Minh Chau Ngoc Vo 5 days ago3 minBinding a Neighborhood TogetherOne of the difficulties in building a hopeful neighborhood is that most neighborhoods are divided by skin color, economic level, culture,...
Danielle TietjenJun 32 minWinter Walking—and ReconnectingWalking has always been a way for folks to get outside, move their bodies, stay healthy, walk their dogs, and take young kids on a...
Minh Chau Ngoc Vo May 274 minWhat You Don’t KnowIt’s commonly said that there are things you don’t know, things you know that you don’t know, and things you don’t know that you don’t...
Joe WhiteMay 202 minCo-Investing for the Neighborhood’s Common GoodLoving your neighbors requires moving from vague familiarity with the people who live around you to co-investing with them for your...
Rici and Phil SkeiMay 132 minWhat Good Can Come from Here?Just nine days before Christmas in 2006, our family moved to a new neighborhood. Well, actually, we moved to a neighborhood that was new...
Lydia Krug BendaMay 66 minBelonging to a Place and a PeopleI have the kind of friends they make sitcoms about. The kind of friends that make you ugly cry/laugh when you’ve had a bad day. The kind...
Rici and Phil SkeiApr 292 minYou Can Change the World ... One Neighborhood at a Time“You can change the world!” It’s a declaration we’ve all heard at one time or another and we believe it wholeheartedly. It is something...
Minh Chau Ngoc Vo Apr 223 minSigns and Events—or Relationships?All of our community outreach centers around a church, a Vietnamese congregation, that meets in the basement of a large, mostly-white...
Lydia Krug BendaApr 154 minI Like to WalkIn one of my endlessly-fascinating conversations with my four-year-old son, he once asked me, “Mama, what is your very favorite thing?” I...
Joe WhiteApr 82 minCOVID-19 Inspires New Opportunities to Love NeighborsAs the coronavirus pandemic produced its devastating effects around the world, a handful of neighbors in Fresno, California, decided to...
Rici and Phil SkeiApr 12 minYou’re Not Who I Want You To Be … You’re So Much More!Judging people too quickly is a common mistake for many. We’re certainly no different. Here’s an example. When we moved into our...
Don EvertsMar 253 minMy Kingdom for a Casual Environment Most of us have experienced the subtle-but-undeniable good of hanging out in a casual environment with others. Whether at a coffeeshop,...
Lydia Krug BendaMar 184 minTo Arrive Where We StartedWhen I was a teenager I used to fantasize about traveling the world: I was an overseas news correspondent covering the Chinese New Year...
Lydia Krug BendaMar 114 minThe Wish to Be at HomeA few years back, I made a road trip with my father to his hometown of Stafford, Kansas. It’s a tiny, rural town with a declining...
Lydia Krug BendaMar 44 minTransformative Art and the Lonesome HomeWhen I was in my early twenties, my husband’s and my friends came up with an idea to begin a series of at-home concerts, of sorts. Not a...
Lydia Krug BendaFeb 252 minDoing What We Can, Stitch by StitchIn talking about how to be a hopeful neighbor in these modern days, it can be easy to get bogged down in the greater turmoil of the...
