Comments on: Collaborate [rather than compete] http://www.recycleyourfaith.com/2009/08/03/collaborate/ travel to new places in your spiritual thought life Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:42:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Jay Van Groningen http://www.recycleyourfaith.com/2009/08/03/collaborate/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Jay Van Groningen Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:06:17 +0000 http://www.recycleyourfaith.com/?p=660#comment-322 A neighbor lives next door; A good neighbor lives next door and exchanges conversations and helps (a cup of brown sugar, feeding the pet, mowing the lawn etc; A great neighbor takes responsibility for the condition of the neighborhood and the sets the table for healthy neighbor interactions and cooperation on things neighbors care about; Individuals can be great neighbors; Churches can be great neighbors, Associations can be great neighbors, Institutions can be great neighbors! What would life be like in your neighborhood if there were more great neighbors? A neighbor lives next door;
A good neighbor lives next door and exchanges conversations and helps (a cup of brown sugar, feeding the pet, mowing the lawn etc;
A great neighbor takes responsibility for the condition of the neighborhood and the sets the table for healthy neighbor interactions and cooperation on things neighbors care about;

Individuals can be great neighbors;
Churches can be great neighbors,
Associations can be great neighbors,
Institutions can be great neighbors!

What would life be like in your neighborhood if there were more great neighbors?

]]> By: brad wise http://www.recycleyourfaith.com/2009/08/03/collaborate/comment-page-1/#comment-314 brad wise Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:57:17 +0000 http://www.recycleyourfaith.com/?p=660#comment-314 five years ago, in dayton, ohio, i wanted to start a coffee shop that was a hub for all the different organizations and folks working to improve (or whatever) the neighborhood. so you'd walk in and order your coffee drink off one menu and then your volunteer role for that next hour/morning/day/night/week/etc. from another menu. the whole thought was to not reinvent the wheel but rather collaborate with stuff in the works and create a localized one stop shop. i love what these guys are doing at Dust Church. it just makes sense. five years ago, in dayton, ohio, i wanted to start a coffee shop that was a hub for all the different organizations and folks working to improve (or whatever) the neighborhood. so you’d walk in and order your coffee drink off one menu and then your volunteer role for that next hour/morning/day/night/week/etc. from another menu. the whole thought was to not reinvent the wheel but rather collaborate with stuff in the works and create a localized one stop shop.

i love what these guys are doing at Dust Church. it just makes sense.

]]> By: Craig http://www.recycleyourfaith.com/2009/08/03/collaborate/comment-page-1/#comment-313 Craig Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:53:29 +0000 http://www.recycleyourfaith.com/?p=660#comment-313 Yeah Kande, lofty visions do seem to often be more about ourselves! We tend to ask God to bless our vision rather than joining his vision. There's another clip from Tim that will eventually get posted where he's talking about "praying with your feet"...you'll love that one! Yeah Kande, lofty visions do seem to often be more about ourselves! We tend to ask God to bless our vision rather than joining his vision. There’s another clip from Tim that will eventually get posted where he’s talking about “praying with your feet”…you’ll love that one!

]]> By: Kande http://www.recycleyourfaith.com/2009/08/03/collaborate/comment-page-1/#comment-312 Kande Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:33:59 +0000 http://www.recycleyourfaith.com/?p=660#comment-312 My favorite thing from this video is Tim's encouragement to start by actually walking around the neighborhood. I hear from many well-meaning people who want to create change where they live and they start with a lofty vision, but it's not grounded in the reality of what already is there. And it's not inspired by prayer that is generated from a place of asking for God's heart for their city. Without seeing a place through God's eyes, we will inevitably always turn to ourselves... and that's what leads to a bunch of fractured human-sized visions, rather than one, united, God-sized vision. My favorite thing from this video is Tim’s encouragement to start by actually walking around the neighborhood. I hear from many well-meaning people who want to create change where they live and they start with a lofty vision, but it’s not grounded in the reality of what already is there. And it’s not inspired by prayer that is generated from a place of asking for God’s heart for their city. Without seeing a place through God’s eyes, we will inevitably always turn to ourselves… and that’s what leads to a bunch of fractured human-sized visions, rather than one, united, God-sized vision.

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