Loving Your Neighbor

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  Labor Loving Your Neighbor

  THE FURNACE REPAIRMAN

  I grew up in a home where winter felt like an enemy that we could never quite outrun. My mom worked two jobs, and our old furnace broke so often that I learned what cold felt like in a way most kids never should. I used to lie awake at night praying, “Lord, please help us get through one more storm.” Maybe that’s why, when I became an HVAC repairman years later, I told God He could use my hands however He wanted. I didn’t have a grand ministry plan. I just remembered what it felt like to be cold, scared, and invisible.… Read More

  May 27, 2026
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  Labor Loving Your Neighbor Senior Citizens

  CUTTING LAWNS FOR WIDOWS

  I’m only 17, but my grandpa used to tell me something that stuck harder than most lessons in school. He’d tap the side of his mower, look me dead in the eyes, and say, “Son, this is what Jesus would do.” He meant helping widows - especially the ones in our neighborhood who didn’t have anyone left to look after them. When he passed away last year, I didn’t know how to handle the grief. Grandpa was the kind of man whose kindness filled the whole room, I felt lost without him. One afternoon, while sitting in the garage, I saw his old mower pushed against… Read More

  May 13, 2026
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  Food Loving Your Neighbor

  THE PRAYER ON THE PORCH

  I don’t think anyone ever teaches you how to pray when your faith feels thin. I always pictured strong, confident Christians lifting their hands and declaring Scripture. Not someone like me, standing on a worn-out porch with bills piled on the kitchen table and a fear so heavy it made my chest tighten. But that’s exactly where I found myself one afternoon: job lost, fridge nearly empty, and my kids quietly watching me like they were trying to figure out whether they should worry too. I stepped outside so they wouldn’t see me cry. I sat on the porch steps, closed my eyes, and whispered the… Read More

  April 29, 2026
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  Loss Of Loved One Loving Your Neighbor

  SERVING OTHERS IN EVERY SEASON

  I’ve never thought of myself as someone who does anything extraordinary. I’m just a woman who tries, every day, to love people the way Jesus has loved me. To me, that looks like kindness, gentle words, and treating every person the same way I’d hope to be treated. More than anything, I want people to feel cared for when they’re around me — safe, seen, and a little more loved than before. My faith became especially real during one of the hardest seasons of my life, when my dad was sick. Watching someone you love suffer through cancer changes you. In the… Read More

  March 11, 2026
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  Labor Loving Your Neighbor Unique Ministries

  THE BUS DRIVER WHO WAITED

  I start my route before the sun comes up. Same streets, same stops, and same faces. People think driving a bus is just about staying on schedule, but after years behind the wheel, I’ve learned it’s really about noticing people. There was one stop in particular: a single mother and her young son. Every morning, they ran. Every morning, she looked embarrassed and out of breath, trying to juggle a backpack, a lunchbox, and a tired little boy. I noticed the other drivers would pull away if she wasn’t there on time. So, I started waiting. Not long. Just enough. She eventually asked me why. I told… Read More

  January 28, 2026
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  Homeless Labor Loving Your Neighbor

  THE BARBER WHO LISTENS

  I give free haircuts once a week to men coming out of jail, rehab, or homelessness. People ask me why I do it, and the truth is simple: I know what it feels like to look in the mirror and not recognize the man staring back. Years ago, I went through my own season of darkness. I wasn’t in jail, but I might as well have been - stuck in choices I didn’t know how to get out of, ashamed of who I’d become, and convinced God had run out of patience with me. One day, a man invited me to sit… Read More

  January 14, 2026
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