Learning how to best share what we have learned at Christmas means also learning how to do so as a community. We are going to be spending eternity with a lot of people and we need to really learn how to get along in the best AND in the worst of times. Our bishop here in the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church, Will Willimon, says that, "What passes for community is, 'You stay out of my life, and in exchange for that I'll stay out of your life, and we'll call that community.'"
That's not going to cut it.
"You start building a good neighborhood when you yourself decide that you will be a good neighbor." - Robert Waldrop
"You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord." - Leviticus 19:18
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