; because she couldn\u2019t even remember her last name now. \r\n\r\nDon: Wow.\r\n\r\nAnn: She says, \u201cYes, let me find something.\u201d She has this big bag and a purse. The only things in the big bag\/she pulls out a wig; and then she pulls out this huge thing of makeup. She pulls out this huge alarm clock\/a big black alarm clock, with the bells on the top; you know, that go: \u201cDing, ding, ding, ding!\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: And I said, \u201cBetty, you are super prepared!\u201d [Laughter] She said, \u201cHoney, you never know what you\u2019re going to come across; you always need these things with you.\u201d \r\n\r\nThen, I find a wallet; but there is nothing in the wallet. But at the very bottom of her purse, in a pocket, I find a card and it has a name on it. I said, \u201cDo you know this name?\u201d\u2014I read the name. She said, \u201cYes, that\u2019s my daughter\u2019s name.\u201d I Google\u00ae the daughter\u2019s name; and I found out: \u201cOh, she\u2019s in the neighborhood. I know this street.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014the daughter is?\r\n\r\nDave: The daughter\u2019s street is near where we live.\r\n\r\nAnn: The daughter is\u2014so I drive to this home\u2014it\u2019s pretty close to us. In the driveway are a police car and a firetruck, and the sirens are going off. Betty said, \u201cOh, no! I think I\u2019m in trouble.\u201d \r\n\r\nI pull into the driveway. This man comes running out; and he yells, \u201cAnn Wilson! You have my mom!\u201d I said, \u201cWhat?\u201d He said, \u201cOf course! Of course! We have been praying, \u2018Father God, find our mother!\u2019\u201d And it was his mother-in-law. \r\n\r\nDon: Wow.\r\n\r\nAnn: He said she\u2019d been living in their home just a few weeks; she has dementia.\r\n\r\nDave: He knows Ann because they go to our church.\r\n\r\nAnn: They go to our church; he said, \u201cWe prayed, \u2018God, send an angel to find her and bring her home.\u2019\u201d And he said, \u201cThank you for finding her and seeing our mom.\u201d \r\n\r\n[Emotion in voice] It makes me teary, thinking about it. She passed away not too long after that. They asked me to come to the funeral and share that story; because they said, \u201cWe want people to know that God always sees them.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: \u201cAnd that there\u2019s someone in the neighborhood that\u2019s watching out for them; that God will send His people to you.\u201d I thought that was the sweetest story. \r\n\r\nDon: And the beautiful thing, Ann\u2014what I love\u2014is that it started because you sat down next to her.\r\n\r\nDave: Ann saw her.\r\n\r\nDon: You saw her, you sat down next to her. People listening: \u201cHow do I engage with my neighborhood?\u201d\u2014just look\u2014\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014just watch.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: And there are going to be opportunities to be light. There are going to be opportunities to just be friendly. There are going to be opportunities to just have fun. That is eloquent behavior; that\u2019s what they called it in the early church. \r\n\r\nThere\u2019s a reason why Jesus said, \u201cLet your light shine, and people will give glory to your Father, who\u2019s in heaven.\u201d You know, what you did\u2014you let your light shine\u2014but the glory goes to God. People are more impressed by God because of what you did, so that\u2019s kind of the hope. \r\n\r\nIf people are listening\u2014and they\u2019re like, \u201cI want to share the gospel with my neighbors. I don\u2019t like them, but I want to share the gospel with them,\u201d\u2014maybe start by liking them or getting to know them and being kind; loving them; pursuing the welfare of your neighborhood\u2014and then God will give you\u2014you\u2019ll gain a hearing over time. If He\u2019s pursuing someone, there will be an opportunity to share the gospel. Eloquent behavior draws people in; and they go, \u201cWhy are you hopeful?\u201d\r\n\r\nDave: Yes, and I think it\u2019s so easy to see and move on. \r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: I\u2019m honestly thinking, if I were driving that day and saw this woman, I would have kept driving,\u2014\r\n\r\nDon: Right, yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014like, \u201cHmm, there\u2019s a woman sitting there.\u201d And Ann has this heart that says, \u201cI\u2019ve got to stop.\r\n\r\nAnn: It\u2019s that prayer!\r\n\r\nDave: \u201cI\u2019ve got to stop.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: It\u2019s that prayer at the beginning. I feel like, when we offer our lives to God, He\u2019s like, \u201cAlright!\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Yes, you\u2019re available.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes; \u201cYou\u2019re available today.\u201d\r\n\r\nDave: So when you\u2019re walking around your neighborhood, which we do a lot;\u2014\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014it\u2019s like: \u201cYou walk by a neighbor; stop. \r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u201cJust say, \u2018Hi\u2019; and it may lead to a conversation.\u201d\r\n\r\nI know some of you are thinking, \u201cI don\u2019t want to stop! I don\u2019t want to talk to them! [Laughter] I want to get my steps in!\u201d It\u2019s like, \u201cNo; we\u2019re called to be the light of the world.\u201d\r\n\r\nYou know what\u2019s really interesting? It was one of my mantras when I was preaching\u2014is that very passage, Matthew 5:14\u2014\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014Jesus says: \u201cYou are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.\u201d The word in the Greek\u2014\u201cset on a hill\u201d\u2014is: \u201cstrategically placed on a hill.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: In a sense, he\u2019s saying to the disciples\u2014and to us, now, as disciples\u2014\u201cI\u2019m strategically placing you in neighborhoods to be light!\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u201cDon\u2019t close your garage door; shut your door; turn off the lights and hide!\u201d I mean, there are times when we need to refill\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: I have to share this story.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014walk across the street and say, \u201cHi,\u201d to your neighbor. \r\n\r\nYou\u2019ve got another story?!\r\n\r\nAnn: I have not done this well over the years\u2014I just have to say\u2014because sometimes, it\u2019s messy. [Laughter]\r\n\r\nDon: Oh, it\u2019s often; yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: We\u2019d like it to be the story of the woman sitting on the sidewalk.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: But man, when we lived in California\u2014and we were going to seminary; we were pouring into and trying to love our neighbors\u2014and then there was this one lady\/she just\u2014[Laughter]\u2014I was drained after a while, because she would just talk and talk. I have to admit, she came to my door one time\u2014and it was glass; you could see through it\u2014 \r\n\r\nDon: \u2014pretending you weren\u2019t there?\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014I fell on the floor, flat on my stomach, because I just did not want to talk to her that day. [Laughter] So I\u2019m saying we don\u2019t all do it perfectly. \r\n\r\nAnother time, we had a woman, who was not in a great situation in marriage; it was a little abusive, so she lived with us for a little bit with a daughter.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: And they had a little dog; and that dog upstairs went to the bathroom all the time in the upstairs bedroom, where they were staying\u2014like, \u201cUgh!\u201d\u2014that\u2019s why I\u2019m saying: \u201cIt\u2019s not always convenient.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: \u201cIt\u2019s not always easy.\u201d\r\n\r\nDave: \u201cIt\u2019s messy.\u201d \r\n\r\nAnn: It is.\r\n\r\nDon: This is part of why\u2014after we did this research and realized: \u201cHow do we do this? We don\u2019t have the muscles that, maybe, the early church had,\u201d\u2014or whatever. So we developed this network across the country, and even around the world, people are starting to do it, called The Hopeful Neighborhood Project, which is just people, who are like: \u201cI want to be helpful in some way in getting to know my neighborhood\/in helping my neighborhood.\u201d \r\n\r\nWe created HelpfulNeighborhood.org. It\u2019s just like a place\u2014there are neighborhood coaches, who\u2019ll say, \u201cHere are some ideas\u2026\u201d; people are sharing best practices with each other\/sharing stories with each other\u2014because sometimes, we fall on the floor, and we pretend we\u2019re not there. [Laughter] We need to hear the story from someone else, and go, \u201cOh, okay; I can do that,\u201d \u201cI can do that,\u201d\u2014 \r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014or to get ideas. \r\n\r\nof practice, because Christians should be industry leaders when it comes to being good neighbors.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: We really should, and we\u2019re not. \r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s okay. We\u2019ll just admit it and repent; and then say: \u201cWe have to grow. How can I get some help with this? How can I get some ideas?\u201d \r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019ll just sit out front\u201d; that\u2019s an act of being available.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: \u201cWe\u2019ll see what God does.\u201d\r\n\r\nAnn: And I would say, too, whatever you do\u2014whatever you pray about\u2014bring your kids. If you have kids in your home, bring them into it.\r\n\r\nDave: Bring them into it.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes, absolutely.\r\n\r\nAnn: Have that conversation; pray at the dinner table: \u201cLord, help us to love and see our neighbors,\u201d and \u201cWhat would that look like?\u201d And then talk to your kids about it and pray about your neighbors. It gives them a worldview. \r\n\r\nDon: Absolutely.\r\n\r\nAnn: It gives them a vision for their neighborhood of how God can use them, not just sharing the gospel, but just in loving them.\r\n\r\nDon: Every first day of school\u2014you know, because kids are all [nervous sounds]\u2014you know, first day of school. Part of my speech in sending them off\/I always say: \u201cI want you to keep an eye out for someone who\u2019s new to the school in your classroom, or someone who doesn\u2019t have anyone to play with on the playground,\u201d\u2014because we can get so caught up in ourselves. It\u2019s actually like your life is found by giving it away and by looking out for others. We want to pass that on to our kids, and maybe they\u2019ll do better than we have done.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nShelby: I\u2019m Shelby Abbott and you\u2019ve been listening to Dave and Ann Wilson with Don Everts on FamilyLife Today. Don has written a book called The Hopeful Neighborhood: What Happens When Christians Pursue the Common Good. You can get your copy of Don\u2019s book right now by going online to FamilyLifeToday.com or checking out the link in the show notes. Or feel free to give us a call at 800-358-6329 to request your copy. Again, that number is 800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \r\n\r\nTomorrow is November and that means the election is just around the corner. And many of us, for the past several months have been tired of the division and the tension that exists in our culture right now. As a result, no doubt you're feeling the tension in family gatherings, certainly on social media, and maybe even around your own kitchen table. But Psalm 133 tells us that it's good for believers to live in unity with one another. So how do we actually do that in our easily angered and often offended culture right now? \r\n\r\nWell, I'm excited to invite you to join us for a five-week video series from our friend, author, and comedian Amberly Neese. FamilyLife has partnered with Amberly to put together \u201cMoving Toward Each Other in the Middle of a Divisive World.\u201d This five-week series is going to guide you on how to build peace in your neighborhoods with your friends, and even in your family, when you have differing thoughts and opinions and belief systems that threaten to create a lot of division between you and other people. \r\n\r\nSo if you want to sign up for this series, you can head over to the show notes and click on the link there or log on to FamilyLife.com\/FindingCommonGround. Again, that's FamilyLife.com\/FindingCommonGround. \r\n\r\nNow, coming up tomorrow. Is anyone maybe a little bit anxious about the upcoming election here in just a few days? Well, we've got Brant Hansen coming on tomorrow to really just give us some good perspective on how to not be so anxious during the election season. That's coming up tomorrow. We hope you'll join us. \r\n\r\nOn behalf of Dave and Ann Wilson, I'm Shelby Abbott. 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it look like to love my community?\u201d Don Everts helps you get intentional about your relationship to your neighborhood, caring in ways that matter.","meta_box":{"show_notes":"\n<ul>\n<li>Sign up to receive Amberly Neese\u2019s five-week video series, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/content_offer\/finding-common-ground\/\">Moving Toward Each Other in the Middle of a Divisive World<\/a>.\u201d Amberly, author and comedian, offers insights on fostering peace in our communities despite differing views.<\/li>\n<li>Find resources from this podcast at <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product-category\/radio-resources\/\">shop.familylife.com<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.familylife.com\/product-category\/past-radio-resources\/\">See resources from our past podcasts.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Find more content and resources on the <a href=\"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/app\/\">FamilyLife's app<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Help others find FamilyLife. 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References to conferences, resources, or other special promotions may be obsolete. We do not assume any responsibility or liability for the use or interpretation of this content.\r\n\r\nWhat\u2019s It Look Like to Love My Community?\r\n\r\nGuest:Don Everts\r\n\r\nFrom the series:What\u2019s It Look Like to Love My Community? (Day 2 of 2)\r\n\r\nAir date:October 31, 2024\r\n\r\nDave: We just moved into a new neighborhood. \r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: And one of the best things\u2014I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re going to say about this new neighborhood\u2014it\u2019s not the house; it\u2019s not even the location\u2014it\u2019s our neighbors.\r\n\r\nAnn: It\u2019s Roman and Helen.\r\n\r\nDave: I was going to say Roman!\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes. [Laughter]\r\n\r\nShelby:Welcome to FamilyLife Today where we want to help you pursue the relationships that matter most. I'm Shelby Abbott, and your hosts are Dave and Ann Wilson. You can find us at FamilyLifeToday.com.\r\n\r\nAnn:This is FamilyLife Today.\r\n\r\nDave: You know, we\u2019re pulling in, and we\u2019re moving boxes in\u2014actually, it might have even been before that\u2014our neighbor right across the street, who looks exactly like Anthony Hopkins,\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: He does!\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014comes walking down to the end of the driveway, with this big smile. \r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014Polish accent.\r\n\r\nDave: I mean, I think he genuinely was excited to introduce us to the neighborhood.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: And he\u2019s become a really good friend.\r\n\r\nAnn: Really good friend. He came here when he was 18 years old from Poland\u2014got to hear his story\u2014how his wife\u2019s from Poland, from the village he grew up in. They didn\u2019t even know each other, but they met here in the United States and got married.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes; and now, every time our garage door is open, he texts and says, \u201cHey, your garage door is open.\u201d [Laughter] I mean, he\u2019s just that guy watching out for us. Here\u2019s what I thought\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: And our other neighbors, too, have been great.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes; and I thought, \u201cThe way we feel about Roman\u2014just this genuine love-filled man\u2014does anybody feel that about Dave and Ann Wilson in this neighborhood?\u201d Because I think that\u2019s what we\u2019re supposed to be: the light of Christ. As we come into a new area, we should represent that; so we\u2019re going to talk about that today.\r\n\r\nAnn: But I also think, Dave, we\u2019ve gotten really lazy. Like back in Michigan, you know, sometimes it\u2019s easy just to pull into the garage; put the garage door down; and go in without talking to anybody, especially if you haven\u2019t had a very good day. \r\n\r\nDave: Yes; so today, we\u2019re going to change that. We\u2019re going to change us, and we\u2019re going to change others. We\u2019ve got Don Everts back in the studio with us. Don, welcome back to FamilyLife Today. \r\n\r\nDon: I always love being with you guys.\r\n\r\nDave: Now, you\u2019re sitting over there, smiling. I mean, you\u2019ve written a book called The Hopeful Neighborhood. \r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: The subtitle is What Happens When Christians Pursue the Common Good. So you\u2019re over there, smiling, because what we\u2019re talking about is exactly what you\u2019re hoping happens; right?\r\n\r\nDon: And I\u2019m smiling because I just moved into a new neighborhood too.\r\n\r\nAnn: Oh!\r\n\r\nDave: And by the way, this is your 31st neighborhood.\r\n\r\nDon: It is my 31st, for those who are keeping track at home.\r\n\r\nDave: Right. \r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right; that\u2019s right. I\u2019ve moved around a lot, and maybe it will be my last [Laughter]: I\u2019m hoping; I\u2019m hoping!\r\n\r\nBut yes, we just moved in. It\u2019s been fun to get to know the neighbors. I\u2019m smiling, because we\u2019re kind of navigating the same thing; it\u2019s like: \u201cWhat is my relationship to this neighborhood going to be? Am I going to have a relationship to this neighborhood?\u201d\r\n\r\nAnn: I think that\u2019s a good question; and: \u201cShould we have?\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014and \u201cShould we?\u201d No one expects me to.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: It\u2019s culturally normal to not; and yet, with the research we\u2019ve done on neighborhoods\u2014and digging back into the Scriptures and what the Scriptures have to say about how we\u2019re meant to be a blessing to the people and place right around us\u2014I think, actually, God invites us to. Life is more beautiful if we kind of become a part of this web: of people, and place, and pets, and trees, and streets, and sidewalks, and all the things around us. I\u2019m smiling because: \u201cWhat a wonderful thing to be thinking about.\u201d\r\n\r\nAnn: You just alluded to: \u201cWhat happened?\u201d\u2014of\u2014\u201cWhat made us stop being outside, and what took us inside?\u201d I was curious: \u201cWhat are those things?\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: I think there are a wide variety of reasons. I think one interesting one\u2014and here, in the modern era, is we have a huge emphasis on evangelism, which I\u2019m a fan of; most of my books are about evangelism [Laughter]\u2014but I think that we have equated being a faithful Christian, and relating with the people around us, is mostly done by sharing the gospel message. Now, is that a way of loving people?\u2014totally; absolutely. Now, do most people trust us enough to hear it from us?\u2014no, they don\u2019t. \r\n\r\nBut it\u2019s interesting\u2014because in the early church, an interesting thing was said about the first Christians\u2014it was said that they had \u201celoquent behavior.\u201d Now, think about that for a second. It wasn\u2019t that they had eloquent words; they had eloquent behavior. That\u2019s an early historian in those first centuries, when they were being persecuted; and yet, they were loving the people and places around them in gorgeous ways\/in beautiful ways. Early historians said that: \u201cChristians had a strange way about them that drew people to them.\u201d Well, that strange way was Jesus\u2019 way of laying your life down for other people, and lifting others up, and seeing their dignity, and blessing them, and picking kids up. \r\n\r\nI think one of the things that has changed is\u2014maybe because the culture around us is shifting; we\u2019re in kind of this post-Christendom era, where the culture is less Christian around us\u2014and I think some people are kind of tempted: \u201cI\u2019m going to close off; and every now and then, I\u2019ll just lob an evangelism grenade out, and hopefully God can use it. Probably, I\u2019ll be persecuted; you know, they won\u2019t respond.\u201d\r\n\r\nIf that\u2019s our most engaging, winsome picture of how we\u2019re supposed to be relating with the world around us, no wonder we\u2019re kind of isolated and closed off. We pop up from our home and run over to a Christian huddle; then we pop up from there and go run over to another Christian huddle. I think we can huddle up like that; we\u2019ve lost this picture\/this biblical image of\u2014I mean, it\u2019s right there in the garden\u2014\u201cKeep and care for the people and the place right around you.\u201d\r\n\r\nPeter, in the New Testament\u2014where they\u2019re being persecuted in Asia Minor, and they\u2019re being tempted to close themselves off\u2014and Peter writes this gorgeous letter that says: \u201cOh, guys, guys! You are elect exiles. You are elect by God, right where God wants you; so love the people around you.\u201d\r\n\r\nDave: Yes; and it\u2019s interesting: I think a lot of us want to get our neighbor to our church.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes!\r\n\r\nDave: Christmas is coming or Easter\u2019s coming, and we\u2019re going to make an invite; and it\u2019s the only time we ever talk to them. [Laughter]\r\n\r\nDon: Right. \r\n\r\nAnn: Yes!\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right.\r\n\r\nDave: You know, it\u2019s like, \u201cWho are you again? You live next door?\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Right.\r\n\r\nDave: It\u2019s like, if we were over there, helping them in the yard\u2014or we saw there was a need, and we showed up, with no agenda\u2014\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014we\u2019re just there, showing up!\r\n\r\nAnn: They don\u2019t feel like they\u2019re a project that we are working on.\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes; and then, when we make the invite, they\u2019re probably going to go, \u201cYes, I know you; I trust you. What are you talking about?\u2014church what?\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right; that\u2019s right.\r\n\r\nDave: But if you just lob the thing, they\u2019re probably going to say, \u201cNo.\u201d And you\u2019re going to think it\u2019s them, and it\u2019s probably us.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes, that\u2019s right. And it\u2019s interesting\u2014in Peter\u2019s letter, for example\u2014how he encouraged them to pursue the common good: you know, like, \u201cJust love people! Do nice things for them.\u201d \r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: A little later, he says, \u201cWhen people ask you the reason for the hope that is inside of you,\u2014\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014\u201cbe ready to talk about your faith.\u201d\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s like, as you are laying your life down\u2014and you\u2019re living a beautiful, upside-down Jesus-life with the people in place right around you\u2014they\u2019re going to ask you at some point. You\u2019re going to build trust; you\u2019re going to have gained a hearing. And he\u2019s like: \u201cSo be ready. Be ready to talk about it.\u201d And that\u2019s the other way we can love our neighbors: to be ready to say, \u201cWe\u2019re like this because we follow this weird, ancient Rabbi\u201d; [Laughter] and we live this life for Him.\u201d \r\n\r\nBecause of my wife, and how incredible she is, our neighbors are already coming to our church. It\u2019s not because we invited them to church; it\u2019s because we invite them over for a meal.\r\n\r\nAnn: It\u2019s that D.L. Moody quote that says: \u201cOut of 100 men, 1 will read the Bible, and the other 99 will read the Christian.\u201d Your neighbors have been reading your wife.\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s right.\r\n\r\nAnn: They\u2019ve been reading you, Don; they\u2019ve been reading your family. They\u2019re thinking, \u201cHmm, I haven\u2019t read my Bible; but what I see in that family is something that\u2019s attractive.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: It\u2019s being authentic, and having people in your life, and loving them in practical ways. That is what makes a difference. \r\n\r\nYou know, our research told us\u2014we asked non-Christians: \u201cIs there anything in your community or your neighborhood that you think churches or Christians could be helpful with?\u201d\u2014and they said, \u201cYes.\u201d The other encouraging thing is that, in general, they don\u2019t trust churches or Christians, generally; but they have a high trust for people who live in the neighborhood. \r\n\r\nIf the last era\u2014the era of Christendom, was maybe an era of like church-centered programs or, you know, massive programs and that sort of thing\u2014people don\u2019t want those right now\/the non-Christians. But someone who lives in their neighborhood?\u2014they\u2019ll trust them, because they live in the neighborhood. \r\n\r\nDave: Now, have you done anything as a family in your neighborhood?\r\n\r\nDon: Oh, yes! I mean, being married to Wendy is a little like cheating. [Laughter] \r\n\r\nWe did basement church. \r\n\r\nWe turned our garage into a hockey rink. \r\n\r\nYou know how a lot of people have a fire pit? Well, we put ours in the front rather than the back. [Laughter] People come by all the time: \u201cHey, you want a hot dog?\u201d You know, people stop by.\r\n\r\nGoing to our neighbors and inviting them to the holiday-type things: \u201cHey, we\u2019re doing this for the holidays\u2026\u201d\r\n\r\nSo all of those kind of preceding kinds of things. \r\n\r\nBlock parties are great. \r\n\r\nAll those things are ways of getting to know your neighbors, starting to be a blessing there. \r\n\r\nWe make it a practice just to sit on our front porch rather than the back porch.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes, and that\u2019s just a simple thing.\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014simple.\r\n\r\nDave: It\u2019s an outward focus. \r\n\r\nAnn: When we first\/when I was a kid, nobody had trampolines\/nobody, back in the day. [Laughter] But my family did. I don\u2019t even know how my dad got this square\/it was a square trampoline. The first day we moved into the neighborhood, we took that square trampoline, and we put it in the front yard purposefully.\r\n\r\nDon: Wow!\r\n\r\nAnn: My dad said, \u201cYou guys want some friends? Put this out in the front yard.\u201d [Laughter] Every kid on our street was in the front yard! \r\n\r\nI like that idea about your fire pit\u2014you know?\u2014because people are just walking by, and you can say, \u201cHi,\u201d to them.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes; that\u2019s right. There are little things that we\u2019ve done. \r\n\r\nYou know, there are bigger things, too. We\u2019ve invited neighbors to move in with us when things have happened.\r\n\r\nDave: You really have done that?\r\n\r\nDon: Sure, when there have been situations, where they need help or things are going on in life: \u201cCome on over,\u201d and \u201cYou\u2019re washing machine doesn\u2019t work? Come on over.\u201d \r\n\r\nThe prerequisite for a lot of those things\u2014and this isn\u2019t rocket science, but it also is challenging\u2014is to actually know people. When we did this research with Barna and Lutheran Hour, we said, \u201cWe need to make some tools that can help people get to know their neighbors better.\u201d \r\n\r\nThis will also be silly\u2014because it\u2019s hard if you\u2019ve lived in a neighborhood for a long time\u2014it\u2019s hard to reengage and go, \u201cI totally forgot your name.\u201d\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014and: \u201cI know I say, \u2018Hi,\u2019 to you all the time\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: So awkward!\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014 \u201cbut I have forgotten your name.\u201d \r\n\r\nHow do you re-get to know people? We created this neighborhood map\u2014a simple little thing people can do to go and try to get to know people\u2014we created this thing called \u201cNeighborhood Bingo.\u201d It\u2019s this Bingo board, and there are little things that you have to do to create a [row]\u2014you know, whether it\u2019s like: \u201cAsk them what the name of their pet is,\u201d\/\u201cTell them you forgot the name of their pet,\u201d\u2014so there are little things that we can be doing, just to begin to reengage with our neighbors. \r\n\r\nFor those of us\/if there are people listening\u2014who are like: \u201cI\u2019d love to do things to love my neighbors. I don\u2019t know any of them!\u201d\u2014well, then, start there. \r\n\r\nDave: Yes, just get to know them.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: And I think one of the things I hear you saying is: \u201cHave eyes\/\u2014\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014\u201ceyes to see your neighbors.\u201d \r\n\r\nIt\u2019s easy, even as a pastor\u2014I saw my people at my church\/my eyes were on them: \u201cHow can I serve them?\u201d\u2014 \r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014I\u2019m a shepherd there. \r\n\r\nBut somehow, we\u2019re shepherds\u2014we\u2019re the light of the world in our neighborhood\u2014and we need eyes to see.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: I\u2019ll never forget, one day, I got a phone call from Ann. She is driving home, and I find out\u2014and I don\u2019t even know how this story is going to end\u2014that she picks up some lady on the side of the road. [Laughter]\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes, I\u2019m driving home. When I get up in the morning, right after I turn off my alarm, I say a quick prayer: \u201cJesus, I give You my life today; I give You everything in me. I pray that You would give me Your eyes, You\u2019d give me Your ears, and You\u2019d give me Your mouth to be able to speak.\u201d You guys, God hears those prayers! And He answers those prayers!\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014and He answers them.\r\n\r\nAnn: I was driving home from work one day. I\u2019m talking to my mom and dad, who were then in their late 80s. I talked to them every day\u2014that was a big thing; they wanted me to call them every day\u2014so I called them. My mom had Alzheimer\u2019s, but my dad was really quick. \r\n\r\nI said, \u201cHey, I just went by someone, who sat on the sidewalk. I\u2019m going to turn around and go see what\u2019s up.\u201d Because I could see that she was older, and she just sat down in the middle of the sidewalk on a busy road.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: My dad\u2014this is so like my dad\u2014\r\n\r\nDave: This is so her dad!\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014he said, \u201cOh, hey! Keep me on the phone! I want to hear what\u2019s happening.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014because he was curious, or because he wanted to protect you?\r\n\r\nAnn: No, he was curious.\r\n\r\nDon: Oh, okay.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: He\u2019s curious; he\u2019s like, \u201cThere\u2019s an adventure about that.\u201d [Laughter]\r\n\r\nAnn: It was an older woman, so I turned around. I go to this woman, and she is sitting. I could tell she is probably in her late 80s as well. She has a huge bag and a purse. I sit down on the sidewalk with her; and I say, \u201cHey, I noticed that you sat down. Are you okay?\u201d \r\n\r\nShe said\u2014she\u2019s so funny\u2014she said, \u201cHoney, I\u2019m tired, and it is hot, and I have a ways to go to get to my house.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Oh!\r\n\r\nAnn: And I said, \u201cWell\u201d\u2014\r\n\r\nDave: This was probably five or ten blocks from our neighborhood. \r\n\r\nAnn: Yes, she was pretty close to us. I said, \u201cWell, I\u2019m on my way home. You don\u2019t know me, but I am so happy to drive you home.\u201d She said, \u201cThat would be wonderful!\u201d; she gets in my car. [Laughter]\r\n\r\nNow, I had to introduce her to my dad and my mom: \u201cHey, Dad! This is Betty.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Put her on the speaker phone there.\r\n\r\nAnn: They are still on the speaker phone. [Laughter] \r\n\r\nI say to Betty: \u201cDo you have an address?\u201d And she said, \u201cHoney, I know where I live. I\u2019ll just tell you where to go.\u201d I start driving, and she tells me a street. I just kind of type it into my phone. I\u2019m thinking, \u201cI don\u2019t know where that street is, and this is my neighborhood.\u201d We\u2019re driving. She says, \u201cTake a left; take a right.\u201d And then, she says, \u201cHmm\u201d; and she starts crying. She said, \u201cI don\u2019t know where I am.\u201d \r\n\r\nI could tell\u2014because my mom had dementia, I thought, \u201cUh-oh; something\u2019s up,\u201d\u2014I know that there was an assisted living home close to this place, so I drive to that parking lot. I said, \u201cDoes this look familiar?\u201d She is crying even harder; and she says, \u201cNo.\u201d I said, \u201cWell, you know, maybe you have your ID in your purse\u201d; because she couldn\u2019t even remember her last name now. \r\n\r\nDon: Wow.\r\n\r\nAnn: She says, \u201cYes, let me find something.\u201d She has this big bag and a purse. The only things in the big bag\/she pulls out a wig; and then she pulls out this huge thing of makeup. She pulls out this huge alarm clock\/a big black alarm clock, with the bells on the top; you know, that go: \u201cDing, ding, ding, ding!\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: And I said, \u201cBetty, you are super prepared!\u201d [Laughter] She said, \u201cHoney, you never know what you\u2019re going to come across; you always need these things with you.\u201d \r\n\r\nThen, I find a wallet; but there is nothing in the wallet. But at the very bottom of her purse, in a pocket, I find a card and it has a name on it. I said, \u201cDo you know this name?\u201d\u2014I read the name. She said, \u201cYes, that\u2019s my daughter\u2019s name.\u201d I Google\u00ae the daughter\u2019s name; and I found out: \u201cOh, she\u2019s in the neighborhood. I know this street.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014the daughter is?\r\n\r\nDave: The daughter\u2019s street is near where we live.\r\n\r\nAnn: The daughter is\u2014so I drive to this home\u2014it\u2019s pretty close to us. In the driveway are a police car and a firetruck, and the sirens are going off. Betty said, \u201cOh, no! I think I\u2019m in trouble.\u201d \r\n\r\nI pull into the driveway. This man comes running out; and he yells, \u201cAnn Wilson! You have my mom!\u201d I said, \u201cWhat?\u201d He said, \u201cOf course! Of course! We have been praying, \u2018Father God, find our mother!\u2019\u201d And it was his mother-in-law. \r\n\r\nDon: Wow.\r\n\r\nAnn: He said she\u2019d been living in their home just a few weeks; she has dementia.\r\n\r\nDave: He knows Ann because they go to our church.\r\n\r\nAnn: They go to our church; he said, \u201cWe prayed, \u2018God, send an angel to find her and bring her home.\u2019\u201d And he said, \u201cThank you for finding her and seeing our mom.\u201d \r\n\r\n[Emotion in voice] It makes me teary, thinking about it. She passed away not too long after that. They asked me to come to the funeral and share that story; because they said, \u201cWe want people to know that God always sees them.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: \u201cAnd that there\u2019s someone in the neighborhood that\u2019s watching out for them; that God will send His people to you.\u201d I thought that was the sweetest story. \r\n\r\nDon: And the beautiful thing, Ann\u2014what I love\u2014is that it started because you sat down next to her.\r\n\r\nDave: Ann saw her.\r\n\r\nDon: You saw her, you sat down next to her. People listening: \u201cHow do I engage with my neighborhood?\u201d\u2014just look\u2014\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014just watch.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: And there are going to be opportunities to be light. There are going to be opportunities to just be friendly. There are going to be opportunities to just have fun. That is eloquent behavior; that\u2019s what they called it in the early church. \r\n\r\nThere\u2019s a reason why Jesus said, \u201cLet your light shine, and people will give glory to your Father, who\u2019s in heaven.\u201d You know, what you did\u2014you let your light shine\u2014but the glory goes to God. People are more impressed by God because of what you did, so that\u2019s kind of the hope. \r\n\r\nIf people are listening\u2014and they\u2019re like, \u201cI want to share the gospel with my neighbors. I don\u2019t like them, but I want to share the gospel with them,\u201d\u2014maybe start by liking them or getting to know them and being kind; loving them; pursuing the welfare of your neighborhood\u2014and then God will give you\u2014you\u2019ll gain a hearing over time. If He\u2019s pursuing someone, there will be an opportunity to share the gospel. Eloquent behavior draws people in; and they go, \u201cWhy are you hopeful?\u201d\r\n\r\nDave: Yes, and I think it\u2019s so easy to see and move on. \r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: I\u2019m honestly thinking, if I were driving that day and saw this woman, I would have kept driving,\u2014\r\n\r\nDon: Right, yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014like, \u201cHmm, there\u2019s a woman sitting there.\u201d And Ann has this heart that says, \u201cI\u2019ve got to stop.\r\n\r\nAnn: It\u2019s that prayer!\r\n\r\nDave: \u201cI\u2019ve got to stop.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: It\u2019s that prayer at the beginning. I feel like, when we offer our lives to God, He\u2019s like, \u201cAlright!\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Yes, you\u2019re available.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes; \u201cYou\u2019re available today.\u201d\r\n\r\nDave: So when you\u2019re walking around your neighborhood, which we do a lot;\u2014\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014it\u2019s like: \u201cYou walk by a neighbor; stop. \r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u201cJust say, \u2018Hi\u2019; and it may lead to a conversation.\u201d\r\n\r\nI know some of you are thinking, \u201cI don\u2019t want to stop! I don\u2019t want to talk to them! [Laughter] I want to get my steps in!\u201d It\u2019s like, \u201cNo; we\u2019re called to be the light of the world.\u201d\r\n\r\nYou know what\u2019s really interesting? It was one of my mantras when I was preaching\u2014is that very passage, Matthew 5:14\u2014\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014Jesus says: \u201cYou are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.\u201d The word in the Greek\u2014\u201cset on a hill\u201d\u2014is: \u201cstrategically placed on a hill.\u201d\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: In a sense, he\u2019s saying to the disciples\u2014and to us, now, as disciples\u2014\u201cI\u2019m strategically placing you in neighborhoods to be light!\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nDave: \u201cDon\u2019t close your garage door; shut your door; turn off the lights and hide!\u201d I mean, there are times when we need to refill\u2014\r\n\r\nAnn: I have to share this story.\r\n\r\nDave: \u2014walk across the street and say, \u201cHi,\u201d to your neighbor. \r\n\r\nYou\u2019ve got another story?!\r\n\r\nAnn: I have not done this well over the years\u2014I just have to say\u2014because sometimes, it\u2019s messy. [Laughter]\r\n\r\nDon: Oh, it\u2019s often; yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: We\u2019d like it to be the story of the woman sitting on the sidewalk.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: But man, when we lived in California\u2014and we were going to seminary; we were pouring into and trying to love our neighbors\u2014and then there was this one lady\/she just\u2014[Laughter]\u2014I was drained after a while, because she would just talk and talk. I have to admit, she came to my door one time\u2014and it was glass; you could see through it\u2014 \r\n\r\nDon: \u2014pretending you weren\u2019t there?\r\n\r\nAnn: \u2014I fell on the floor, flat on my stomach, because I just did not want to talk to her that day. [Laughter] So I\u2019m saying we don\u2019t all do it perfectly. \r\n\r\nAnother time, we had a woman, who was not in a great situation in marriage; it was a little abusive, so she lived with us for a little bit with a daughter.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: And they had a little dog; and that dog upstairs went to the bathroom all the time in the upstairs bedroom, where they were staying\u2014like, \u201cUgh!\u201d\u2014that\u2019s why I\u2019m saying: \u201cIt\u2019s not always convenient.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes.\r\n\r\nAnn: \u201cIt\u2019s not always easy.\u201d\r\n\r\nDave: \u201cIt\u2019s messy.\u201d \r\n\r\nAnn: It is.\r\n\r\nDon: This is part of why\u2014after we did this research and realized: \u201cHow do we do this? We don\u2019t have the muscles that, maybe, the early church had,\u201d\u2014or whatever. So we developed this network across the country, and even around the world, people are starting to do it, called The Hopeful Neighborhood Project, which is just people, who are like: \u201cI want to be helpful in some way in getting to know my neighborhood\/in helping my neighborhood.\u201d \r\n\r\nWe created HelpfulNeighborhood.org. It\u2019s just like a place\u2014there are neighborhood coaches, who\u2019ll say, \u201cHere are some ideas\u2026\u201d; people are sharing best practices with each other\/sharing stories with each other\u2014because sometimes, we fall on the floor, and we pretend we\u2019re not there. [Laughter] We need to hear the story from someone else, and go, \u201cOh, okay; I can do that,\u201d \u201cI can do that,\u201d\u2014 \r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: \u2014or to get ideas. \r\n\r\nof practice, because Christians should be industry leaders when it comes to being good neighbors.\r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: We really should, and we\u2019re not. \r\n\r\nDave: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: That\u2019s okay. We\u2019ll just admit it and repent; and then say: \u201cWe have to grow. How can I get some help with this? How can I get some ideas?\u201d \r\n\r\n\u201cI\u2019ll just sit out front\u201d; that\u2019s an act of being available.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nDon: \u201cWe\u2019ll see what God does.\u201d\r\n\r\nAnn: And I would say, too, whatever you do\u2014whatever you pray about\u2014bring your kids. If you have kids in your home, bring them into it.\r\n\r\nDave: Bring them into it.\r\n\r\nDon: Yes, absolutely.\r\n\r\nAnn: Have that conversation; pray at the dinner table: \u201cLord, help us to love and see our neighbors,\u201d and \u201cWhat would that look like?\u201d And then talk to your kids about it and pray about your neighbors. It gives them a worldview. \r\n\r\nDon: Absolutely.\r\n\r\nAnn: It gives them a vision for their neighborhood of how God can use them, not just sharing the gospel, but just in loving them.\r\n\r\nDon: Every first day of school\u2014you know, because kids are all [nervous sounds]\u2014you know, first day of school. Part of my speech in sending them off\/I always say: \u201cI want you to keep an eye out for someone who\u2019s new to the school in your classroom, or someone who doesn\u2019t have anyone to play with on the playground,\u201d\u2014because we can get so caught up in ourselves. It\u2019s actually like your life is found by giving it away and by looking out for others. We want to pass that on to our kids, and maybe they\u2019ll do better than we have done.\r\n\r\nAnn: Yes.\r\n\r\nShelby: I\u2019m Shelby Abbott and you\u2019ve been listening to Dave and Ann Wilson with Don Everts on FamilyLife Today. Don has written a book called The Hopeful Neighborhood: What Happens When Christians Pursue the Common Good. You can get your copy of Don\u2019s book right now by going online to FamilyLifeToday.com or checking out the link in the show notes. Or feel free to give us a call at 800-358-6329 to request your copy. Again, that number is 800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d \r\n\r\nTomorrow is November and that means the election is just around the corner. And many of us, for the past several months have been tired of the division and the tension that exists in our culture right now. As a result, no doubt you're feeling the tension in family gatherings, certainly on social media, and maybe even around your own kitchen table. But Psalm 133 tells us that it's good for believers to live in unity with one another. So how do we actually do that in our easily angered and often offended culture right now? \r\n\r\nWell, I'm excited to invite you to join us for a five-week video series from our friend, author, and comedian Amberly Neese. FamilyLife has partnered with Amberly to put together \u201cMoving Toward Each Other in the Middle of a Divisive World.\u201d This five-week series is going to guide you on how to build peace in your neighborhoods with your friends, and even in your family, when you have differing thoughts and opinions and belief systems that threaten to create a lot of division between you and other people. \r\n\r\nSo if you want to sign up for this series, you can head over to the show notes and click on the link there or log on to FamilyLife.com\/FindingCommonGround. Again, that's FamilyLife.com\/FindingCommonGround. \r\n\r\nNow, coming up tomorrow. Is anyone maybe a little bit anxious about the upcoming election here in just a few days? Well, we've got Brant Hansen coming on tomorrow to really just give us some good perspective on how to not be so anxious during the election season. That's coming up tomorrow. We hope you'll join us. \r\n\r\nOn behalf of Dave and Ann Wilson, I'm Shelby Abbott. 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