by Pam Rempe | Jan 22, 2026 | Imagine the Possibilities, Neighborhood Well-being
If you’re reading this from somewhere in the United States of America right now, it’s likely that you commute to work. About 86% of us do, according to the most recent census. This isn’t all that uniquely American, you might be saying. And...
by Pam Rempe | Jan 6, 2026 | Imagine the Possibilities
Note from the Director: This blog was originally published a few years ago. When we rebuilt our website, we saved some of our favorite blogs to share again. This is one of those blogs. We hope you enjoy Lydia’s perspective and take a moment to pause and reflect on an...
by Pam Rempe | Dec 16, 2025 | Imagine the Possibilities, Pursue the Common Good
Originally Published Dec 15, 2021 Every year at our church, we have a Christmas Eve service which is led by the children’s ministry. It is always endearing to see the children in their costumes and Christmas outfits, putting on a program for their parents. They...
by Jennifer Prophete | Nov 11, 2025 | Getting to Know Your Neighbors, Imagine the Possibilities
Our team listens to a lot of stories. One of the many benefits of the work we do is having the ability to share these stories. To help spread the good parts of neighboring around the country, and to use those collective “good parts” to help make the “hard parts” a...
by Pam Rempe | Oct 28, 2025 | Imagine the Possibilities, Neighborhood Well-being
There’s a story that’s stayed with me over the years—one that reminds me how our perspectives can be clouded by our own lenses. In the story, there is a man who repeatedly criticizes his neighbor’s dirty curtains. Every day, the man peers out of the front window and...
by Jennifer Prophete | Oct 7, 2025 | Imagine the Possibilities
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”Aesop We love big things. Big yards, big houses, big vehicles, big titles, big numbers…. All these big things get attention in our news feeds, in our conversations, and even in our own minds. But, despite our...
