Rici and Phil SkeiMay 13, 20212 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 6, 20216 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 29, 20212 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 22, 20213 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 15, 20214 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 8, 20212 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...