“Tell Them What You Know” Neighborhood Ministries is a story-telling community. We have been privileged to have the front seat to overcomers, ordinary people who live extra-ordinary lives. Mother’s Day is a perfect time to tell the story of an extra-ordinary mom. Patty Reel is that mom. She lost her battle with brain cancer, just…
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Traditionally at Easter, during our church services and celebrations of the day, we have baptisms. It’s the kind of baptism where people bring testimony to their changed life, written down, and come prepared to go under the water in identification with Jesus’ death, burial and resurrection. It’s always a joyful part of our day. We…
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A thankful heart … is medicine for the soul. Muses, philosophers, theologians and mystics have considered the profundity of becoming grateful. The great G.K. Chesterton, a prolific author from the turn of the last century found gratitude to be transformative: “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude is…
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We are sending love and our prayerful commitment to you during this Coronavirus pandemic. Our common faith and common humanity drive us to this deep solidarity with each other. We are aware of many things right now, some of which might even be considered hidden gifts embedded in this crisis – one I can think…
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Here in our Beloved Community, we are doing our best to take care of each other during this COVID 19 crisis. We spend our days reinventing our programs to move them on-line, we make sure our community knows where all the resources are to take care of their most basic needs and we check in…
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I have imagined for years what it would look like if Jesus was walking, teaching, healing, loving people, and doing miracles in Phoenix. What neighborhood would he pick to live in? Who would be the major recipients of his compassion and mercy? It’s a wonderful exercise and puts some pressure on me, because I want…
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